College Chaplaincy organizes Spirituality 101 Week
February 23, 2017This year, Hamilton’s Chaplaincy decided to follow up Feb Fest with yet another week full of events: Spirituality 101 Week. More ...
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NESCAC News, February 23
February 23, 2017Connecticut College fire system malfunctions, damaging dorm ; Amherst addresses divide between athletes and non-athletes ; Bowdoin cancels all classes due to snow for first time in 10 years More ...
Hamilton College students show support at Utica rally
February 16, 2017Hamilton students joined members of all ages from Utica and surrounding communities for the Refugee Solidarity Rally on Feb. 10. More ...
Hamilton Community members coalesce around Planned Parenthood
February 16, 2017On Thursday, Feb. 9, Hamilton community members came together for a “party with a purpose.” While participants ate brownies, Opus cookies, cheese and guacamole, they also thought of the ways in which they could aid Planned Parenthood and prevent its being defunded. More ...
Annual Feb Fest Week proves successful yet again
February 16, 2017This year’s Feb Fest is looking to best past years’ by combining new events with past Fest’s greatest hits. More ...
NESCAC News, February 16
February 16, 2017Wesleyan students create phone bank to increase civic engagement on campus ; Amherst President condemns Trump’s “Muslim Ban” after protest from college community ; Connecticut College hosts annual Green Dot Week More ...
NESCAC News, February 9
February 9, 2017Bates College experiences temporary shutdown as result of weather; Colby’s plans to expand residences to downtown Waterville under examination by town; Williams revises their marijuana policy More ...
Hamilton alumna speaks to College’s immigration policy
February 9, 2017As promised in President David Wippman’s Jan. 30 email, Immigration Attorney Helen Konrad ’84 facilitated an informational summary of events followed by a question and answer session regarding President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order and Immigration Ban More ...
Shenandoah-Kirkland Initiative connects with the Oneida Indian Nation
February 9, 2017Before Hamilton College was Hamilton College, it was the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, founded by Samuel Kirkland with the intention of being a school for Anglo-American and American Indian students to study together. The Oneida Nation community gifted the land to Kirkland for free in order to create the school. However, when the school was finally up and running, only two students were American Indian; by the time Kirkland passed away, there were no American Indian students in attendance. In 1812, the Hamilton-Oneida Academy became chartered as Hamilton College, leaving little remembrance of Hamilton’s founding history. More ...
Posse Plus Retreat tackles issues of national divisions
February 9, 2017This past weekend, Feb. 3-5, the Posse Foundation hosted the annual Posse Plus Retreat (PPR) at the Radisson Hotel in Utica, NY. More ...