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In one of their many bonding events held throughout the year, the Multicultural Peer Mentoring Project (MP2) recently visited the North Star Orchard to enjoy the crisp fall season, delicious apples, and great company.

“Infusing validation, normalizing experience, embracing struggle and failure, and promoting self-advocacy and well-being.” These are the words Travis Hill sees on his whiteboard when he walks into his office every morning. As Associate Dean of Students for Student Engagement, Hill has sought to make these words more than just pretty letters on his wall, but instead, a call to action, especially for his new podcast series: Life on the Hill.

A song. A camera. A personal story. These are just some of the elements that students were told to work with and embody during a theatre workshop led by Michael Breslin ’13.

Before studying abroad, everyone encouraged me to visit the fun, touristy areas of London as well as the historical, local neighborhoods. They advised that I explore London and try to learn more about the culture from its natives, taking advantage of every learning opportunity. When they said to explore London, I don’t think they expected that I’d have the opportunity to marvel at the incredible chambers of the UK House of Lords in a tour led by an actual member of Parliament.

Olivia Paradice ’18 is interning at the Foreign Press Center (an office in the Public Affairs Bureau of the State Department) this summer. As a capstone internship project, Paradice will make a presentation in front of a foreign news outlet. After that, she’ll attend The American University of Paris for a Master's in Global Communications.

Senior Fellow Ben Mittman, who has a post-Hamilton job in a neuroscience lab at MIT, spent his final year at Hamilton studying how the brain collects and processes information related to social interaction.

In a “What I Did With My Major in Humanities” panel hosted by the Career Center, five alumni who majored in sociology, women’s studies, or Africana studies explained how their academics affected their careers. They shared stories on influential moments from Hamilton, skills that transferred from their major to their work, and critical pieces of advice that all 40 students in the room could use moving forward.

With the semester coming to a close and students searching for career advice before the summer, those interested in finance and consulting had the opportunity to attend a “Foundations in Banking” panel hosted by the Career Center on April 16.

Focusing on the topic of “Building Community in an Hour of Chaos,” academic, advocate, and television personality Dr. Marc Lamont Hill spoke in an event hosted by the Voices of Color Lecture Series (VCLS) and the Days Massolo Center on April 13. He spoke candidly about the need for intergenerational activism as a way to bring constructive social change—garnering snaps and sounds of agreement echoing all throughout the Chapel.