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Ty Seidule, a military historian and the College’s inaugural Chamberlain Fellow, advised Hamilton’s 484 graduates never to stop learning and striving to achieve the College’s motto, Know Thyself. “Know your own history. Know your community’s history. … Keep questioning. Because that is really the only way to know thyself

Dean of Faculty Suzanne Keen recognized 10 faculty members with Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Awards in three categories at the May 19 faculty meeting.

Dean of Faculty Suzanne Keen read tributes to recipients of this year’s teaching awards at the May 19 faculty meeting. Winners were announced at Class and Charter Day on May 11.

Hillary Bisonó Ortega ’21, an art and cinema and media studies major, received a Smallen Creativity Grant for her project “A Tale of Two Bushwicks,” a photographic documentation of changes in the neighborhood where she grew up. She describes the project below. Her work and that of 12 other senior art majors is on display at the Wellin Museum through May 20.

Lucille Kline ’22 has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship to study Russian through a virtual program offered by the University of Nizhny Novgorod. The Critical Language Scholarship is a program run by the U.S. Department of State for intensive language study in 15 critical languages.

It was a return to semi-normal as academic achievement prizes, prize scholarships, and other recognition of student accomplishments were awarded at the annual Class & Charter Day convocation on May 11. President David Wippman announced the winners in a tent on Dunham Green as spectators watched online.

Will Andriola is eager to share his Hamilton Debate Team experience with debate students in Bulgaria over the next year while serving there as the recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA). Bulgarian Fulbright ETAs contribute to coaching BEST (Bulgarian English Speech and Debate Tournament) Foundation debate teams. “After three years competing on Hamilton’s debate team, I thought it would be a great way to help students improve their confidence and public speaking skills,” said Andriola.

President David Wippman announced the Beverly S. and Eugene M. Tobin Employee Award recipients, and the Wertimer-Couper Award winner at the May 5 virtual Staff Assembly.

Two Hamilton seniors and a recent alumna have been awarded Fulbright Teaching Assistantships to Spain for the 2021-22 academic year. Tim Derby ’21 and Gianni Hill ’21, along with Loren Rodriguez ’20, will teach English under the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government.

Hamilton has announced plans for an in-person commencement ceremony for members of the Class of 2021 on Saturday, May 22, at 10 a.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. Bachelor’s degrees will be awarded to 484 graduates. Due to current New York State restrictions on public gatherings, attendance will be limited to the graduates and those participating in the ceremony.