Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Orientation Mentors perform a choreographed dance to I'm Glad You Came by The Wanted during the Variety Show at the Smith Opera House.

As part of Day of Service, students package meals in the Bristol Field House in partnership with the international relief organization Rise Against Hunger.

A hot air balloon rises over the Quad during Orientation 2019.

Orientation Mentor Ben Rudnick '22 helps Ryan Catlin '23 and Owen Killy '23 register for classes.

Opening the Convocation ceremony, students carry more than 100 flags across Stern Lawn to represent the nations of origin of current students, staff or faculty members, or where students and faculty are studying abroad.

Associate Professor of Sociology James Sutton and Ara McCorkle '20 discuss her Honors project on turning points and identities of individuals who are involved in deviance.

On the first day of classes, Associate Professor of English Rob Carson teaches Shakespeare in the Blackwell Room.

President Joyce P. Jacobsen welcomes the Colleges community for the official start of the 2019-20 academic year on Stern Lawn.

Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Matt Lamanna 97 delivers the keynote address at Convocation.

Jacqueline Bange '19 will work with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester as part of Rochester Youth Year.

Aidan Ely '18 works for Legal Assistance of N.Y.

Alexandra Robbins-Jackson '18 serves students in Geneva, N.Y. through her role as a community conflict mediator at North Street Elementary School.

Lauren Workman '18 and Swellar Zhuo 19 fold clothes during an HWS Day of Service. Workman is program coordinator at Budget Buddies in Chelmsford, Mass, while Zhuo works for Rochester Youth Year.

As an AmeriCorps volunteer in the city of Rochester, Hilda Agyekum 18 is mobilizing resources and creating solutions to increase the quality of life for underserved communities.

Elizabeth Anderson '19 (left) gathers with friends and fellow volunteers for Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Through AmeriCorps, she will work with the Legal Assistance of Western New York in Geneva.

Elijah Rutledge 19 worked with AmeriCorps NCCC before matriculating to the Colleges.