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Hamilton Exceeds Capital Campaign GoalsEffort Continues Through June 2008Hamilton has exceeded its $175 million capital campaign goal six months before the fundraising effort is scheduled to conclude. "Excelsior: The Campaign for Hamilton" reached this goal in the last week of December 2007. The campaign will continue through its planned close on June 30.More ... Hamilton Receives $800,000 Grant from Mellon FoundationHamilton has received a four-year grant totaling $800,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create five postdoctoral fellowship positions in the arts and humanities. More ...Alumnus Eugene Romano Gives $2.5 Million for New Theatre Eugene Romano '49 Anonymous Donors Give $1M for Hamilton College Scholarship for First Generation StudentsA Hamilton trustee and his wife have donated $1 million to endow a need-based scholarship for students who are the first generation in their families to attend college. Recognizing the need for alumni to give back to the College, the donors, who wish to remain anonymous, have made their gift with the hope that it will encourage other alumni and supporters to make similar contributions in support of scholarship aid.More ... Annex Dedicated as Tolles Pavilion During Reunions 2007 The Tolles family gathers to cut the ribbon at the dedication of the Tolles Pavilion. More ... Hamilton Alumni and Friends Set Fund-Raising Record Trustee's Gift Completes Wireless Project At HamiltonA $370,000 gift from charter trustee David Solomon '84 and his wife Mary will enable Hamilton College to make its campus completely wireless by the time classes begin again this fall. More ...Siuda House Dedicated During Reunion Weekend Chet '70 and Joy Siuda cut the ribbon as Stuart Scott '61 and Joan Stewart look on. Widow of Alumnus Pledges $1 Million to CollegeGroundbreaking Ceremony Scheduled for Reunion Weekend Kirner-Johnson Building Hamilton College Receives Largest Gift Ever$10 M Commitment Challenges Other Arts Donors Keith '50 and Wendy Wellin College Names Domack to Environmental Studies ChairAntarctic Researcher Will Focus on Student Engagement Eugene Domack Hamilton Trustees Authorize Next Step for New Arts FacilitiesThree Buildings Are Being DesignedThe Hamilton College board of trustees has taken the next step leading to the creation of new arts facilities on the Hamilton campus. More ...New Endowed Professorship is Largest in College's HistoryEnvironmental Studies is Beneficiary Joel '65 and Elizabeth Johnson Hamilton College & Donors Benefit From IRS RulingExpanded Investment Opportunities Approved for TrustsThe Internal Revenue Service has issued to Hamilton College a special ruling that allows the college to invest charitable remainder trusts with its endowment. These charitable gift vehicles will benefit from increased diversification and growth potential.
Squash Center Hosts Its First ActionThe Little Sqash Center Opened October 13The Little Squash Center officially opened on Oct. 13 when an overflow crowd packed the gallery seating area to watch professionals Jon Power and John White, ranked #1 and #10 in the world respectively, in an exhibition match. More ...Ready for a WorkoutCharlean and Wayland Blood Fitness and Dance Center OpensBy 6 a.m. on Oct. 4, a group clad in t-shirts and shorts had already gathered outside the former Saunders Hall of Chemistry. As soon as the doors opened, the whir of exercise bikes and the rhythm of treadmills replaced the clatter of construction equipment that had been sounding for the past nine months. The new Charlean and Wayland Blood Fitness and Dance Center was finally open. More ...Contributions to Hamilton College Campaign Top $100 MillionCampaign Priorities: New and Expanded Campus Facilities, Scholarships and Faculty DevelopmentAt the annual December meeting of alumni leaders in New York City, Hamilton College's board of trustees announced that the institution has received more than $100 million in gifts toward its $175 million capital campaign goal. Publicly announced at last December's alumni meeting, the Excelsior Campaign is focused on raising funds for several major initiatives. Campaign priorities include support for new and expanded campus facilities, scholarships and faculty development. More ...Root House To Become Art History CenterArts Facilities Plan Initiated by Alumni Campaign GiftsElihu Root, Jr. (class of 1903), son of Nobel Peace Prize winner Elihu Root (class of 1864), often painted on the porch of his summer home at the top of College Hill Road in Clinton. An attorney by profession, Root, Jr., was publicly recognized as an accomplished artist who also served on the board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The same home in which he taught his grandchildren to paint and to appreciate art is now being transformed into a center for the study of art history and made an integral part of Hamilton's campus. More ...Town-Gown Fund Grows by $150,000 in Past YearMore than $84,000 Has Been Disbursed Since Grants Were First Awarded in 2001The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund received donations of approximately $150,000 during the past year. Total gifts to the endowed fund, which has a goal of $1 million and is identified as one of the priorities in the college's current capital campaign, now approach $700,000. More ...New Fund at Hamilton Will Provide Stipends for Student InternshipsFund Named for Joseph Anderson '44, Former VP Communications and DevelopmentA summer internship with the United Nations World Health Organization Liaison Office in Washington, D.C., was exactly what Hamilton College senior Wangechi Thuo was seeking. But the internship was unpaid, and Thuo, a world politics major from Nairobi, Kenya, thought she would have to choose between making money during the summer to offset her college expenses or pursuing a "dream" internship. More ...Hamilton College Kicks Off $175 Million CampaignFour-Year Effort Targets New Facilities, Scholarship Aid |
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