Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Jenny Gottstein, director of games at The Go Game, presents a talk titled Don't Leave School Without It: Millennial Innovators Speak For the Role of the Arts & Humanities in the Transformation of Society to members of the NY6 Think Tank in the Hilayama-Williams Family Ensemble Hall.

Sam Solomon '17, a sociology major and entrepreneurial studies minor, will join Chegg as a marketing generalist intern this summer.

Poet Timothy O'Keefe reads from his works during the Trias Reading Series in Hirshson Ballroom on Monday.

On behalf of the Hobart College Alumni Association, Rick Solomon ’75, P'10 chair of the Alumni Association’s Honors Committee, presents its highest honor, the Medal of Excellence, to Eric D. W. Cohler '81, president of Eric Cohler Design and an adjunct professor of art and architecture at HWS.

Hobart Dean Eugen Baer P'95, P'97 opens the Charter Day ceremony, which commemorates the founding of Hobart College in 1822.

Chair of the Alumni Association’s Honors Committee Rick Solomon ’75, P'10 presents Shaakir Samuel '16 with the Alumni Association Award during Charter Day in St. John's Chapel.

Eric D. W. Cohler '81 delivers the Charter Day keynote address in St. John's Chapel. Cohler discussed connectivity, which he called an increasingly important value of a liberal arts education in a digital world. He also shared the story of how HWS inspired him to pursue a career in art and design.​

Hobart students and alums process past Demarest Hall to commence the Charter Day ceremony. One of the year's honored celebrations, Charter Day is held each spring to commemorate the granting of Hobart's charter by the State of New York on April 10, 1822.

Professor of Biology Mark Deutschlander discusses academic excellence at the Colleges during the annual Honors Luncheon celebrating Honors Program students in the Vandervort Room with HWS Trustees.

Dylan Rawlins '16 works on an interior space architectural drawing of the L. Thomas Melly ’52 Lobby of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts as part of a class with Professor of Art and Architecture Nick Ruth.

Maximillian Piersol ’16 addresses fellow Honors students as one of the student speakers during the annual Honors Luncheon to celebrate academic excellence in the Honors Program. Assistant Professor of Philosophy Carol Oberbrunner is Piersol’s adviser for his Honors project “The Force of Art: A New Natural Philosophy.”

Macy Howarth ’16 offers remarks as one of the Honors student speakers during the annual Honors Luncheon celebrating Honors Program participants. Professor of Geoscience Neil Laird is her adviser for her Honors project “Climatology of Wind Chill Temperatures Across North America.” Howarth is the current recipient of the Thomas S. Bozzuto '68 Endowed Scholarship.

Dean of First-Year Students David Mapstone ’93 presents Walker Ward ’16 with the Dean's Citizenship Award, given to Hobart men who have had a significant impact on their peers and the institution.

Sophie Halter '16 leads Professor of Dance Donna Davenport’s ensemble titled “We Are They,” a performance about difference performed by seven HWS students. Halter is the current scholar for the Roderic '52 and Patricia '53 Ross Endowed Centennial Scholarship.

Assistant Professor of Dance Kelly Johnson’s ensemble “Back Burner on High” showcases eight William Smith students in a new perspective on the traditionally male-dominated Jamaican dance form.

Stewardson Society co-chair Afrika Owes '16 and HWS Trustee Linda D. Arrington '88 talk during a Stewardson Society Networking event in the Seneca Room.