Charlean (left) and Wayland "Bill" Blood ’53 join President Joan Stewart in cutting the ribbon officially opening the new fitness and dance center.
Ready for a workout
Grab your workout gear and take a tour of the new Charlean and Wayland Blood Fitness and Dance Center. More...
Home-court advantage
The new Little Squash Center gives Hamilton home-court advantage in one of the finest facilities in the college circuit. More...
'America's Best Leaders'
A.G. Lafley ’69 and Robert Moses ’56 are among the 20 individuals recognized as the nation’s foremost leaders. More...
Sharing communal knowledge
Scholars in the field of communal societies will have a new resource for sharing their research when the Hamilton library’s Richard W. Couper Press begins publishing next year. More...
A base camp for outdoor exploration
Dedicated this fall, the Glen House is the new home of Hamilton’s Outdoor Leadership Center, providing dedicated educational and social space for the Outing Club and the Adirondack Adventure (AA) Program. More...
In the trenches
Students in the government course “Campaign Internship, Participation, Observation” met once each week to read and discuss texts dealing with congressional elections and political internships. The remainder of the “class time” — 10 hours a week — was spent volunteering for the campaigns of Michael Arcuri, Ray Meier or NY State Senate hopeful Joe Griffo. More...
Class of 2010 snapshot
Number of students who applied to Hamilton in 2006: 4,267
Number accepted: 1,425 (fewest since 1989)
Yield (number of admits who enrolled): 503 (highest since 1982)
States represented: 38
Countries represented: 23
Percent multicultural or international: 23 (18% multicultural; 5% international)
Percent in the top 10% of their high school class: 74
Average SAT score: 1343 (critical reading and math combined)
Percent of “legacies” (children, grandchildren, siblings, etc. of alumni): 12
Percentage receiving Hamilton aid: 50
Among the class is:
• a competitive archer
• the first-place winner in the World Expo English contest sponsored by The Princeton Review
• a former volunteer with the Norwegian Peace Corps
• a distant relative of Edgar Allen Poe
• a triplet who played on boys’ athletic teams growing up so her parents wouldn’t have to split their allegiance
• a student who scored a perfect 36 on the ACT
• a player on the El Salvador Jr. National Squash Team
