On Feb. 3, Janet Halley, the Royall Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, presented the third and final lecture in her series of presentations “Rethinking Campus Sexual Assault,” sponsored by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center. More ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Last week, a new President of the United States of America was inaugurated in Washington, D.C. The following day, thousands of demonstrators including approximately 130 students, faculty and staff from Hamilton College, Utica College, and surrounding communities, arrived to participate in the Women’s March on Washington. Participants from our community were conveyed on three buses, paid for with the help of an account set up by student organizers that allowed participants and supporters to contribute funds. Within the first month of the account’s opening, $15,000 worth of funds had been donated by school organizations, alumns, students, parents, faculty, staff and community members to help cover the cost of the buses. More ...
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 ...