Hobart and William Smith Colleges

HWS and St. John Fisher students led by Professor of Media and Communication at SJF Jack Rosenberry pose for a photo after taking a tour of the Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange. The group studied abroad in Galway this spring.

Using materials donated from the New York State Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station, Audrey English ’17 and Sarah Pullman ’18 put together a structure of willow boughs for the new playground. The playground will be built from natural materials and is intended to create a play-space for children in the Geneva Garden apartments.

HWS community members practice yoga Wednesday morning on the HWS Fribolin Farm.

Madison MacDowell '18 throws to a teammate during a pick-up ultimate frisbee game. Organized by Associate Professor of Philosophy Eric Barnes and Associate Professor of Chemistry Justin Miller, pick-up ultimate frisbee is played on the Quad almost every week.

Surrounded by Music Department faculty members in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Dr. Robert H. Gilman ’70 and his wife, Christine Gilman, cut the ribbon on the new music classroom donated by Gilman ’70 and Craig M. Stevens ’85.

Construction begins on the new café in the Melly Academic Center at the Warren Hunting Smith Library.

Local builders Kurt Martin and Scott Kanehl assist with the construction of a new play park adjacent to campus and the Geneva Garden apartments in the South Lake neighborhood. Scheduled for completion in May 2017, the playground will include swings, climbing structures, a kickball field and a community garden.

Ryan Montbleau '19, Ryan Kertanis '16 and Rotimi Adeoye '18 enjoy a Friday night Washington Nationals game. Montbleau and Adeoye are interning in Washington, D.C. this summer. In July, Kertanis will travel to Mongolia where he will teach English as a Fulbright recipient.

Professor of Art and Architecture Phillia Yi leads a lesson with students in Rome, Italy during the abroad program.

HWS students sketch in St. Peter’s Square in Rome, Italy as part of the abroad program led by Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture Gabriella D’Angelo and Professors of Art and Architecture Ted Aub and Phillia Yi.

Students and faculty members enjoy a game of pick-up ultimate frisbee on the Quad.

Smith Hall on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon. The stone marker is inscribed to recognize the Hobart College Class of 1882.

Sam Deluccia ‘13 and Noah Lucas ’13 meet up in New Orleans, Louisiana.

In the Warren Hunting Smith Library, Bob Beutner, a digital learning consultant, works on processing spatial data to support research on the Finger Lakes conducted by several HWS professors.

Assistant Professor of Architectural Studies Gabriella D’Angelo instructs students on how to use AutoCAD to transfer their hand drawn designs to the computer. J.P. White ’17, Audrey English ’17, Sarah Pullman ’18 and Garth Burke ’17 (not pictured) are creating landscape designs for the area around the new Richard S. Perkin Observatory.

Robert Nanovsky '13, Emma Dow '15, Molly McElgunn '15, Micailah Adee '14, Rachel Hughes '15 and Caroline DeWeirdt '15 pose for a photo after completing the Chicago Rock n Roll Half Marathon and 10K Race.