Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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.

The Classes of 2021 pose for the annual illumination photo on McCooey Field.

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 HWS sailing team practices on Seneca Lake. Sailing World magazine recently ranked HWS fourth in the nation among co-ed college sailing teams.

In Houghton House, Morgan Sawyer 18 works on the design for an overlook to be located on the path down to Bozzuto Boathouse as part of Introduction to Architectural Design II with Professor of Art and Architecture Jeffery Blankenship.

Orientation mentors welcome the Classes of 2021 during move-in on Friday morning of Orientation Weekend 2017.

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

Students, faculty and staff participating in the Leadership Institute pose for group photo in the Vandervort Room of the Scandling Campus Center. More than 100 HWS students and Geneva High School juniors and seniors participated in the three-day leadership conference.

Author John DAgata 95 offers a talk as this years Trias Writer-in Residence. A professor of English and director of the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa, he is the author of The Lifespan of a Fact and About a Mountain, which was named by the New York Times as one of the 100 Best Nonfiction Books Ever Written.

An exhibit by Associate Professor of Religious Studies Etin Anwar titled Fashion Fusion: Diversity in Islamic Dress is on display in the Solarium Gallery in Houghton House. The exhibit articulates the diversity of styles, colors, textures and fabrics in Islamic fashion.

Denzel Degollado '19 helps Sandro Carboni 19 get tickets for the Buffalo Bills vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers game on Oct. 22. Center Ali Marpet '15 plays for Tampa Bay.

The sun sets over Odell's Village.

With help from Saga cook Joseph Showtime Joe Hatfield, Tziapora Glaser '18 prepares food in the Tina Wasserman Kosher Kitchen of the Abbe Center for Jewish Life.

Dana Gross '18, Maggie Malloy '18, Sophie McCracken '18, Elizabeth Feingold '18 and Bridget Smith '18 take advantage of the warm weather on the Hope House porch.

Students on the Behind the Scenes NYC career exploration program pose for a group photo with Good Morning America host Michael Strahan during a visit to the GMA studio.