Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Opening the Convocation ceremony, students carry more than 100 flags across Stern Lawn to represent the nations of origin of current students, staff or faculty members, or where students and faculty are studying abroad.

Associate Professor of Russian Area Studies David Galloway talks to students in his first-year seminar Eat Like a Slav: Russian Food and Culture.

Members of the Druid Society hold the Oar of Agayentah, which all new Hobart students touch as their names are called in the official roll call of the new class.

The William Smith Class of 2021 processes down William Smith Hill with their class banner on Sunday of Orientation Weekend 2017.

First-year students participating in the Pre-Orientation Adventure Program take to the water near the Seneca Lake Yacht Club for a lesson.

Students in the Hybrid Forms Workshop class with Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature Kathryn Cowles make posters using a printing press at the Cracker Factory in Geneva, N.Y.

A late summer sunset over the Quad.

Jackson Andersen '20 presents his groups 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.

Associate Professor of English Rob Carson gives an overview of the upcoming semester with students in Britpop: from Beatles to Brexit in Eaton Hall.

Jerlin Garo '18 looks at cancer cells under a microscope during lab work in Rosenberg Hall.

Kwame Morris 19, Elizabeth McAnaney 19, Jemma Roche 19, John Camara 19, Daniel McFeeters 20 and Lauren Downes 20 enjoy dinner at a restaurant in Madrid, Spain.

Isaiah Young 18 greets an elephant at the door during Halloween festivities at Odells Village.

Senior Assistant Director of Admissions Michelle Poulin '15 speaks to students at Ahliyyah School for Girls in Amman, Jordan

Students studying abroad in Italy gather for a group photo outside of a Parmigiano Reggiano factory.

HWS study abroad students pose for a group photo in Kosovo.

Local children gather for a photo with Eileen Cooley (center left), Chloe Louthan-Green 19 and Shelby Taylor from the Cornell Cooperative Extension during a Cooking Matters nutrition course at St. Peters Episcopal Church.