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Trial and error, changing careers and taking risks are all steps to realizing one’s true passions. These were just some of the messages alumni in the field of communications shared with students at Hamilton’s first Communications Bootcamp, sponsored by the Career Center and held in the heart of Times Square on March 23.

SUNY Cortland announced that Erika Fowler-Decatur, class of 1991, is the new director of the Dowd Gallery, the university art gallery. Fowler-Decatur majored in art history while at Hamilton.

Catherine Gold ’14 took advantage of the Career Center’s HamiltonExplore career shadowing program in January by spending a day with Meg Harrison ’91, patient services manager at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in New York City. Now, six months later Gold is a Levitt Public Service Intern there, thanks in large part to the connection she made through HamiltonExplore.

Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, has announced that Michael Bloomquist '91 has been named general counsel for the committee. Bloomquist has also served as general counsel to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.

On Sunday, Oct. 2 at 6:45 p.m., Brian Chiappinelli '92 and Sean Epps '91 presented "Introduction to Private Equity – Middle Market Buyouts." Peter Tonetti, Hamilton's chief investment officer, working on the endowment, also participated.  The presentation was the seventh installment in the alumni-led "Investment & Finance Education Series," which was founded by Chiappinelli and John Merill '92, who wanted to make current Hamilton students aware of the breadth of career opportunities available to them in the field of finance.

Over the course of Reunions ’11 Weekend, speakers at 30 Alumni College events informed the more than 1,000 returning alumni and guests on a wide variety of topics, ranging from urban redevelopment to food allergies to healthcare to sustainable investments. Here are brief reports on six of those sessions.

In May 2011, Charles River Press will release Fruit of the Vine, the debut novel by Cynthia Kolko '91 The book's setting is inspired by the Finger Lakes region, and the story focuses on Jemison "Jem" Loud, a vineyard worker who inherits a historic farm after his father's death and uncovers family secrets as he decides what to do with the property.

“I don’t feel worthy of speaking to an economics class. I was a history major,” began CBS 60 Minutes producer and Hamilton alumnus Andrew Metz ’91. Formerly a reporter with Newsday covering the Middle East, Metz shared his experiences and observations on the region in Professor of Economics Erol Balkan’s Political Economics of the Middle East class on Tuesday, May 5.

This summer, July 10-19, Jamie Perry '91 will assist Carey Dorn O'Brien in directing the Soccer Academy at Miss Porter’s School, a boarding and day school for girls, in Connecticut.

A decade ago, Taso Mouhteros '91 co-founded PLUM Agency, a full service, independent advertising agency based in SoHo in New York City whose clients include major global corporations (LG, Merck, Disney) and federal government agencies. The agency has met with great success. Recently, PLUM was a partner agency which launched a campaign for the U.S. 2010 Census.