Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Students clean up debris in front of St. Peter's Church in Geneva, N.Y.

President Gregory J. VIncent's dog, Scout, greets first-year students during Paws for a Break on Smith Lawn.

HWS social justice theatre group Mosaic NY performs for first-year students in the Vandervort Room.

Students assist with meal packing for Rise Against Hunger at the Robert A. Bristol ’31 Field House during the 18th annual HWS Orientation Day of Service on Saturday morning. More than 250 HWS students packed about 30,000 meals for distribution to children and families in need.

First-year students meet Barkley during Paws for a Break on Smith Lawn.

Chaplain Maurice Charles speaks to members of the Classes of 2021 and their families during the President's Welcome ceremony on Stern Lawn.

Edens Fleurizard '20 releases a banded duck back into the water as part of an HWS Pre-Orientation Adventure Program community service trip to Montezuma Wildlife Refuge.

Wildlife Biologist Linda Chorba Ziemba explains the process behind banding ducks to students participating in an HWS Pre-Orientation Adventure Program community service trip to Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Seneca Falls, N.Y.

Wildlife Biologist Linda Chorba Ziemba looks on as Arin McLaughlin '21 bands a duck from the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.

Assistant Vice President and Dean of Student Engagement and Conduct Brandon Barile speaks with students and staff members in the new LGBTQ+ Resource Center in de Cordova Hall. Savas Abadsidis ’96, managing editor for Retrograde Communications, which produces content for the country’s top LGBTQ+ publications, will return to campus on Monday, Sept. 4, to deliver the keynote address at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

First-year students help clean debris at the HWS Fribolin Farm as part of the Pre-Orientation Adventure Program.

First-year students participating in the HWS Pre-Orientation Adventure Program pose with migrant workers.

West Cosgrove (center), Western New York Coordinator for the Rural Migrant Ministry, speaks with first-year students and migrant workers about migrant work in the Finger Lakes Region as part of an HWS Pre-Orientation Adventure Program community service trip.

Leigh Blackiston ’18 watches the solar eclipse on Monday.

Professor of Dance Cadence Whittier reflects on what it means to be a citizen of Hobart and William Smith Colleges during the fall Opening Institute on Thursday.

Assistant Professor of Education Audrey Roberson (second row, third from left) and her co-trainer Biro Mustafa (third row, second from left) pose for a photo with teachers and supervisors in Sierra Leone. Along with Professor of Education Charlie Temple and Mary Jameson '12, Roberson organized and taught in a project that trained 6,000 primary school teachers and their principals in Sierra Leone, West Africa.