Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Katherine Speigel 18 writes in her journal.

Students sketch the Worms Head coast line at Gower Peninsula in the southeast area of Wales.

For this week's photo gallery, we look at the Colleges three-week Wales study abroad program, Outdoor Education: Theoretical Issues in Outdoor Pursuits led by Hobart Assistant Dean David Mapstone '93. This photo marks the group's first day at a beach outside of Carmarthen, a small town beside the Tywi River in Central Wales.

While on the Preseli Hills hike, students discuss the logistics involved in constructing Stonehenge. How did the ancient tribe move huge stones over a distance of almost 150 miles in order to construct the monument?

Ren Workman ’19 identifies species of native and non-native plants at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge as part of her work with the Colleges’ Finger Lakes Institute.

Wildlife biologist Linda Ziemba (left) and Ren Workman ’19 (right) measure the amounts of native and non-native species on tracts of land at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.

Professor of Environmental Studies John Halfman, Serena Bradt ’18 and Harry Simbliaris ’17 measure stream discharge to determine nutrient loadings from Dutch Hollow Brook to Owasco Lake.

Serena Bradt '18 and Harry Simbliaris '17 measure stream discharge to determine nutrient loadings from Dutch Hollow Brook to Owasco Lake.

Professor of Environmental Studies John Halfman services an autosampler, a device that collects stream samples on a preset schedule. The collected water will be analyzed for various nutrients back in the lab to determine nutrient loadings between Dutch Hollow Brook and Owasco Lake.

Yuxi Liu ’18 prepares to test fly moths in a flight tunnel as part of her summer internship at the New York State Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y.

Students aboard the research vessel prepare to measure water transparency in Lake Atitlán using Secchi disks.

Jessica Bishop '16 takes in the view from a boat in Guatemala.

Associate Professor of Biology Meghan Brown leads a discussion on aquatic biology during the group's day on Lake Atitlán.

For this week’s photo gallery, we take a look at the three-week Guatemala summer abroad program led by Associate Professor of Biology Meghan Brown and Assistant Professor of Psychology Brien Ashdown. Here, the group gathers for a photo on the summit of Pacaya volcano.

Students spend the day aboard a research vessel on Lake Atitlán where they explored the complexity of issues involved with the lake’s water quality as well as the health of the region.

Geneva Middle School teacher and freelance artist Jon George leads Art Week for a group of students participating in the 2016 summer Kids College at HWS.