Community Supports Budding Writers

When Nikki Kersbergen, an English teacher with Geneva High School, found out she and colleagues could create new electives for students who pass the English Regents, she saw it as an "awesome opportunity," but quickly realized there was a significant obstacle. The school did not have enough money to purchase materials to support the electives. Kersbergen turned to DonorsChoose.org to request fund...  More >>

HWS Hosts Geneva Music Festival 2014

Hobart and William Smith Colleges will once again host the Geneva Music Festival as its concert home for the 2014 season. Performances will be held on campus on June 13 and 20. Music festival organizers have scheduled an exciting lineup of talented performers for its fourth season including internationally renowned cellist Clive Greensmith, formerly of the Tokyo String Quartet, as featured perf...  More >>

McCandless Skypes for Community Read

As part of the 2014 Community Read, sponsored by Geneva Reads, Carine McCandless will provide a rare look into the life and legacy of her brother the late Christopher Johnson McCandless, who was the subject of Jon Krakauer's "Into the Wild." The book was distributed to high school students as part of the Community Read, the theme of which this year is the outdoors and self-reliance. McCandless wi...  More >>

Green '14 to be honored by Happiness House

Hobart senior Michael Green '14 will receive the Happiness House Volunteer of the Year Award on Friday, Feb. 7 during the annual Happiness House gala at Belhurst Castle. An offensive lineman, he has been an active Statesman on the turf and in the community. Green organized this year's "Touchdown and Tackles for Happiness House," an annual fundraiser started in 2010 by former Statesman offensive l...  More >>

Gearan in LA Times on Geneva 2020

HWS President Mark D. Gearan was quoted in a recent L.A. Times article about President Barack Obama's remarks in his State of the Union address, indicating he would enact change without Congress by using the East Wing's efforts as an example. "I think it was a rather savvy blending of the convening authority, the bully pulpit and the opportunity to gain something concrete," said Gearan, referring...  More >>