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Hamilton College's annual Family Weekend will take place  October 29-31 on the Hill. Family members can be assured of an engaging and busy weekend. Your students, of course, look forward to your arrival! A full schedule of events is found by clicking on the Family Weekend 2004 links on this page

The Alumni Council met on the Hill during a glorious Fallcoming Weekend. Temperatures soared into the low 80’s. A record 59 council members made the trip to the Hill. Weekend council activity included:   Fallcoming Photo GalleryCelebration of Service dinner on Friday evening: The Alumni Council presented our Volunteer of the Year award to Dick Couper '44 for his years of dedicated service to the College. Three College Key Awards were presented to Ed Deci '64, John Villios '73 and Alan Silverman '76. Congratulations and thank you! Council Business - Council Expansion: The Executive Committee of the Alumni Council agreed to expand Alumni Council Membership to include Class Agents, as part of the Class Leadership Committee, and GOLD group chairs, as part of the Regional Affairs Committee. The Council approved these recommendations noting that expansion provides "...means of better serving both the College and our alumni constituency ... creates a basis for a stronger, deeper, more far-reaching Alumni Council." Multicultural Alumni - Students Mentoring Kick-off Event: A weekend highlight included the inaugural mentoring event sponsored by the Multicultural Alumni Relations Committee (MARC). Over 80 people attended including more than 20 alumni mentors, over 50 students and members of the College community at large. Kudos are extended to MARC chair Torrence Moore '92 and mentoring committee chair Laura Hsieh '93 and the MARC committee members who contributed to this program inauguration. Alumni Council Welcomes new Alumni Association (AA) Regional Presidents: The Council extended their welcome to new AA presidents who include: Bruce Gaylord '70 and Alexandra Stevens '95 in Fairfield County; Sara Shapiro Haberson '97 and Justin Haberson '96 in Philadelphia along with Lynne Salkin '00 the Philadelphia GOLD chair; Liz Holland '87 in Chicago; Dan Murdock in Westchester County and Bill Gaden '84 (as co-president with Susan Bacot '88) in New York City. AA presidents offer alumni their leadership and energy to help foster educational and social events in the association areas where we live and work. A current schedule of Regional AA events is found here

2003 Hamilton Alums, Ali Cherry, Sarah Karpinski and Andrew Magoun have reached the half way mark training as "Team Hamilton" for the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington,D.C. They are training under the guidance of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help raise awareness and fund research to find a cure for these horrible diseases. 

Fallcoming 2004, held on the Hill Oct. 8-10, is a traditional time for Hamilton alumni to reconnect with classmates and friends in our spectacularly beautiful autumn campus environment. Weekend events are rich and numerous. In addition to social events, athletic events are held, the Emerson Gallery exhibit is showcased, the Board of Trustees and the Alumni Council meet and world-class jazz is performed. This year, an athletics reunion will also occur on Saturday concluding with a keynote lecture by renowned sport commentator and author Frank Deford. Join us.

The Nominations Committee of the Alumni Council invites members of the on-campus community, alumni, and others to provide the Committee with recommendations for the annual Hamilton College Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award. In October, the Alumni Council will act on the nomination put forward by the Committee.  The formal award presentation will take place at Hamilton during the Spring 2005 meetings of the Alumni Council.

Pig Brooch, Inc. is an emergent New York City theatre company composed entirely of former Hamilton College students (Aurelia Fisher '03, Aaron Wilton '03, and Justin Tyler '01). Their first show, Happy Mundanes, will be part of the New York International Fringe Festival this year, August 13-29.  The inspiration for Happy Mundanes came from a year of travel and study on a Bristol Fellowship from Hamilton College.

The Hamilton College Alumni Office is pleased to introduce you to our Alumni Travel program. Hamilton College, in concert with Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges, will offer international Alumni Travel opportunities to Hamilton alumni, parents and friends of the College in 2005: Costa Rica: January / SOLD OUT Chianti in a Tuscan Villa: April Provence - Aix-en-Provence: June China, Tibet & the Yangtze River: October 20 - November 7 All travel events will have strong educational elements to complement the professionally managed tours. A fifth summer kayaking trip north of Boothbay, Maine is also planned. Costs and dates are subject to change. We invite you to complete our Travel Interest Survey to let us know what types of programs are of interest to you. We hope to see you and your family on one of our upcoming trips.

  The Metropolitan New York Alumni Association invites you to the 23rd Annual Hamilton Day at the US OPEN 2004 Tennis Championship Wednesday, September 8, 2004 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $63 per person. All seating is in the Upper Promenade of the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Click HERE to register.  Thanks and enjoy the US OPEN!

  Reunions 2004 were an occasion for alumnae of Kirkland College to reconnect with one another.  An article about the Open Mic event, authored by Kate Faison Spencer '79, follows ... We had a very energetic meeting about Kirkland, reconnecting with each other and with Hamilton, at the recent Reunion '04. Twelve women from the Class of '79 registered for the weekend, and there were ten who attended this discussion, joined by three Kirkland '74 graduates and a male '79 class member. There were two Hamilton contacts at the meeting, Erin Martinovich, who organized the reunion events for our class of '79 and Doug Raybeck, currently a Hamilton anthropology professor and fondly remembered as one of the outstanding Kirkland faculty members. The intention of the meeting was to explore the impact of the Hamilton/Kirkland merger on each of us. As we spoke, it was immediately apparent that issues raised were largely due to poor communication between Hamilton College and Kirkland students since 1978. By bringing our various perspectives to the meeting, with the assistance of written communication from Sam Babbitt, we were able to finally understand the chronological course of events in their wider historical context. Each direct communication was met by the group with the spirit of cooperation, as we heard about experiences of Kirkland students, faculty members and alumnae from 1978 forward. Erin fielded questions about contemporary processes at Hamilton. Her presence was invaluable and has already proved instrumental in the construction of possible responses at the College. Some simple but meaningful changes are anticipated in the Hamilton database, Website and magazine as a result of being heard. As Sam Babbitt describes the current situation in writing: "Many of us who were at Kirkland have had conflicted feelings about all that transpired in the difficult years when you were students on the Hill. The good news is that Hamilton College is, today, so welcoming to Kirkland people and so open in their acknowledgment of the part that Kirkland played in the evolution of Hamilton over these past decades. It was not always so, and to find it there now is a matter of great delight - and it augurs well for the health of the institution." For those alumnae who are still looking for a glimmer of Kirkland in the Hamilton institution, some exciting new prospects now exist. Without prescription or expectation on my part, allow me to invite you to come back through the open door. Kate Faison Spencer '79

Reunions 2004 was a memorable event for more than 1,100 members of the Hamilton family. Our photo galleries will help you remember your time on the Hill. Visit the galleries and enjoy a reprise of the weekend's events. Galleries