Events

Come see the amazing student work from Professor Knight's Intro & Advanced Photography and Professor Clock's Intro Photography classes. This exhibit runs through Sunday, June 8.

Come see the amazing student work from Professor Knight's Intro & Advanced Photography and Professor Clock's Intro Photography classes. This exhibit runs through Sunday, June 8.

Come see the amazing student work from Professor Knight's Intro & Advanced Photography and Professor Clock's Intro Photography classes. This exhibit runs through Sunday, June 8.

Come see the amazing student work from Professor Knight's Intro & Advanced Photography and Professor Clock's Intro Photography classes. This exhibit runs through Sunday, June 8.

Come see the amazing student work from Professor Knight's Intro & Advanced Photography and Professor Clock's Intro Photography classes. This exhibit runs through Sunday, June 8.

Come see the amazing student work from Professor Knight's Intro & Advanced Photography and Professor Clock's Intro Photography classes. This exhibit runs through Sunday, June 8.

Join Executive Director of the Career Center Melissa Marietta for a presentation that will cover student job outcomes, the current career climate, and how her office is helping students navigate both opportunities and uncertainty. She will discuss data and trends her office is seeing and how they are helping students ?plan for their ?opportunities after graduation. There will be time for questions and answers after the presentation.  This is the third in a series of virtual conversations responding to the current political and social climate. I...

Educators on the Hill have long provided more than classroom instruction; for many they offered counsel and direction that helped shape careers and life trajectories. Join Geoff Precourt '70 and Ray Boggs ‘70 for an interactive discussion of how Hamilton and Kirkland faculty made a difference to us all. The reminiscences of Jay Gomer Williams ‘54, who passed last June and whose career spanned generations of students, will also be shared. His "Around the Quad" collection includes tales of Tolles, Wertimer, Mattingly, Nesbit, and many others. Reg...

Jeff Dorsey will present on living in the Republic of Mali, West Africa. Jeff represents a US radio and TV transmitter manufacturer and follows security issues in the country. This event is sponsored by the Class of 1965 and is open to all.

The organization and financing of healthcare in America has been controversial ever since the progressive era. Our healthcare system is dealing with the legacy of COVID-19, a decline in trust in government, and a future of uncertainty about government policy and funding. Today, only 40% of us have a lot of confidence in the U.S. healthcare system. All of this comes when we have had great innovation in new and promising treatments that also result in sticker shock for consumers who are coping with ever-increasing deductibles and other purchaser ...

Join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion featuring three distinguished alumni as they explore key career moments, the forces that drive change, and the decision making process behind staying the course or making a bold pivot. Moderated by Neil Basu ’01, a certified executive coach (and spouse of a Class of 2000 graduate who has grappled with her own career clash this past year!), the conversation will offer insights into navigating career transitions, an issue many of us encounter at this stage in our professional lives. Following the p...

Who’s ready to play some cornhole, Kan Jam, Spikeball, and wiffle ball? We’ll provide the equipment, so just bring yourself and your A-game!

Come see the amazing student work from Professor Knight's Intro & Advanced Photography and Professor Clock's Intro Photography classes. This exhibit runs through Sunday, June 8.

Join the Class of 1990 for a panel that will discuss the career paths of several class members, including Jerry Cozine, Ethan Strell, and Paul Petruzzi. Listen to their stories and share your own. This event is sponsored by the Class of 1990 and is open to all.

Jon Forster '75 and Tracey Stephens K’75 will briefly share information on Climate Science 101, fossil fuel industry disinformation campaigns, and for the majority of the session, lead a discussion on what actions we all might take, with a particular emphasis on trying to create systemic change. This event is sponsored by the Hamilton and Kirkland Classes of 1975 and is open to all.

After spending 24 years helping to lead the Seattle (and Washington) clinical and public health response to HIV/AIDS, Dr. Bob Wood retired in 2010 and became volunteer medical director for Compassion & Choices of Washington. Now, his work with compassion takes most of his so-called retirement time, assisting 40 state-wide volunteers, three other medical directors, and serving about 600 clients, 300 of whom died last year. Compassion & Choices educates, advocates, and assists terminally ill adults to understand and pursue the option of using the...

Alumni Trustee and Former Director, Opportunity Programs Phyllis Breland '80 will bring her signature wit, style, and warmth to this talk about her journey to Hamilton — and back again. This event is sponsored by the Class of 1980 and is open to all.

"The show doesn’t go on because it is ready. It goes on because it’s 11:30” — Lorne Michaels. Mort Korn ’80 was the key grip in the Saturday Night Live Film Unit for over 20 years. His recent retirement freed him up to share a bit of the magic that has made these some of the most watched clips on the internet. Mort will trace the development of the SNL Film Unit, showing videos that demonstrate how their work changed and became more sophisticated over time. Come hear the scoop about the process and insane schedule, as well as stories about some...

Chef Stephen Durfee '85 will provide a chocolate tasting and give us an insider's view of how chocolate is made and molded. Now a director of curriculum at Dandelion Chocolate, Stephen spent 21 years in a professorship at the Culinary Institute of America. He travels across the world to different cacao-producing regions, including Tanzania, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, and Hawaii, to lead trips, teach classes, and explore the world of chocolate. At Dandelion, he leads factory tours, instructs classes for chocolate enthusiasts, and acts as a cho...

MARC, the Multicultural Alumni Relations Committee of the Alumni Council, is committed to supporting the College and maintaining meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships with current students, faculty, and administrators. Join us for a gathering of the ages to celebrate our journey with food and fellowship.  

9:30–9:45 AM – Welcome & Opening Remarks- Kwabena Edusei  Framing the workshop: What does environmental justice beyond the state mean? Why now?

Workshop Presentations :Grounded Refusals and Survival Beyond the State 9:45–10:30 AM Gannon Roselle Revolution: Karen Diasporic Gardens and the Seeding of Sovereignty 10:30–11:15 AM Carrasco Indigenous Resistance in the Chilean Andes: Likantatay's Fight for Legal Personhood 11:15–12:00 PM Tycko Forest Defenders and the Police: Openings and Enclosures in the Movement to Defend the Atlanta Forest 

Afternoon Workshop Presentations : Panel 2: Radical Ecologies and Fugitive Imaginaries Ontological, aesthetic, and more-than-human alternatives to state-centered politics Time Presenter Title 1:30–2:15 PM Margaretha Ruderal Witchcraft: 2:15–3:00 PM Green Constructing the Conservation State: Protected Areas as States-Within-States and the Creation of Wild White Spaces 3:15–4:00 PM Walter Parables of Community Harm: Environmental Justice and the Narrative Demands of the Liberal State 4:00–5:00 PM Group ...

Climbing wall open hours available to the Hamilton College community. Ages 8+. Children under 14 must have a parent present. No experience required. All instruction and equipment provided. HillCard (or guest of a HillCard user) required. Climb on!

Workshop Presentations :Panel 3: Thinking Beyond the State: Ethics, Governance, and Limits Engaging the conceptual and political dilemmas of justice without the state 9:00–9:45 AM Menser The Just Transition and the remaking of the administrative state 9:45–10:30 AM Cannavo Environmental Justice and Civic Republicanism: Ethics Without Domination 10:30–12:00 PM Final Roundtable: Reflections, Feedback, and Futures