Hobart and William Smith Colleges

President Joyce P. Jacobsen (right) joins the Russian Area Studies Department as they play Lapta on Smith Lawn.

Faculty-led study abroad programs provide students with rich academic and cultural experiences. Here, Professor of Sociology Jack Harris visits Lahinch Beach with students while studying abroad in Galway, Ireland.

Associate Professor of Sociology and faculty adviser to the William Smith Soccer team Ervin Kosta (center) watches carefully during the NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer National Championship.

Faculty and student bonds endure after graduation. Here, Ingrid Dehler-Seter '16 and her former adviser Professor of Dance Donna Davenport pose at the awards reception of the National Dance Education Organization. Dehler-Seter accepted a New York State Dance Scholarship from the organization, of which Davenport is a member, in San Diego, Calif.

Facilitated by Career Services, students join Assistant Professor of Media and Society Rebecca Burditt (second from left) behind the scenes of CNN studios in New York City.

With a 10:1 student-teacher ratio, students receive individualized attention from professors who are experts in their field. In the photo above, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies Kanate Dahouda brings his “Introduction to Francophone Cultures” class outside.

Through the First-Year Seminar (FSEM), students gain a foundation for critical thinking and communication skills. FSEM professors are also students’ first adviser. Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies James McCorkle ’76, P’20 leads a discussion during “Interrogating Race in the United States and South Africa.”

Associate Professor of Biology Meghan Brown assists Amelia Smith '21 and Maddie Ferguson '21 with lab work as part of "Aquatic Biology" at the Hanley Nature Preserve.

In this special edition of This Week in Photos, we highlight the special faculty student bonds that flourish at the Colleges. Here, Associate Professor of Sociology James Sutton and Ara McCorkle ’20 discuss her Honors project research titled, “Professionalization of Past Criminality and Addiction: How Former Prisoners and Addicts Manage a “Professional Ex” Identity.”

The waterfall at Taughannock Falls State Park in Trumansburg, N.Y.

The sun sets over Chimney Bluffs State Park on the shore of Lake Ontario.

The home of Harriet Tubman stands in Auburn, N.Y. The abolitionist moved to Auburn in 1857, and later established the Harriet Tubman Home of the Elderly. The site became part of the National Park Service in 2017.

First United Methodist Church through cherry blossoms on Seneca Street.

A star trail over Seneca Lake from the docks of the Bozzuto Boathouse.

The sun sets over the Seneca Lake boathouse in Watkins Glen, N.Y.

A clothesline blows in the wind on a farm in Lyons, N.Y. Wayne County and the surrounding region is home to many Mennonite and Amish families. The first Amish settlers to New York arrived in the 1830s.