Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Faculty and staff join the Classes of 2021 on the Quad for Orientation Day of Service. This year, more than 740 HWS students went to 29 local service sites throughout the city of Geneva and within surrounding Ontario and Seneca counties.

Jackson Andersen '20 presents his group’s data to Julia Walters '19 and Josh Pugliese '19 during an argumentation session in the lab for “Accelerated General Chemistry” led by Technician David Slade.

A hot air balloon floats over the Quad. The balloon was brought to campus as part of a week-long celebration of the inauguration of President Gregory J. Vincent '83.

Digital Correspondent for National Public Radio Laura Sydell ’83 speaks with Ted Nappo ’18 in the WEOS/WHWS radio station. Sydell served as the keynote speaker at the 2017 Convocation ceremony. Nappo interviewed her for The Herald newspaper.

Ivy climbs Demarest Hall.

Students meet in the living room of the Abbe Center for Jewish Life before Shabbat dinner.

Professor of Dance Donna Davenport works with students in the course, Composing Works: Music & Dance Composition, co-taught by Davenport and Associate Professor of Music Mark Olivieri.

In memory of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, members of Kappa Alpha Society placed American flags near Trinity Hall overlooking the Quad as part of the annual day of remembrance. The HWS community lost three alumni in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001: Andrew H. Golkin ’93, Scott W. Rohner ’01 and Michael J. Simon ’83, P’11, P’13.

This year’s winning Hackathon team — Chloe Brown ’21, Jack Polentes ’21 and Isabella Pardales ’21 — stand between judges Ted Kidd ’87, partner at Energy Efficiency Specialists; Noah Lucas ’13, HWS sustainability coordinator; Julie Bazan ’93, COO at Cobblestone Capital Advisors; and Kate Strouse Canada ’98, program coordinator for the Maxwell Program in Citizenship and Civic Engagement at Syracuse University.

Emily Kelley ’18 and Hannah Wood ’18 perform a hive check on a bee colony at the HWS Fribolin Farm.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Christine de Denus and Chris Williams '19 pose for a photo while tabling on behalf of the First Generation Initiative at the Involvement Expo.

Professor of Economics and Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies Tom Drennen talks to students during a site visit to check the progress of the Colleges’ second solar farm. The first HWS solar farm opened in 2016 along Rt. 14 North in the Town of Geneva.

The sun rises over Seneca Lake.

Lucas Mischler '20 works in the Houghton House studio. As an architectural studies and art history double major, Mischler spent the first half of his summer as a design and engineering intern for Penn Medicine and the second portion of his summer as a fine arts education and administrative intern at the Wayne Art Center.

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature Kathryn Cowles speaks to students about the printing press during a visit to the Cracker Factory in Geneva, N.Y.

Jedidiah Collins '18, Grace Stribling-Hough '20 and Isabel Rubio '18 collect tree trunk measurements during their Environmental Science class with Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Kristen Brubaker.