Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Italian Fulbright Teaching Fellow Alessandra Bottacin, Josh Martin 18 and French Fulbright Teaching Fellow Meghann Fedon pose for a photo during the Mardi Gras celebration in the Bartlett Theatre.

Director of Student Activities Kristen Tobey presents Jules Picuri '19 with the Student Activities Rock Star Award at the William Smith Celebrating Excellence dinner on Thursday.

William Smith sophomores and juniors gather after being inducted into the Laurel Society at the Celebrating Excellence dinner on Thursday evening.

William Smith Dean Lisa Kaenzig HON10 welcomes Canieshia Phillips '19 into the Laurel Society.

During a toast presented by Al Smith '19, members of Hobart Athletics processed in to the Vandervort Room, on behalf of Statesmen across the country, to celebrate the leadership of Michael J. Hanna 68, P99, HON04, who received the Hobart Medal of Excellence.

Adam Kansler 90 and Jennifer Crupnick Weisbard 10 of IHS Markit speak to students interested in a career in financial technology during an information session in the Sanford Room. Kansler, the firms executive vice president of financial markets, and Weisbard, the director of account management, also met individually with students on Wednesday.

Trustee Stephen Cohen ’67 meets with Zahra Arabzada '19 and Taylor Gorycki '18, recipients of the Cohen Fellowship.

Aaron Tillman '95, author of Every Single Bone in my Brain and Magical American Jew: the Enigma of Difference in Contemporary Jewish American Short Fiction and Film, leads a discussion on How I Got to be a Writer in the Blackwell Room.

Directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Chris Woodworth and written by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood, 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche recreates the 1950's world of impending nuclear doom and polite society.

Phillip Kitcher, John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, discusses the intersection of philosophy and environmentalism during his talk Why Is Climate Action So Hard? in the Geneva Room of the Warren Hunting Smith Library.

Jamal Lucas '19, Craig Phillip '18, Phoebe Pohl 18 and Arsalan Haider '18 gather for a photo during the Mardi Gras event at the President's House.

New Orientation Coordinators Tanner Arnold '19 and Miranda Smith '18, MAT '19 pose for a photo on the second floor of Scandling Campus Center.

Students create winter weather care packages with Kim Wilson Vincent (right) for the HWS Food Pantry as part of a Mardi Gras event at the President's House.

Zahra Arabzada '19, Trustee Stephen Cohen 67, Taylor Gorycki '18 and Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment & Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Susan Pliner discuss Arabzada and Goryckis leadership projects. The projects are funded through the Cohen Fellowship.

During a tour of campus, prospective student Bryan Aguilar and his family visit the Office of Intercultural Affairs.

In the Bartlett Theatre, students craft masks for Mardi Gras.