Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Students participating in the 2016 Alternative Spring Break program in Warrenton, N.C., sponsored by the HWS Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning, pose for a photo while visiting the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

Students pose for a photo after putting the finishing touches on Hawkins Avenue House in Geneva, N.Y. while volunteering with Habitat for Humanity of Ontario County. The students prepared the house for its new owners by helping out with painting, sanding and sealing tile grout.

Rachel Evans '18, Elizabeth Hawes '19, Lauren Kane '18, Elleanor Smith '18, Miranda Smith '18 and Margot Vandenbroek '19 pose during the Alternative Spring Break program at Mariam Boyd Elementary School in Warrenton, N.C. Nearly 30 students volunteered at four sites this week.

Students pose for a photo at the entrance to the Pocahontas State Park in Virgina as part of the 2016 Alternative Spring Break program.

Soren Anders-MacLeod ’18 and Carolin Martinez Diaz ’19 along with students from Vassar College, Harvard, and SUNY Brockport pose with children of migrant workers after having a discussion about college preparation.

Assistant Director of Admissions Michelle Poulin '15 meets with students during an admissions event in Shenzhen, China.

Students from HWS, Vassar College, Harvard and SUNY Brockport learn about migrant farmers while touring Teeple Farms as part of the Alternative Spring Break program with the Rural & Migrant Ministry in Lyons, N.Y.

Christopher Prackup '18, Pierce de Boisblanc '19, Lan Yao '19 and Arsalan Haider '17 dig a fence post hole while volunteering at Pocahontas State Park in Virginia as part of the Alternative Spring Break program.

Lan Yao '19, Lauren Workman '19, Christopher Prackup '18, Arsalan Haider '17, Pierce de Boisblanc '19, Alexandra Dwyer '19 and Kevin Collado '18 pose for a photo during a hike at Pocahontas State Park in Virginia.

AmeriCorps team leader Liam Allman '15 (center, left) and his City Year team pose for a photo with Celebrity Chef Bobby Flay at the Bel Aire Diner in Astoria, Queens. Flay was there filming for a CBS Sunday Morning show about Greek Diners.

HWS Blocker Fellowship Recipients Paige Andrews '17, Annie Venditti '18, Nathan Gliedman '17 and Wenruo Wang '17 pose for a photo during the Blocker Showcase in Stern Hall. The Julius G. Blocker ’53 Endowed Fund was established to provide support to students at Hobart and William Smith Colleges who participate in one of the HWS study abroad programs in Germany.

Students walk to class on Wednesday afternoon.

Associate Professor of Education Paul Kehle speaks with students in Coxe Hall during an information meeting on the Teacher Education Program on Monday.

In Stern Hall, Professor of Economics Scott McKinney P'13 speaks with students interested in studying abroad in Ecuador and Peru.

Paige Andrews ’17 discusses her abroad experience in Freiburg, Germany this fall that was supported through the Julius G. Blocker '53 Endowed Fund.

Wenruo Wang '17 speaks with Associate Dean of Global Education Thomas D’Agostino about her presentation Seeing in Full Color about her experience in Berlin, Germany that was supported by the Julius G. Blocker '53 Endowed Fund.