Hobart and William Smith Colleges - blackwell award

Blackwell Award to First Woman Rabbi

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Rabbi Sally J. Priesand, the first woman to be ordained a rabbi in the United States, will be honored as the 37th recipient of Hobart and William Smith Colleges' Elizabeth Blackwell Award in a ceremony on Thursday, April 23. Priesand earned her status as a pioneer on June 3, 1972 when she was ordained by Dr. Alfred Gottschalk, President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cinci...

Blackwell Recipients Honored

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Dr. Wangari Maathai SC.D.'94, P'94, P'96, who received the Elizabeth Blackwell Award from Hobart and William Smith Colleges last year, was presented with the Chairman's Award during the 40th annual NAACP Image Awards last month. According to the Associated Press, "The awards honor achievements and performances of people of color in TV, film, music and literature. Former Vice President Al Gore and ...

Thanks Again!

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Dave Reiner thanks all who attended the President’s Forum talk with Dr. Wangari Maathai at the Smith Opera House. The winner of the raffle for a gift certificate to the bike shop is: STEPHANIE CZAJKOWSKI Congratulations and thank you!

"Just Bloom"

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Maathai Inspires Hope, Courage and Action There was something that every audience member of the nearly standing-room-only President's Forum Series lecture felt Thursday night. Like electricity but organic. Something magical but somehow humble, human and humane. Moved by a film chronicling her life, engaged by a dance performance in her native tradition and inspired by her words, the audience was i...