Hobart and William Smith Colleges

“As new students you must do your part to help hold the house together, not just the American house, but the world house.”

“I appeal to you as students, freshmen, new, [with a ] sense of vigor, energy, vitality, to find a way to get in the way. Speak up, speak out and do not be quiet.”

“But, in 1955 at the age of 15 … The action of Rosa Parks, the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., inspired me to find a way to get in the way. I got in the way. I got in trouble. It was good trouble. It was necessary trouble.”

“I … asked my mother, asked my father, my grandparents, my great grandparents, ‘why segregation, why racial discrimination?’ and they said ‘that’s the way it is. Don’t get in the way. Don’t get in trouble.’”

“This little piece of real estate, this little planet we call earth. Call it the house of Africa, the house of Europe, the house of Egypt, the house of Central and South America. We all live in the same house.”

“An idea that we could create a nation, a world, at peace with itself, that we could create a world free from racism, free of violence, where no one would be left out or left behind.”

“I came under the influence of that idea that the concept of the beloved community: an all-encompassing, all-inclusive community where no one is left out or left behind.”

James Lampert ’20 and Sadie Mapstone ’21 take Brody for a walk down Pulteney Street.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Justin Miller works in his lab on a latent thioester molecule. The work, which brings pieces of a synthetic protein together, was initiated by Wade Perkins ’12, who now serves as an etch process engineer at Intel Corporation in Portland, Oregon.

While volunteering for the Connect Geneva bike collection, Raja Hammad Mehmood ’22, Charles McCadd and Dave Sharman gather for a photo in Geneva Recreation Complex. Mehmood is part of the Summer of Service program operated by the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning.

Assistant Director of Residential Education Hannah Smith and Assistant Dean of Student Engagement Shelle Basilio-Murray work in the Office of Residential Education.

Assistant Director of the Office of Intercultural Affairs Edith Wormley enjoys a kiss from her new dog Romeo on Monday.

Eesha Anjum ’23 (seated), Konoko Tsubakiyama ’23 and Aarushi Agarwal ’23 enjoy some afternoon sun on their Odell’s porch with furry friend Duke.

Director of CCESL Katie Flowers greets the new Superintendent of Geneva City School District Dr. Patricia Garcia with Rochester City School District ELA Director Karen Fahy and Geneva City Manager Sage Gerling. Garcia started July 1 and has joined the Geneva 2030 executive board.

Bailey DiSanto ’21 stands outside the Geneva Community Center where she is working with students attending the Boys and Girls Club this summer.

Assistant Professor of Dance Kelly Johnson is photographed outside her home with her son and dogs as part of the “Front Porch Portraits” project of Chief Photographer Kevin Colton to capture faculty during the pandemic.