Hobart and William Smith Colleges

At the First Year Seminar Symposium, Joe Tate '23 explains the overall sustainability of various asphalts to President Joyce P. Jacobsen. The event is a celebration of multidisciplinary study coordinated by the Center for Teaching and Learning.

In this special edition of This Week in Photos, we share photos of 2019 First Year Seminars, a cornerstone of the Colleges' curriculum. Here, students work outside during Associate Professor of History Matthew Crow's course Whales and Dolphins.

Associate Professor of Art and Architecture Liliana Leopardi listens as Zyanya Rizzo '23 presents a collage of newspapers, magazines, letters and photos to recreate her memory of Eaton Canyon Waterfall in Pasadena, Calif.

Assistant Professor of English Alex Black leads a discussion on Frederick Douglas' What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? during Performing America.

Students in First Person Singular with Professor of Media and Society Cheryl Forbes (left) share excerpts of their memoirs.

To wrap up their semester of study on Russian food and culture, students in Eat Like a Slav present a four-course meal to HWS community members at Fribolin Farm.

Students in Making it Strange: Russians Discover America with Associate Professor of Russian Area Studies Kristen Welsh reproduce Russian icons from the 15th through 19th centuries.

In 2012, Jenny Wu '12 paints the sunrise by the Bozzuto Boathouse. Wu interned for Colton as a student photographer in the Office of Communications.

Herons meet up with students at Lindley Elementary School to volunteer at their after school program.

Eileen Rath '20 speaks on behalf of William Smith at the NCAA Championship Banquet. At William Smith we pride ourselves in our commitment to the 'us and the we' over the 'you and the me.' We are one team, one family, for and with each other, Rath said.

Maialen Martinez '21 and Amanda Adams '21 (fourth and fifth from left) are named to the 2019 United Soccer Coaches All-America teams along with players from Carnegie Mellon, Messiah and Pomona-Pitzer.

Immediately following their arrival in Greensboro, the Herons make time to practice.

Amanda Kesler '22 makes a save. Kesler made five saves over the course of the game.

After a 0-1 loss to Messiah, Eileen Rath '20, Tamari Bekauri '20, Genevieve Carpenter '20, Jocelyn Mitiguy '20, Elizabeth Moore '20, Emilie Sauvayre '20 and Phoebe Wade '20 hold the NCAA Division III Championship runner-up trophy. The seniors finished their careers with a four year record of 78-8-2.

In this special edition of This Week in Photos, we feature the William Smith soccer team as they compete in the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer National Championship and secure their standing of No. 2 in the nation. Above, the team gathers before boarding a flight to Greensboro, N.C.

Julia Keogh '21 scores against Pomona-Pitzer in the semi-final round of the NCAA Division III National Championship.