This week in photos
Aug. 19 - Aug. 25
The Orientation staff cheers on the newest members of the HWS community as they arrive on campus on Sunday.
President Mark D. Gearan and Mary Herlihy Gearan welcome Jonathan Stephenson '27 and his family to campus.
On the steps of Coxe Hall, President Mark D. Gearan and Mary Herlihy Gearan greet McKenzie Morris ’27 and her family.
Mohammad Yassin ’25 and Aiden Vanek ’25 aid members of the Class of 2027 who are moving into Hirshson Hall.
In Stern Hall, students in the Spark! course “Fuzz and Fluff in the Finger Lakes” get started with icebreakers. The Spark! was led by Associate Professor of Russian Area Studies Kristen Welsh and Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Jennifer Biermann.
Students enjoy icebreakers to get to know their classmates on Smith Lawn.- President Mark D. Gearan offers an official welcome address to members of the Class of 2027 and their families on Sunday afternoon.
Orientation Coordinators Katie Pratt ’23, MAT’24 and Alex Cottrell ’20, MHEL’24 urge new students to get to know one another and campus. They are joined by Provost and Dean of Faculty Sarah Kirk and Chaplain Nita Byrd.
Dhirren Rajarathinam '27 takes a photo with his home flag of Malaysia following the Welcome Ceremony on Sunday.
As part of Orientation, students participate in community service activities. Here, they gather for a photo after working in the community garden on State Street.
Students spread wood chips at Richards Park playground during community service activities.
At St. Francis de Sales and St. Stephen School, students help move books and prepare for the new school year.
As part of SPOARK!, the outdoor adventure program, students ready the boat for a sailing lesson on Seneca Lake.
Students paint a mural as part of a SPARK! class led by Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Intersectional Justice Michelle Martin-Baron and Victor Pultinas ’08.
Associate Professor of Theatre Chris Hatch leads a movement workshop during Professor of Dance Donna Davenport’s Spark! class “We Are Who We Are: A Performance of Dance, Music and Theater.”
As part of “Going With the Flow: First-Years Learning on the Water,” students enjoy a lesson aboard the William Scandling research vessel with Finger Lakes Institute Associate Director Nadia Harvieux and its Director Lisa Cleckner.
Students gather in front of the Declaration of Sentiments wall at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls as part of “Pride in the FLX” with Vice President of Campus Life Becca Barile.
Associate Professor of Sociology Ervin Kosta introduces students to Geneva as part of “Uniquely Urban? Welcome to Downtown.”
The Class of 2027 poses for the annual Illumination photo on Bristol Lawn.
