Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Board Chair Thomas S. Bozzuto ’68 and Vice Chair Andrew G. McMaster Jr. ’74, P’09 congratulate Dr. Joyce P. Jacobsen on her appointment to the presidency of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Jacobsen currently serves at Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Andrews Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University.

Duinya Syed '20, Justas Valciukas '19 and Gizem Hussain '21 participate in Chat and Chew, an evening of conversation and reflection hosted by the Hobart Student Government and William Smith Congress at the Office of Intercultural Affairs.

A butterfly lands on the shoulder of Paighton Alberts '20 at the Butterfly Conservatory in El Castillo. Alberts is studying abroad in Costa Rica this semester.

Neuroscience and psychology majors Louise Kehres '22 and Emily Rundlett '22 visit Niagara Falls. Accompanied by Associate Professor of Psychology Ron Gerrard, the William Smith students attended the annual Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment research conference.

Jules Kennedy '21 skates past a defender during the Herons’ 2-1 victory over Utica College.

After being announced as the next President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Dr. Joyce P. Jacobsen welcomes a standing-room-only audience in the L. Thomas Melly ’52 Lobby of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts. Jacobsen is the first woman to serve as HWS President.

During the United Collegiate Hockey Conference, the Herons celebrate a 2-1 victory over Utica College on Sunday.

Students pose with Assistant Director of Intercultural Affairs Darlene Polanco Wattles '09 (second, right) during an orientation to technology services at the Office of Intercultural Affairs.

As part of the HWS Green Lens: Environmental and Social Justice film series, students watch a screening of Not Without Us in the Sanford Room.

Nicole Wright '20, a volunteer firefighter with the Geneva Fire Department, poses outside of the Hydrant Hose Company in downtown Geneva, N.Y. During the winter storm Harper, Wright helped deliver a baby when inclement weather delayed the arrival of an ambulance to a Geneva family home.

Performers in #TheBallentineDays, written by HWS theatre majors in collaboration with Director and Associate Professor of Theatre Heather May, block one of their final scenes. The play opens on Friday, March 1 in McDonald Theatre.

Members of Theta Phi Alpha pose alongside the organization's newest inductees. The sorority welcomed three new members on Wednesday.

Students walk to class Tuesday afternoon.

During Negotiating Islam, Associate Professor of Religious Studies Shalahudin Kafrawi discusses the life of the Prophet Muhammad.

Students walk to class along the Quad.

Associate Professor of English Melanie Conroy-Goldman Hamilton discusses the narrative disruption in Jennifer Egan's novel, A Visit From the Goon Squad.