Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Pre-Orientation Adventure Program (POAP) student guides receive first-aid and emergency training from Mike Moss. POAP offers a range of outdoor hiking and kayaking experiences to incoming first years during the week before Orientation.

The path between Coxe Hall and Gulick Hall on a sunny afternoon.

New members of the Hobart and William Smith faculty gather for a group photo in front of Coxe Hall during New Faculty Orientation.

An expert on higher, adult and lifelong education, Kristen Renn delivers the keynote address at the HWS Student Affairs Development days. Her address was titled “The Role of Student Affairs & Development in the 21st Century Liberal Arts College.”

Vice President for Student Affairs Robb Flowers introduces education scholar Kristen Renn, keynote speaker for the HWS Student Affairs Development programming held this summer. Renn is the associate dean of Undergraduate Studies and director for Student Success Initiatives at Michigan State University.

The campus skyline on Tuesday morning.

HWS Chaplain Maurice Charles speaks with other members of the Student Affairs staff during an exercise in the Vandervort room.

Shafi Shirzai '18 (left) poses for a photo on a bridge in Budapest, Hungary. Shirzai is studying abroad in Bremen, Germany, this summer.

Julianne Rizzotti ’17 stops for a photo with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the last day of her summer internship. Rizotti served as the sole intern in the office, working directly for the Chief of Staff to First Lady of New Jersey Mary Pat Christie.

Serving in Rwanda as Peace Corps Volunteers specializing in teaching English as a foreign language, Anna Dorman ’14 and Nicolas Walker ’13 helped facilitate a health and empowerment camp for secondary students in the Western Province.

Caroline Carr '17 makes a new friend at an animal sanctuary in Townsville, Australia.

Colleen Moore ’16 (left) completes a fellowship with the Global Aliya Foundation in Indonesia. Moore was accompanied by Associate Professor of Religious Studies Etin Anwar (center standing), co-founder of the foundation.

Following a staff dinner, POAP guides and Dean of First-Year Students David Mapstone ’93 gather together for a group photo.

POAP guides relax around the fire at the farm of Dean of First-Year Students David Mapstone ’93, who leads the annual adventure program.

A view of the Quad from underneath the archways of Coxe Hall.

Nicole Tanquary ’17 speaks with a local farmer about his table of produce at the Geneva Farmer's Market on Exchange Street. Open 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursdays, the market features a variety of fruits, vegetables, foods and other local goods for sale.