Hobart and William Smith Colleges

“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.”

“I stand here today, Mr. President and members of the faculty, as a living example of the power of commitment, the power of faith, and the ability of ideas to transform a nation.”

“I say to you – a new generation of leaders – a new group of young people that have their path yet in their way. It is your time to speak up, to speak out.”

“So I say to you, during the school year, and the years to come as you make it through the journey of life, when you encounter the ideas that breed separation in our society, you must remain committed to the beloved community.”

“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.”

“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.”

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.