Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Students walk to class on Monday.

Herons sign the class banner.

William Smith Congress President Sophie Ritter '20 speaks to students during the William Smith Welcome in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Associate Vice President for Advancement Kathy Killius Regan '82, P'13 shows students the charm bracelets they will receive from the William Smith Alumnae Association throughout their four years at HWS.

During Convocation 2018, Interim President Patrick A. McGuire L.H.D. ’12 reflects on his time as a student at St. Peter’s College in the 1960s. Noting a refrain of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., McGuire quoted: “The time to take risks is always now. The time to find your voice is always now. The time to question what you’re hearing and seeing and thinking and doing is always now…”

Commencing the Convocation ceremony, members of the Mohawk Valley Frasers Pipe Band perform in the Vandervort Room. The event marked the beginning of the 2018-2019 academic year.

Associate Professor of English Rob Carson, Associate Professor of Education Mary Kelly, Associate Professor of Political Science Vikash Yadav and Associate Professor of Political Science Stacey Philbrick Yadav process before Convocation 2018.

Students enter the William Smith Welcome in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday.

Members of the Hobart Class of 2022 sing the alma mater on Sunday.

Mudia Onaiwu '22 shakes hands with Hobart Dean Khuram Hussain.

Interim President Patrick A. McGuire L.H.D. '12 welcomes the William Smith Class of 2022.

William Smith Dean Lisa Kaenzig P'22 addresses the Class of 2022 during matriculation, a long-standing tradition to officially welcome new students into the William Smith community.

Members of the William Smith Class of 2022 gather in the L. Thomas Melly '52, L.H.D. '02 Lobby in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

HWS Trustee Dr. Jeremy T. Cushman ’96 tells students that being “a member of the Hobart and William Smith family is all about choices. Choices that will reflect upon you, your community and this family. Choices that will engage talents and abilities you never thought within yourself. Choices that will forever alter your life in the way tens of thousands of other HWS students have borne witness to.”

Professors of Art and Architecture Phillia Yi and Ted Aub take a selfie after being prompted by Associate Professor of Media and Society Leah Shafer during her remarks. Shafer asked the audience to take selfies in order to capture the present moment.

Global Head of Human Resource Compliance for Bank of America Merrill Lynch Margarita Ramos '85, Interim President Patrick A. McGuire L.H.D. '12 and HWS Trustee Dr. Jeremy Cushman '96 laugh as Associate Professor of Media and Society Leah Shafer demonstrates yogic breathing.