Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Students, faculty, staff and Geneva community members gather on the Scandling Center Patio to watch the solar eclipse on Monday.

The stages of the 2017 Solar Eclipse viewed from the Scandling Campus Center Patio. The image was created by layering photos taken at 15-minute intervals as the sun crossed the sky.

The partial solar eclipse viewed from the Scandling Campus Center Patio.

Geneva community members watch the solar eclipse during a viewing party hosted by Professor of Physics Leslie Hebb and Professor of Geoscience David Kendrick. They guided attendees through the event with specially-equipped telescopes, binoculars and eclipse glasses.

Leigh Blackiston ’18 watches the solar eclipse on Monday.

Coxe Hall on a sunny August afternoon.

President Gregory J. Vincent ’83 chats with Jerlin Garo '18 during the annual Resident Assistant Welcome Dinner at the President's House.

Students enjoy dinner at the President's House as part of the annual Resident Assistant Welcome Dinner.

President Gregory J. Vincent '83 joins the Residential Education staff and resident assistants for a group photo on the steps of the President’s House after the annual Resident Assistant Welcome Dinner.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Orientation staff members gather for a group photo with President Gregory J. Vincent '83 during training in the Vandervort Room on Monday.

Orientation mentors participate in a LGBTQ+ Safe Zone Training session led by Associate Dean of Students Stacey Pierce (center) and Assistant Director of Intercultural Affairs Darline Polanco Wattles '09 (right) in Merritt Hall.

Kayla McEachern '19 works with fellow Orientation members on an exercise focused on student experience during the LGBTQ+ Safe Zone Training session in Merritt Hall.

International students get to know each other during breakfast in the Scandling Campus Center Café.

Director of Campus Safety Marty Corbett (back, right) gathers for a photo with members of HWS Posse 5. Corbett is this year’s Posse mentor.

Members of HWS Posse 5 hold up Director of Campus Safety Marty Corbett during a trust exercise at a ropes course in California.

Bella Condella '21 and her family pose for a photo at the First Generation Initiative welcome ceremony on Thursday.

Mahamadou Bala '21 and his family pose for a photo afrter the First Generation Initiative welcome ceremony on Thursday.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Christine de Denus, one of many faculty and staff who are first generation college graduates, welcomes first generation students and their families in Albright Auditorium.

Dave Roncolato P'07, director of civic engagement at Allegheny College, facilitates a discussion with community partners, HWS faculty and staff members on how to continue to partner in ways that highlight the ideals of reciprocity.

Associate Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning Jeremy Wattles discusses the student impact on the Geneva community during a workshop led by Director of Civic Engagement at Allegheny College Dave Roncolato P'07.

President Gregory J. Vincent '83 offers remarks at the Opening Institute in the Vandervort Room on Thursday.

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.

Tailor Kekula Bangura, Mary Jameson '12 and Professor of Education Charlie Temple pose for a photo in Sierra Leone. This summer, Jameson and Temple organized a local tailor shop to create pocket charts for teachers to teach early literacy skills.

Adam Wallerstein '18 poses for a photo with Michael Rawlins ’80, P’16, principal user experience design architect for ESPN. Wallerstein shadowed Rawlins this summer through the Salisbury Center's job shadowing program.

HWS alums gather for a group photo during a visit to Martha's Vineyard.

Chloe Brown '21, Anya Mae Camille Gunzburg '21, Ted Rogers '21 and Noah Murray '21 watch the sun set over the Quad on Thursday night.

Assistant Vice President for Advancement Kathy Killius Regan '82, P'13 shakes hands with Dale Reid-Bey P’20, P’21 during the HWS Legacy Reception in the The Thomas Poole Family Admissions Center. She attended with her husband Justus Bey ’90, P’20, P’21.

Mike Masino '88, Dan Masino '21, Assistant Vice President for Advancement Jared Weeden '91, Jack Lesure '21, Whit Lesure '82, Ricky Chernok '85 and Matthew Chernok '21 pose for a photo during the HWS Legacy Reception in the The Thomas Poole Family Admissions Center. Massino, Weeden and Chernok were all members of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

President Gregory J. Vincent ’83 and Chaplain Maurice Charles meet with students in the L. Thomas Melly '52 Lobby of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Members of the HWS Posse 5 cohort gather for a photo with faculty, staff and other Posse participants outside the home of Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning Katie Flowers (left) and Vice President for Campus Life Robb Flowers (second from left).

The Classes of 2021 and their families file on to the Quad during matriculation on Friday morning.

President Gregory J. VIncent '83 and Kim Wilson Vincent greet students on the steps of Coxe Hall.

President Gregory J. Vincent ’83 welcomes Ruby Verbitsky ’21 and her family to campus during matriculation.

August Martini '21, of Arlington, Va., shakes hands with President Gregory J. Vincent ’83 during matriculation on the steps of Coxe Hall.

Maxwell Dudukovich '21 poses for a photo with Bart the Statesman in front of Coxe Hall.

Assistant Hobart Dean David Mapstone '93 greets Stephen Ponticello '21 outside the Hobart matriculation tent.

Associate Director of Admissions Kate Beyer '07 welcomes Olivia Zapatka '21 as she signs the William Smith College matriculation book.

Christina Hunter '21 receives her HWS OneCard under the William Smith matriculation tent.

Assistant Vice President for Advancement and Director of Alumni Relations Jared Weeden (left), HWS Trustee Dr. Richard L. Wasserman '70 and Michael A. Orth '74 welcome students to campus under the Hobart matriculation tent.

After greeting Hobart Dean Eugen Baer, Alec Biegen '21 shakes hands with Assistant Director of Admissions Ian Gregory-Davis under the Hobart matriculation tent.

Associate Director of Admissions Brianne Ellis '13 looks on as John Revenaugh '21 signs the Hobart College matriculation book.

Orientation mentors welcome the Classes of 2021 during move-in on Friday morning.

William Smith Dean Lisa Kaenzig speaks to parents during Parenting William Smith First-Year Students in Albright Auditorium on Friday.

Orientation mentors help Kelsey Williams '21 (center) and her family move into Miller House on William Smith Hill.

Orientation Mentors help first-year students move in to Jackson Hall.

Aidan Maseker '21 (left) moves into Sherrill Hall with some help from his family.

Jay Hartshorne '21 gets a hand from Nick McKenny '20 during move-in on Friday Morning.

Camryn Seidel '21 (left) gets a helping hand from Orientation mentors Sophie Melvin '18 and Tatianna Suriel '19 while moving into Hirshson House.

Heather Donovan '21 (left) and Delia Lawver '21 (center) move in to their room in Rees Hall.

First-year members of the William Smith soccer team pose for a photo on the Quad.

First-year Hobart student athletes gather for a photo with President Gregory J. Vincent '83 and Kim Wilson Vincent in front of Coxe Hall.