Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Zoe Jackson-Gibson '16, Megan Miskovsky '16 and Min Kyung Jeon '17 study on the second floor of the Warren Hunting Smith Library.

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

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.

Performing under black light, students rehearse the piece titled, Legion choreographed by Tanina Urbanski '17.

Maryn Paul '17 performs in Wither & Dust choreographed by Katerina Núñez '17 as part of the Junior/Senior Choreographers' Concert in the Deming Theatre of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

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.

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

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.

Director of the Centennial Center for Leadership Susan Pliner speaks with Talia Azour '16 about her practicum project on the social integration of international students on campus during the HWS Leads Leadership Showcase.

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.

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.

The Venerable Tenzin Yignyen concludes the sacred practice of creating and dismantling a Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala. Mandalas are created in the tradition of selflessness and non-import, and are therefore disassembled upon completion. They are then offered to the closest body of water for the benefit of marine life, the environment and all sentient beings.

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.

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.

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.

Hannah Webster '16, Molly Naef '16 and Sara Elkerm '16 discuss FEM.NET, a website run entirely by students that gives alums, students and feminists a place to reflect and interact critically about important themes that surround women in the world.