Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Orientation Mentor Sophia Melvin ’18, of Ithaca, N.Y., enjoys a laugh with fellow volunteers during a park cleanup project at Arbors Green.

During Orientation Day of Service, Griffin Thrush ’19, of Westport, Conn.; Spencer Planit ’19, of Scarsdale, N.Y.; Orientation Mentor Sophia Melvin ’18, of Ithaca, N.Y.; and Jiaxun Liu ’19, of Wuhan, China, enhance a landscaping berm at Arbors Green in Geneva.

Grace Marshall ’19, of Petoskey, Mich., works on a flower berm at the roundabout in Washington St. Park.

Eco-Reps Isa Akerfeldt-Howard '18 (left) and Jane Dowling '18 assist First-Year students on the Quad.

From food to games, the Quad was packed with activities for the Classes of 2019 on the first evening of Orientation weekend.

Members of the Classes of 2019 mingle on the Quad during dinner on Friday.

President Mark D. Gearan talks with first-year students who are working at the Stop Hunger Now event. The Classes of 2019 packaged nearly 60,000 meals for the organization on Saturday.

In the Field House, more than 250 students take part in packaging meals for Stop Hunger Now, an international non-profit organization that distributes food and lifesaving aid to children and families in need across the globe. This is the second year of the Colleges partnership with the organization.

Junsong Zhang ’19, of Nanjing, China, Max Barsh ’19, of Summit, N.J., and Jack Haskell ’19 of Wellsburg, N.Y. join City Council At-Large member Tony DiCostenzo to clean the Washington Street Cemetery on Saturday. The cemetery is part of the Founder’s Square Neighborhood.

In Geneva’s Arbors Neighborhood, Day of Service volunteers remove wood fragments from a resident’s backyard. More than a dozen students joined with community members to lend a hand at the property.

Guest Artist Alice Sheppard speaks during her performance of Unrolling Disability Culture and Aesthetics: A Meditation on Intersectional Disability in Dance in Deming Theatre.

Guest Artist Alice Sheppard performs in Deming Theatre of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Students in Intermediate Modern Dance Technique with Assistant Professor of Dance Caitlin Mahon (bottom row, second from right) gather for a photo with Professor of Dance Cadence Whittier (back row, second from right) and Guest Artist Alice Sheppard in Deming Theatre.

William Elliman ’20, Victoria Loshusan ’20 and Shreeya Desai ’21 work on this year's HWS RockSat-C project, which will become payload on a NASA rocket launching in June.

Guest Artist Alice Sheppard demonstrates a movement during Intermediate Modern Dance Technique with Assistant Professor of Dance Caitlin Mahon. An award-winning choreographer, Sheppard focuses on creating movement that challenges conventional understandings of disabled and dancing bodies.

In the Solarium Gallery at Houghton House, Samuel Adcock '22 reads about the history of the Wannsee Conference.