Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Students assist the Venerable Tenzin Yignyen during the mandala dismantling ceremony as part the class, Tibetan Mandala Painting, in the L. Thomas Melly Academic Centers atrium.

Emma McDowell '15 poses for a photo while hiking up the volcano Acatenango, the third tallest volcano in Guatemala. McDowell currently lives in Antigua, Guatemala working as a teacher.

Jessica Evangelista Balduzzi 05, assistant editor of the Pulteney Street Survey, and family stand in front of the White Houses South Portico during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday.

Frank Brown '17 pushes past the Saint Joseph's University defense as the Statemen take on the Hawks on Saturday afternoon.

The Venerable Tenzin Yignyen, instructor of Asian languages and cultures, discusses the history, meaning and techniques involved in the spiritual art of Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala painting with members of the community in the atrium of the L. Thomas Melly Academic Center.

Adrienne Blauser Trapani '98 and William Smith Dean and Professor of French and Francophone Studies Catherine Gallouët pose for a photo while visiting in Bénodet, a commune in the Finistère département in Brittany, France. Blauser runs a personal empowerment program for women.

Sandy Weil '84, Andy Giglia '88, Amory Ross '06 and Ted Ruegg '88 pose for a photo during an awards dinner at the American Yacht Club in Rye, N.Y. Ross received the prestigious Seamanship Award from the Storm Trysail Club. Ross and his team helped a competitor after they ran aground on a reef in the Indian Ocean and were forced to abandon ship during the Volvo Ocean Race.

Kaylyn O'Brien 12, coordinator of Title IX programming and coordinator of leadership programs for the Centennial Center of Leadership, welcomes participants of the Leadership Certificate Program to the certificate ceremony in the Seneca Room.

Seniors and faculty of the German Studies Department pose for a photo on the steps of the Scandling Campus Center following a reception on Friday.

Students study in the L. Thomas Melly Academic Center of the Warren Hunting Smith Library.

Recipients of the Charles H. Salisbury Summer International Internship Stipend, Christian Damico '17, Karoline Loretan '17, Griffin Marsh '17, Katie Meyer '17 and Bennett Moore '16, will explore their futures with internships at leading companies and organizations in a combined total of seven countries on five continents this summer.

President Mark D. Gearan reads the names of those lost in the Holocaust as part of Hillel's annual Reading of the names in observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Members of the HWS community took turns reading throughout the day.

Students and faculty who participated in this years Honors program gather on the steps of the Scandling Campus Center on Thursday. The Honors Program makes possible some of the most sustained and sophisticated work available in the Colleges curriculum.

Provost and Dean of Faculty Titi Ufomata toasts students and faculty who participated in this years Honors program during the year-end celebration.

Administrative Coordinator at the Center for Teaching and Learning Jamie Slusser '16, Emily Kellogg '16 Morgan Mayer '16 and Erin Casey '16 pose outside of the Warren Hunting Smith Library. The students were inducted into Epsilon Alpha Kappa, the American studies honor society.

This years MAT cohort pose for a photo outside of Merritt Hall. The MAT program is a competitive graduate program exclusively for undergraduate students enrolled in the Teacher Education Program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.