Kyla Gorman '09 Awarded $10K Scholarship to Study Video Game Design

November 5, 2009  Kyla Gorman '09 has been awarded $10,000 by the Penny Arcade Scholarship Program. Gorman intends to use her money to pursue a degree in game design from The University of Southern California. More ...

Hamilton Tops Colgate in Trivia Night Showdown

Ryan Morris '08, Tim Seifert '08, Sam Gitlitz '08 and Brian Greenleaf '08 answer their way to victory!

November 20, 2009  On November 2, 2009, the Boston Alumni Association co-hosted a trivia night with their counterparts from Colgate University at the Bell in Hand Tavern located in downtown Boston. Nearly 100 alumni from both schools attended, all of whom were anxious for a chance at trivia glory. It was a matchup of mental prowess and superior grasp of extraneous knowledge, not to mention bragging rights for the college that emerged victorious!
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White House Poetry Slam Features Alexander Hamilton

November 17, 2009  A rapid-fire-rapped history lesson about Hamilton College’s namesake was one of the most popular presentations at the White House’s first-ever poetry slam. Assuming the role of Aaron Burr, Lin-Manuel Miranda offered a review Alexander Hamilton’s life as part of this event titled “Poetry, Music and Spoken Word.” More ...

Conversation with Will Reid '10

November 13, 2009  This is the seventh installment in a series of interviews with Hamilton College student-athletes. Will Reid '10 is a men's cross country team captain and has earned multiple varsity letters not only in cross country, but indoor and outdoor track and field as well. He owns the fifth-best time by a Hamilton runner on his home course during the past 10 years. In 2009, he has been one of the team's top two runners in each of the six races so far. Reid and Hamilton compete in the NCAA Division III Atlantic regional championships at Letchworth State Park in Geneseo, N.Y., on Saturday, Nov. 14 More ...

Christian Science Monitor Focuses on Hamilton Alumni Program

Assistant Alumni Director Ryan Quoted

October 19, 2009  A recent Christian Science Monitor article focused on a unique networking program offered by colleges to alumni highlighted Hamilton. The article "Universities try innovative ways to get grads jobs" examined "speed-networking," an evening for alumni from NESCAC colleges during which participants are matched with others who share their stated interests. Each participant spends six minutes with 12 other individuals. The somewhat dizzying experience removes the potential awkwardness of typical networking events. More ...

Budding Filmmakers Focus on 24-Hour Festival

November 10, 2009  A Hamilton student trudges through the dark recesses of the night, video camera and tripod in hand. He and his friends are in the early stages of the sixth annual 24-Hour Film Festival, hosted by Hamilton’s Film Production Guild. They race across campus, routinely checking the time so as not to fall behind schedule. Each team of actors, producers, and directors has from midnight on Friday until midnight on Saturday to make a quality, entertaining five-minute film – which means they have little time to spare. More ...

Elizabeth Benjamin '09 Spent Summer with Safe Passage

October 7, 2009  Elizabeth Benjamin graduated last spring with a degree in anthropology and Hispanic studies. While at Hamilton, she was a member of the national champion women's lacrosse team. This past summer, Elizabeth had the opportunity to combine her academic and extra-curricular interests by working with Safe Passage (Camino Seguro). Safe Passage is an organization based in Guatemala City, Guatemala that is devoted to assisting the poorest members of the community. Elizabeth spent two months with the organization as a classroom assistant, working with 5th and 2nd grade students and sharing her love of lacrosse. More ...

Environmental Endowment Fund is Class of 2010 Senior Gift

October 5, 2009  The Class of 2010 Senior Gift was announced on Oct. 1 at the Senior Gift Kickoff in the Fillius Events Barn. The gift will support an Environmental Endowment Fund. Keynote speaker Greg Robitaille '85, co-chairman of the Annual Fund, challenged the class to outperform previous years and realize that this gift is setting the stage for their future engagement with the college. More ...

Mike Evans '05 Tells of Founding Full Court Peace

October 5, 2009  Mike Evans ’05 presented a lecture during Fallcoming detailing his formation of Full Court Peace, a non-profit organization that aims to use basketball as a means of bringing together youth in sectarian communities. More ...

Davey '00 featured in Utica newspaper

September 24, 2009  Former Hamilton College women's soccer, squash and lacrosse player Azure Davey '00 was featured recently in the Utica (N.Y.) Observer-Dispatch. More ...

Maurice Michaane '03 Oversees N.Y.C. LGBT Pride March in Milestone Year

Alumni News and Notes

July 2, 2009  "I was 21 when I moved to New York City in 2003, and I just wanted to get involved in the community," said Maurice Michaane '03, "so I called Heritage of Pride and volunteered for that year's march." That was then. This year, as director of N.Y.C. Pride March, Michaane orchestrated myriad logistics, coordinated a brigade of police officers and a volunteer force in excess of 300, and accommodated the busy schedules of an extraordinary fleet of Grand Marshals, including Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, AIDS activist Cleve Jones, LGBT rights advocate Anne Kronenberg, and New York State Governor David A. Paterson. N.Y.C. Pride 2009 honored the 40^th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. More ...

Allie Pohl '07 is Visiting Artist at Denver Gallery

June 8, 2009  Allie Pohl '07 will be the visiting artist from June 5- August 1 at The Fu Collective and Gallery in Denver, Colo. The work is series of porcelain figures that will grow salvia hispanica (chia pet seed) from pre-pubescent to womanhood. More ...

Alejandro Gentry '01 Awarded Bronze Star

Alumni News & Notes

April 29, 2009  Alejandro Gentry '01 has been awarded the Bronze Star for his efforts with Operation Iraqi Freedom. The citation reads, "For exceptionally meritorious service as the operations advisor and fires and effects advisor while conducting combat operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Captain Gentry's actions contributed immeasurably to the success of building a free and Democratic nation for the citizens of Iraq, and to the efforts to win the global war on terrorism." Capt. Gentry was a history major, member of the Men's Swimming and Diving team, and an Annual Fund intern at Hamilton. More ...

Alumni Career Workshops Offer Advice for the Class of '09

by Danielle Raulli '10

April 6, 2009  In conjunction with Volunteer Weekend on the hill, a variety of industry-specific career workshops were sponsored by the Career Center and the Office of Alumni Relations on Saturday, April 4. Alumni panels were designed to answer career-related questions and give advice to candidates for graduation on various avenues to pursue while job-searching, especially during the current economic climate. All of the workshops were centered on the theme, "The Power of the Hamilton Network: Career Connections." More ...