Hobart and William Smith Colleges

In Gulick Hall, Associate Professor of Psychology Emily Fisher welcomes students in her Statistics and Design to the new academic year.

The 2018 Orientation Mentors perform a choreographed dance to end the Variety Show.

Students walk to class on Thursday afternoon.

Margarita Ramos '85, Global Head of Human Resource Compliance for Bank of America Merrill Lynch and former HWS Trustee, talks with students in Professor of Sociology Jack Harris' Business and Management class. Later in the day, Ramos offered the keynote address at Convocation 2018.

Visiting Instructor of Economics Rafed Al-Huq speaks to students in his Introduction to Economics class in Stern Hall.

Patrick Fitzgerald '22 jumps off the dock at Bozzuto Boathouse.

Students fill the Warren Hunting Smith Library on the first day of classes.

Students jump into Seneca Lake from the Bozzuto Boathouse dock.

Emma Lucas '22, Cameron Miguel '22 and Lester Gamez '19 work in the Warren Hunting Smith Library.

First-year students pass meal packages along an assembly line at Bristol Field House during the 2018 Day of Service.

Rock-paper-scissors champions Kate Hughes '22 and Najem Naj Johnson '22 battle for victory during a teambuilding session on Saturday.

Members of the Classes of 2022 cheer during the Variety Show at the Smith Opera House on Seneca Street.

Meagan Bailey '22, Jack Amsterdam '22, Tanner Bissonette '22, Heidi Aversa '22 and Kian Dart-Snouffer '22 celebrate successfully breaking out of an escape room.

Students dance at a Blacklight Party in Bartlett Theater during Orientation Weekend.

Sammy Adcock '22, Kayon'Dre Betaudier '22, Nicholas Barbaccia '22 and Matthew Ayres '22 collaborate to break out of an escape room during a teambuilding session at Bristol Field House.

The Koshare Dance Collective performs at the Variety Show on Saturday night.