Hobart and William Smith Colleges

A hot air balloon rises over the Quad during Orientation 2019.

Orientation Mentor Ben Rudnick '22 helps Ryan Catlin '23 and Owen Killy '23 register for classes.

As part of Day of Service, students package meals in the Bristol Field House in partnership with the international relief organization Rise Against Hunger.

Students partner with the local NAACP chapter to distribute school supplies to students in the Geneva City School District.

Orientation Mentors perform a choreographed dance to I'm Glad You Came by The Wanted during the Variety Show at the Smith Opera House.

Opening the Convocation ceremony, students carry more than 100 flags across Stern Lawn to represent the nations of origin of current students, staff or faculty members, or where students and faculty are studying abroad.

President Joyce P. Jacobsen welcomes the Colleges community for the official start of the 2019-20 academic year on Stern Lawn.

Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Matt Lamanna 97 delivers the keynote address at Convocation.

On the first day of classes, Associate Professor of English Rob Carson teaches Shakespeare in the Blackwell Room.

Associate Professor of Sociology James Sutton and Ara McCorkle '20 discuss her Honors project on turning points and identities of individuals who are involved in deviance.

Interim Provost and Associate Professor of Political Science DeWayne Lucas advises students on course registration.

Students walk to the Scandling Campus Center on Monday.

In Demarest Hall, Associate Professor of Classics James Capreedy welcomes students to Elementary Ancient Greek.

Orientation Mentor Brynn Bushey '22 helps Nima Sellah '23 register for classes.

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Erika King lectures during Calculus II.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Greg Frost-Arnold leads a discussion with his students on the first day of class.