What to Do

Each year, our campus hosts more than 1,500 concerts, lectures, sporting contests, comedians, blood drives, poetry readings, parties, workshops, debates, worship services, films, gallery opening, coffeehouses, volunteer activities … well, you get the idea.

Student Organizations

Cultural, performance, public affairs, religious, sports groups, media organizations, and clubs.

Clubs & Organizations

Student-Sponsored Events

Campus Activities Board (CAB)

Acoustic coffeehouses, comedy, concerts, movies, and special events.

Hamilton Serves

Tutoring, food salvage, mentoring, literacy, habitat projects, and more.

Volunteer Opportunities

Arts

Performing arts concerts and dance, music, and theatre department events.

Performing Arts

Wellin Museum of Art

Wellness & Recreation

Club sports, intramural sports, and fitness classes.

Club & Intramural Sports

Health & Wellness

Outing Club

Clubs & Organizations

Whether it’s on the stage or behind a podium, in the community or on the field—students get involved at Hamilton. Co-curricular activities empower students to explore interests and ideas, collaborate with peers, and share their passions with others. Here’s a sampling of recent student-run endeavors. See All

Academic/Pre-Professional Organizations

App Development at Hamilton
Classics Club
Coding Team
Debate Society
Geological Society
TAMID Chapter
Investment Club
Mathletics
Pre-Professional Health Careers Club
ROOTS: Hamilton’s Society for Students of Color in STEM
Society for Physics Students
Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society
Women in Business
Women in Finance
Womxn in STEM

Cultural Organizations

African Student Association
Asian Student Union
Black & Latine Student Union
Brothers Organization
Caribbean and African Students Association
Center for Intersectional Feminism
Disabled Students Network
Feminist of Color Collective
French Club
Gender & Sexuality Union
German Club
International Cultural Association
La Vanguardia
Shenandoah-Kirkland Initiative
Spanish Club

Fun & Games Organizations

Board Game Club
Card Game Club
Chess Club
Geoguessr Club
Juggling Club
People Who Like To Do Fun Things (PWLTDFT)
Ping Pong Club
Pokemon Go Club
Roleplaying Game Club
Super Smash Bros. Club
Trivia Night

Government & Public Affairs Organizations

Action Against Hunger Group
AHI Undergraduate Fellows
College Democrats
College Republicans
Mock Trial Model United Nations
Students for Justice in Palestine
Student Government Alliance
Young Democratic Socialists of America

Music Ensembles

Chamber Ensembles
Choir
College Hill Singers
Jazz Combo
Jazz Ensemble
Masterworks Chorale
Orchestra
Wind Ensemble

Performance Groups

Band Club
Buffers
Dance Team
Duelly Noted
Hamiltones
HEAT
On Pointe
Special K
Student Dance Alliance
Tap That!
Tropical Sol
Tumbling After
Untitled@Large
Yodapez Improv

Recreational Organizations

Badminton Club
Basketball Club
Bike Co-op
Bowling Club
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club
HamTrek
Lifting Club
Marathon Canoe Racing Team
OFF BEAT
Outing Club
Pretty Tough
Robotics
Rocketry Club
Running Club!
Scottish Country Dancing
Tennis Club
Volleyball Club

Religious Organization

All Beliefs Union
Chabad Community
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Hamilton Christian Fellowship
Hillel
Meditation Club
Muslim Students Association
Newman Council

Special Interest Organizations

Alexander Hamilton Press
Anime Club
Architecture and Design Studio
Athletes of Color Initiative
Campus Activities Board (CAB)
Consulting Club
Culinary Club
Emerson Literary Society
Film Club
Finance Club
First Draft
Fraternities
Full Moon
Hamilton Herbivores
Know Thy Shelf
One Love Club
Philosophy Club
Pottery Club
QuestBridge Scholars Network
Sororities
Star Wars Club
Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC)
Up and Down Club

Student Media

Grasping Roots presents Culture Magazine
Green Apple
Red Weather
Signature Style
Suture
The Continental
The Daily Bull
The Duel Observer
The Monitor
The Spectator
The Topical
WHCL Hamilton College Radio

Sustainability Organizations

Climate Justice Coalition
Plants @ Hamilton
Slow Food

Volunteer Organizations

Alternative Breaks (AXB)
Hamilton’s Closet
HamVotes
HAAND (Hamilton Autism Advocates for Neurodiversity)
HAVOC (Hamilton Association for Volunteering, Outreach, and Charity)
Morgan’s Message
Strong Girls
Student EMTs

Hill Stops

Each year, hundreds of experts, performers, writers, and artists stop by College Hill — not to mention the dozens of alumni who return to connect with students and offer advice.

See who’s visited lately