Hamilton found itself in a favorable spot on the 2006 U.S. News & World Report rankings of liberal arts colleges -- tied for 15 with Colgate University and Grinnell College. It marks the highest ranking ever for the College in the much-publicized listing. Hamilton, Vassar College and Colgate University are the only three New York institutions ranked among the top 25 liberal arts colleges. More...
Unveiling the Science Center
"If you bring creative professors together with dedicated students in a state-of-the-art facility, the possibilities are infinite." Those words by Congressman Sherwood L. Boehlert, chairman of the House Committee on Science, summed up the sentiment of the overflow crowd that packed into the new Science Center's atrium at its official dedication on Sept. 30. More...
First-Year Forum extends orientation
Getting into college for today's over-achieving adolescents is tough; adjusting to college may be just as difficult. A new program started this fall at Hamilton attempts to ease the transition. More...
Fitness Center getting in shape
An architect's rendering of the new Fitness Center
When the expansion and renovation of the former Saunders Hall of Chemistry is complete in August, the sounds of bubbling test tubes will be replaced by the whir of elliptical machines. A new fitness center, nearly triple the size of the current fitness room in the Scott Field House, will feature resistance and weight-lifting machines, equipment for aerobic/cardio training, free weights and a 3,000 square foot rock-climbing wall. More...
Former AD house dining room named for Keehns
The dining room in Eells Residence Hall, formerly the Alpha Delta Phi house, was dedicated in memory of Marjorie B. and Grant Keehn '21 during Fallcoming Weekend. More...
SHINE on, volunteers
Aletha Asay '05, Hamilton's Project SHINE coordinator, is hoping to put herself out of a job. If she has her way, SHINE, the two-year-old service learning project offered through the Levitt Center, will become a student leadership program that will continue when grant funding ends. More...
"I think it’s a fine institution despite the fact that it’s not perfect, and I’ll always contribute, even though once in a while there’s a bump in the road."
— Bernard Burns ’48 quoted in the Aug. 20, 2005, Utica Observer-Dispatch
on supporting his alma mater. Despite controversies that drew national
headlines last year, contributions to the Hamilton Annual Fund reached
record levels in 2004-05. The College exceeded its goal by topping
$5.45 million; more than 53 percent of donors increased their gifts
from the previous year. Although the overall percentage of alumni who
donated dropped from 58 percent to 53 percent, Hamilton remains in the
top 1 percent of colleges nationally in alumni participation rates.
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"Ellie is well known here for her humanitarian work with human services
organizations, including the Oneida County Jail. Most likely, this gave
her the experience to deal with some of the people who lived in this
house."
— Sean Fitzpatrick ’63 paying tribute to Ellie Wertimer at the
ceremony rededicating the former DKE House as the Eleanor and Sidney
Wertimer House on June 6, 2005.
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"Rare books and special collections have equal power to turn students on to learning."
— David Stam, former Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Research
Libraries at the New York Public Library and Syracuse University
librarian emeritus, speaking at the inaugural Couper Phi Beta Kappa
Library Lecture on Sept. 9, 2005. Stam concluded his remarks on the
history of Hamilton’s Burke Library by cautioning that electronic and
technological advancements could never replace books. The annual
lecture honors Dick Couper ’44 for his contributions to Hamilton and
the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
