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Students teach the teachers at MLK Jr. Dinner hosted by DMC
February 2, 2017

On Saturday, Jan. 28, students, faculty and staff joined together in the Fillus Events Barn for a dinner honoring Martin Luther King Jr. The event did not stop with the meal. A collaborative effort between Professor Margo Okazawa-Rey and Director of Opportunity Programs and Interim Director of Diversity and Inclusion Phyllis Breland, hosted by the Days-Massolo Center, this MLK Jr. dinner had a second component to it, called “Teaching the Teachers.” Okazawa-Rey explains, “Intergenerational dialogues and learning were an important strand in the 1960s ’70s Civil Rights movement: Since then we have strayed a bit, especially because of age-segregation. My goal is for us to reconnect intergenerationally—where we are are engaging in genuine, reciprocal teaching and learning, talking and listening.” So after dinner, the group was split into two groups. One group learned slang words while the other learned new dance moves. Then the two groups switched. At the end, everyone joined back together to share their new knowledge. More ...

SHINE volunteers tutoring at sites in Utica, new and old
February 2, 2017

Opportunities for Hamilton College students are opening up in Utica this semester. After a brief hiatus the Madison-Oneida Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) Adult and Continuing Education program in Utica, which offers a range of educational and support services to agencies throughout the city as needed, is readmitting volunteers to work with adults. These will include several Project SHINE tutors from Hamilton College. Also this semester, SHINE will help expand Hamilton’s presence, which began last spring, at the Utica Academy of Science Charter School (UASCS), by contributing English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) volunteer tutors to a Saturday morning program that will help ESOL students at the charter school with their homework. More ...

Hamilton College creates search committee for new Dean of Students
February 2, 2017

Last spring, former president Joan Hinde Stewart announced the retirement of Nancy Thompson, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, at the end of the 2016-2017 academic year. Dean Thompson joined the Hamilton community in July 1986 as assistant dean of students and became Dean of Students in 2005. With the retirement of Dean Thompson quickly approaching, the search for her replacement has picked up. The first step in the process was the selection of the committee that will spearhead the search. Karen Brewer chairs the search committee and will be working with Phyllis Breland ’80, David Dacres ’18, Audrey Darnis ’18, Travis Hill, Jon Hind ’80, Monica Inzer, Herm Lehman and Art Massolo ’64 over the next several months to find Dean Thompson’s successor. President Wippman chose members of the search committee after soliciting recommendations from members of the Board of Trustees, Student Assembly, faculty and other members of senior staff. More ...

Men’s hockey hosts another successful Date Auction
February 2, 2017

Truman Landowski ’17 hosted the Men’s Hockey Date Auction sponsored by the Social Traditions Committee on Jan. 25. This was Landowski’s third year hosting after serving as an auctioned date as well in previous years, a fact the host reminisced about by beginning the event by calling out the two women who had bought dates with him in both his first and second years. The event ended up raising $702 for the Young Civic Leaders Scholarship that the Hamilton College Philanthropy Committee started last year. The scholarship benefits a high school senior in the local community who has a record of community service and has committed to getting a higher education. Last year the scholarship gave $500 to its recipient who is currently enrolled at Mount Holyoke College. More ...

NESCAC News
February 2, 2017

Maine NESCAC schools stand in solidarity with nation’s immigrants; Amherst College community stages walkout protesting immigration ban; Bowdoin College home to maritime governance workshop More ...

Guest sociology professor speaks about the medicalization of autism
February 2, 2017

On Thursday, Jan. 26, Hamilton College’s Sociology Department hosted a lecture delivered by Dr. Benjamin DiCicco-Bloom, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and has been a visiting assistant Professor on the Hill for three years. The talk, entitled “The Medicalization of Autism: Simplifications and Distortions of the Disease Narrative,” was centered around his book, A?dults with Autism: Life in the Midst of Med?icalization, which continues the work he began for his dissertation. He undertook a longitudinal ethnographic study over the course of six years, conducting interviews with families who had adult members with autism and living in their homes for 3-8 day spans, silently observing their interactions both within and outside the domestic sphere. This study was based on individuals with severe cognitive impairments, as DiCicco-Bloom considers it vital to communicate the experiences of those who cannot do so themselves. More ...

In remembrance of the lives of Hamilton community members
January 26, 2017

With profound sadness, Hamilton Col- lege mourns the recent loss of two beloved members of our community: Graham Burton ’19 and Svitlana Gura ’16. Both students left their marks on the Hamilton community in distinctandnumerousways.Intheiracademic, creative, and social pursuits, they embodied the creative spirit, intellectual curiosity and engaged citizenship that Hamilton seeks to nourish within its students. More ...

HAVOC’s Annual MLK Jr. Day
January 26, 2017

On Saturday, Jan. 21, over 180 students went into Clinton, Kirkland, New Hartford and Utica to participate in HAVOC’s annual MLK Jr. Day of Service. Traditionally held the first Saturday after the beginning of classes, HAVOC invites students to start off the new year and new semester by reaching out and engaging with the surrounding communities beyond Hamilton’s hill. Libbie Warner ’19, co-director of HAVOC, comments, “I think MLK Jr. Day of Service is a great way for college students to get involved and learn more about the community. It is an opportunity to come together and help the community. We run Making a Difference Day in the fall and MLK Jr. Day of Service in the spring, so those two service days allow students to get off campus and help the greater community.” This year’s service projects included aiding the American Red Cross in installing smoke detectors in homes throughout Utica, sorting donations at Central New York’s Veterans Outreach Center and at Rescue Mission of Utica, visiting with the residents of the Hazel Carpenter Home, and aiding multiple libraries in the area with organizing and updating their book collections. Warner’s Co-director, Eleni Neyland ’18, commented, “Most of the community partners we work with for our MLK Jr. Day of Service have a strong relationship with HAVOC throughout the semester. However, a good number open on Saturday for this event – when they would normally be closed. That certainly reflects how important Hamilton participants are in completing projects or generally contributing to these organizations.” More ...

Author of The Intimidation Game comes to Hamilton College
January 26, 2017

On Wednesday, January 24, the Alexander Hamilton Institute, in partnership with The Manhattan Institute, presented a talk and question and answer session by author, journalist and Wall Street Journal editorial board member Kimberly Strassel. The self-proclaimed “first amendment fanatic” writes the weekly WSJ column, “Potomac Watch,” and recently released her newly published book The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech. Her talk, which essentially summarized the arguments and stories in her book, began with an anecdote about her three children and their different views on what free speech is and how we ought to limit it. Her oldest child expressed a conservative view, her middle child a libertarian view, and her younger child a “totalitarian socialist view on free speech, claiming “you can say what you want to say as long as I like it.” Strassel claimed that this totalitarian socialist view most closely mimics contemporary instances of government overstep in cases of conservative speech. More ...

NESCAC NEWS
January 26, 2017

Bowdoin College to unveil rare picture of Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration; Amherst College consecrates Chapel as a sanctuary for immigrants on eve of inauguration More ...

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