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 Around CollegeTrustee Chair Pledges $1 Million for Scholarships A.G. Lafley '69, chairman of the Hamilton Board of Trustees, has pledged $1 million for student scholarship aid in conjunction with his 40th class reunion, also challenging his classmates to provide $50,000 to establish a Class of 1969 endowed scholarship. More ...Second Million-Dollar Gift Benefits Students An additional $1 million gift from an anonymous donor will establish an endowment to provide need-based scholarships for students who qualify for financial aid – "truly a gift from the heart of a person who cares deeply for Hamilton," Acting President Joe Urgo said. More ...Third Gift Means New Surface for Steuben Field Another anonymous donor has stepped forward with a million-dollar gift to the College, this one to replace the surface at Steuben Field with artificial grass when all funding is secured for the $1.35 million project. More ...
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A video by Mason Fried '10 presents his recent glacial journey with Eugene Domack, the J. W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies. More ... |
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Hamilton's Board of Trustees has authorized the renovation and expansion of Emerson Hall into a new student center – what Dean of Students Nancy Thompson envisions as "the college's family room" – with construction already under way and likely to be completed in fall 2010. 
Peter Kosgei '10 claimed his two most recent national Division III titles in May, winning at 5,000 meters despite losing a shoe midway through the race a day after winning the steeplechase – and setting stadium records at Ohio's Marietta College in both. 
Women's lacrosse All-American Kaillie Briscoe '09 and men's soccer and lacrosse athlete Max Akuamoah-Boateng '09 earned this year's Jack B. Riffle Awards, presented annually to Hamilton's outstanding senior athletes and named in memory of Riffle '50. 
The campus-wide end-of-year recycling effort surpassed last year's results, cutting the Hill's solid waste as the number of items donated for resale and reuse soared. 
Sixteen Hamilton rising juniors and seniors will spend their summer conducting research on public-affairs issues as recipients of 2009 Levitt Fellowships. 
Only a few days remain in which to support scholarship aid, research, faculty and much more with an unrestricted gift to the Annual Fund, critical to the College's ability to provide the best resources. 
The Alumni Association, in conjunction with U.S. Rep. Mike Castle '61 of Delaware, hosted a Washington Welcoming Celebration on Capitol Hill for Tom Vilsack '72, recently appointed secretary of agriculture, and Christie Bell Vilsack K'72. 
John Donohue III '74, the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor at Yale Law School, joins Hamilton alumni Drew Days III '63, W. Robert Connor '56, Paul Greengard '48 and William Luers '51 as a fellow of one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies. 
Recent Hamilton grad Eric Kuhn took part in a discussion about the value of social networks in hunting for a job on a June 1 WNBC-TV morning broadcast, "Today in New York." 
