Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Dhirren Rajarathinam '27 takes a photo with his home flag of Malaysia following the Welcome Ceremony on Sunday.

At St. Francis de Sales and St. Stephen School, students help move books and prepare for the new school year.

Students spread wood chips at Richards Park playground during community service activities.

Students enjoy icebreakers to get to know their classmates on Smith Lawn.

In Stern Hall, students in the Spark! course “Fuzz and Fluff in the Finger Lakes” get started with icebreakers. The Spark! was led by Associate Professor of Russian Area Studies Kristen Welsh and Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Jennifer Biermann.

Orientation Coordinators Katie Pratt ’23, MAT’24 and Alex Cottrell ’20, MHEL’24 urge new students to get to know one another and campus. They are joined by Provost and Dean of Faculty Sarah Kirk and Chaplain Nita Byrd.

President Mark D. Gearan offers an official welcome address to members of the Class of 2027 and their families on Sunday afternoon.

As part of SPOARK!, the outdoor adventure program, students ready the boat for a sailing lesson on Seneca Lake.

The Class of 2027 poses for the annual Illumination photo on Bristol Lawn.

Associate Professor of Sociology Ervin Kosta introduces students to Geneva as part of “Uniquely Urban? Welcome to Downtown.”

New faculty gather for a photo in front of Coxe Hall, including (front) Elizabeth Belcher (psychological science) and Iskandar Zulkarnain (media and society); and (back) John Zappia (management and entrepreneurship), Wenwen Li (mathematics and computer science), Jonathan Berhanu (educational studies) and Kit Hermanson (Fisher Center).

Isabel Huelgas ’25 and Elisabeth Pedone ’25 pose for a photo while interning at the Smith Center for the Arts in Geneva.

While doing research with Professor of Geoscience Nan Crystal Arens, Heather Kerns ’24 and Will Murray ’24 paddle across Hemlock Lake to collect water samples in order to test for the presence of microplastics.

In the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship, President Mark D. Gearan speaks at the Geneva 2030 meeting.

While studying in Copenhagen this summer, Madison Medwid ’23 attends a performance by the Vienna Mozart Orchestra during a class trip to Vienna, Austria.

Matt Brown ’24 poses for a photo during Hobart Football’s Media Day in the Poole Family Dome.