Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Associate Professor of Religious Studies Shalahudin Kafrawi meets with students in “Encountering Difference.”

In Demarest Hall, Associate Professor of Music Katherine Walker teaches “Head Over Heels.”

Professor of Art and Architecture Lara Blanchard speaks with students taking her class “From Comix to Graphix.”

Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship Tom Drennen and Graduate Programs Career Coordinator Sam Halfman join this year’s Master of Science in Management cohort outside of the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship.

Professor of Chemistry Erin Pelkey reviews the syllabus for “Miracle Drugs ”with first-year students.

Led by Professor of Dance Donna Davenport and Associate Professor of Theatre Chris Hatch, students in “We are who we are: a performance of dance, music and theater” perform during the Spark! program finale.

Students take notes in Associate Professor of Geoscience Tara Curtin’s FSEM “Parched.”

Students play a game of pool in the Scandling Campus Center.

President Mark D. Gearan greets students, faculty and staff during the annual international student dinner at his home.

Students square off in a game of volleyball on Smith Lawn on Sunday night.

During matriculation, Hobart Dean Scott Brophy '78, P’12, P’25 addresses first-year students on the Quad.

First-year students sign the class banner before the William Smith Dean's Welcome.

Sophia Prouty MHEL’24 and Andrew Kim MHEL‘24 build stuffed animals at the Stuff-a-Plush event presented by the Campus Activities Board.

New students meet President Mark D. Gearan and Mary Herlihy Gearan’s goldendoodle Galway, while attending “Paws for a Break” on Sunday.

Director of Major Gifts Julie Kennedy P’12, P’15, P’19, Lisa Carlin P’87, P’93, GP ‘26, Betsy Carlin ‘87, Dana Olson ‘87, John Wright and Becky Watson pose for a photo at a wine and cheese gathering for alums, parents and friends of HWS in Wilson, Wyoming. The event was hosted by Betsy Carlin ’87 and Becky Watson.

The William Smith field hockey team gears up for the season during a scrimmage against Cortland on McCooey Field.

The HWS sailing team practices on Seneca Lake on Saturday. The season opens next week at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y.