Fifth Annual Arts Experience

A festival celebrating inclusion and the arts returned to the Hobart and William Smith campus this week. The two-week festival runs through Friday, April 11 and invites the HWS community, people with developmental disabilities, and the general public to participate in 26 events which are various means of arts expression. "It's wonderful how much the festival has grown over the last five years," ...  More >>

Wildcat Lectures on Environment, Culture

Daniel Wildcat, dean of the College of Natural and Social Sciences at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, will lead a guest lecture and discussion, "Enacting Indigenuity in an Age of Global Environmental Crisis," at the Colleges on Thursday, March 27. Wildcat is one of the Melvin Hill Visiting Professors who will be on campus this semester. Wildcat's talk will begin at 8 p.m. ...  More >>

Britt Joins as Melvin Hill Visiting Prof

Melissa Britt, clinical professor at Arizona State University, has been selected as a Melvin Hill Visiting Professor this semester. As such, she will present "Urban Dance for Social Change," a series of discussions, seminars and class presentations, from March 2 through March 5. Her visit is made possible through funding from the Provost's Office. Her residency, which includes visits to the Dance...  More >>

'The Right to Bear Farms'

Former Undersecretary of Agriculture Gus Schumacher, who is known for his lifelong efforts to improve access to fresh local food in underserved communities, will present the first on-campus lecture of the spring President's Forum Series. Schumacher is currently executive vice president and cofounder of Wholesome Wave, a nonprofit agency which helps community groups find affordable fresh food. His...  More >>

Rivera '12 Working in the Major League

Everyone in the world of sports waits for the day that they finally get called up to the big leagues and for Hobart graduate Michael Rivera '12 that day just came. Rivera's love affair with baseball began when he was a child and for years he put that passion into playing the game. In high school, he was the starting right fielder for the varsity baseball team and at HWS he prepared himself for a ...  More >>