Hobart and William Smith Colleges

From the benches on South Main Street, Chief Photographer Kevin Colton captures the Comet Neowise at 4:30 a.m. on Monday morning.

Professor of Art and Architecture A.E. Ted Aub poses in his home next to the bronze sculpture of Dr. Mary Walker he created and will donate to the Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y.

Orientation Coordinators Garrett Downs ’22 and Lalaine Vergara ’21 record this week’s segment outside of the Scandling Campus Center. The pair launched a video series on Facebook and Instagram at @HWSOrientation to introduce incoming students to the campus and Geneva, N.Y. community.

As part of his summer research project, Zhenyu Lin ’22 studies the mechanism of the transformation of goethite to hematite.

Jessica Shea, senior assistant director of Admissions, works in her office on South Main Street.

Admissions guide Stewart Falso ’22 walks through the Quad while offering a tour of campus to a prospective student and family members.

Chemist Evan Helming works in the Finger Lakes Institute lab, testing phosphorus levels in Canandaigua Lake samples.

Admissions guide Stewart Falso ’22 leads a prospective student by the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts. The Hobart and William Smith campus opened for in-person tours last week.

Bryna Gage ’22 works in the Hobart Dean’s Office this summer.

Admissions guide Michael Bamah ’22 passes the science complex while offering a tour of campus. The Office of Admissions welcomes prospective students and families to pre-register for a personal guided tour of campus, scheduled in half-hour intervals to ensure that all health, safety and social distancing protocols are followed.

Coxe Hall on a sunny morning.

Updating the HWS job bank, Brandi Ferrara, director of the Salisbury Center for Career, Professional and Experiential Education, enters two new openings at Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, Pa. Carol Shanks Dougherty ’83, associate head of school, offered the positions following the alum call to action made by Past Chair of the HWS Board of Trustees Thomas S. Bozzuto ’68, L.H.D. ’18 and Current Chair Craig R. Stine ’81, P’17.

Natalie Miggins ’22 works at the Salvation Army in Geneva as a Summer of Service intern. In the position, Miggins is assisting with the food pantry and social media outreach.

Over Seneca Lake, Spencer Tretter ’21 waves out the window of his seaplane on a trip from Massachusetts to Michigan. Before making the trip, he alerted his adviser, Associate Professor of Geoscience David Kendrick, that he would be flying by.

Volunteering for Love Geneva, Professor of Political Science Kevin Dunn, Professor of English Anna Credick and their daughter advertise meals that are given to those in need by holding signs on Castle Street. Each Sunday, approximately 100 meals are purchased from local restaurants and donated to local residents.

HWS students, faculty and staff join community members for a Black Lives Matter march on Exchange Street. The protest was one of several held in Geneva in the wake of the death of George Floyd and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.