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Any day she can manage it, Kris Hoffman ’85 rides her bike 10 miles or so to a job she loves in Colchester, Vt. — director of education for the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center, the state’s most secure facility for youth.

Recognition of Andy Burns ’78 as the Jeff Little ’71 Volunteer of the Year, President David Wippman’s State of the College address, and students showcasing their talents in everything from science research to choir and orchestra performances made for a busy Fall Weekend at Hamilton.

Stand-up comedian and writer Selena Coppock ’02 will moderate “30 Rock” producer and star Tina Fey’s appearance at Hamilton. Fey will be the next guest in the Sacerdote Great Names series on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

After the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, triggering a massive oil spill, scientist Kevin Reynolds ’94 of the federal Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service was put in charge of measuring the unthinkable — the injury to the natural resources managed by his department.

Gabriel DeJoseph ’19's senior thesis laid the groundwork for an article he published in a scholarly journal.

Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph ’81, who spent a day on campus last fall, sharing his expertise with Hamilton students, has just published a book about the company that would go on to change the way America consumes entertainment.

“I absolutely do not think we would have found each other (if we’d been allowed to choose),” said Rachel Harshaw ’17 in an interview in The Atlantic titled Colleges would rather freshmen not choose their roommates.

He wasn’t looking to be mesmerized. What he wanted was a job. In 1977, history major Tom Stoenner was about to graduate with zero interest in grad school or teaching as his next move. When he saw a notice on a Kirkland bulletin board about a glassblower in need of an apprentice, he applied.

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.

Janelle Schwartz ’97, Hamilton Adirondack Program founder and general director, was honored by Craigardan at the nonprofit educational organization’s recent Dinner in the Field event.