Hobart and William Smith Colleges

President Mark D. Gearan welcomes guests to the annual Shabbat 250 dinner in the Vandervort Room. The goal of the dinner is to gather 250 community members for the Jewish celebration.

Students, faculty and staff gather in the Vandervort Room for the annual Shabbat 250 dinner hosted by Hillel. President of the HWS Hillel Board Jessica Lohre 16 (center right) delivered the opening prayer.

President Mark D. Gearan; Kay Payne 73, professor of communication sciences and disorders at Howard University; Sally Webster 74, William Smith Alumnae Association Honors Committee member; and Assistant Vice President for Advancement Kathy Regan 82, P13 gather following the Alumna Achievement Award ceremony.

Attendees of the Colleges' first Multicultural Career and Networking Conference gather for a reception in The L. Thomas Melly '52 Lobby of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

President of Danger TV Javier Saralegui 80, songwriter Youdlyn Moreau 13, IT operations technician Rodney Carter 90, and President and CEO of Wynn and Associates Kelly Wynn 83 offer advice to students during the Multicultural Career and Networking Conference on Saturday.

Bridget Callea '16 speaks with Ontario County Senior Planner Carla Jordan during a presentation of her community-based research regarding sustainable materials management in the Town of Geneva. The study was part a capstone course led by Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Robin Lewis and Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Tarah Rowse.

Assistant Vice President for Advancement Kathy Regan 82, P13 presents Kay Payne 73 with the Alumna Achievement Award, William Smith Alumnae Association's highest honor. Payne is the 16th recipient of the award.

Margarita Ramos 85, global head of human resources compliance at Merrill Lynch, moderates a panel featuring Alexis Santi 99, coordinator of travel safety at Cornell University; Xiomara Hall 96, associate director of admissions at The George School; Ludwig Gaines 88, vice president and general counsel at The Euille Group LLC; and Akilah Brown 11, pro bono coordinator at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.

Alum speakers and panelists who returned to campus for the Multicultural Career and Networking Conference pose for a photo in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts. Sankofa partnered with the Salisbury Center for Career, Professional and Experiential Education, the African and Latino Alumni Association, and others to host the event.

President Mark D. Gearan introduces Edward T. Pollack '55 during the opening reception of the exhibition titled Audubon to Warhol: Two Centuries of American Art on Paper featuring works from Pollacks art collection.

Professor of Natural Resources at Cornell University Lars Rudstam discusses Great Lakes: Systems in Transition in the Sanford Room. His talk was part of the Aquatic 2016 Spring Seminar Series, sponsored by the Finger Lakes Institute and the Biology Department.

Valerie Sperling, professor of political science at Clark University, delivers a talk Sex, Politics, and Putin: Masculinity and Russian Foreign Policy in the Sanford Room.

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies Kanate Dahouda, Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant Mathias Valiente, Visiting Instructor of French and Francophone Studies Eric Lynch and Ato Bentsi-Enchill '17 take part in Crêpe Franco-Fête at the Global Perspectives House.

Vocalist Alexandra Koi performs her set titled IAMAUBADE in Froelich Hall in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts. The event was sponsored by the Music Department.

Josiah Bramble '19 and Niame Traore '18 table for the Sankofa Charity Ball happening March 26 at 5 p.m. at the Ramada.

Professor of Media and Society Linda Robertson offers insight into the short documentary titled HWS Faculty Debate on the Lake: The LPG Storage Proposal in the Fish Screening Room. The documentary was produced by Robertson and students in her Introduction to Social Documentary Class.