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Kennedy Townsend Next Forum Speaker

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Hobart and William Smith Colleges are proud to present Kathleen Kennedy Townsend as the second speaker in this fall's Presidents Forum Series. On Thursday, Nov. 12, Townsend, the former lieutenant governor of Maryland and the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel, will deliver a lecture titled "The Kennedy Legacy: Volunteerism and Service," speak...

Wilber Records 400th Victory

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The 14th-ranked William Smith College soccer team defeated RIT this past weekend in the final regular season match for both teams. With the 1-0 win, Head Coach Aliceann Wilber recorded her 400th career victory, a milestone only one other Division III women's soccer coach has reached. Wilber has guided the William Smith program for 30-seasons, from its inc...

Computer Science Students Compete

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Two HWS teams recently travelled to SUNY Fredonia to compete in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) computer programming contest. The annual ACM contest required student teams to design and write computer programs to solve nine problems in five hours. The regional programming competition leads to the World finals held in Harbin, China, in the sp...

Second Day of Service of Fall 2009

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

If you missed out on the last Day of Service, don't worry. The second Day of Service of the semester is this Sunday, Nov. 8. Whether working at American Red Cross sites throughout the Finger Lakes Region or at the public library in Geneva, students, faculty and staff will be out in force this weekend, serving the community they live in. Other sites for t...

LAX Film, Stickmaking Captivated All

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The second event of the Colleges Native American Conference, "Lacrosse: The Creator's Game" took place on Thursday, Oct. 29, with a film screening of "Sacred Sport" by Jordan Kligerman and presentation by Onondaga Nation stickmaker, Alf Jacques. The event, sponsored by the Center for Intercultural Affairs is intended to convey the development and connect...

Bearing Witness to Hope

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In the Spring of 2003, 2006, and 2008, various groups of Hobart and William Smith students joined Professor of Religious Studies Michael Dobkowski on trips to Germany and Poland that would forever alter their consciousnesses. "The March: Bearing Witness to Hope," a week-long European excursion focusing on the events of the Holocaust, altered their lives. ...

Bonner Leaders Attend VA Conference

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Active members of the community, Michael Austerlitz ‘10 and Clifford Gardner '10, recently conducted a workshop on Race, Class and Gender at the Bonner Conference at the University of Richmond, Virginia. Bonner Leaders, such as Austerlitz and Gardner, are part of a movement of students dedicated to service. The workshop, according to Gardner, was ...

Finger Lakes Dance!

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This fall has been a packed with HWS dance department events: from the performance of Assistant Professor of Dance Missy Pfohl Smith's company BIODANCE in Pittsford, N.Y.; to a master class from dancer and guest artist Jolene Bailie; to the preparations for the upcoming Koshare concert. Now comes Finger Lakes Dance!, presenting the artistic work of profe...

5th Anniversary Celebration

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

As a 2009 ENERGY STAR Small Business Award recipient and with its fifth anniversary approaching, this fall is a big season for the Finger Lakes Institute (FLI). On Tuesday, Nov. 10, the FLI will celebrate its fifth anniversary and the recent ENERGY STAR award from the Environmental Protection Agency with a reception at 2 p.m. at the Institute. HWS Presid...

Students Take Women's History Tour

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Making the most of the Colleges' location within an historic region of upstate N.Y., a group of about 20 students spent a day in October visiting a number of notable sites relating to the women's rights movement in the neighboring towns of Seneca Falls, Waterloo and Auburn. Organized by the Colleges English Department and the Office of Intercultural Affa...