http://www.hamilton.edu/news/ News From Hamilton en-us http://www.hamilton.edu/news/president-stewart-partcipates-in-wellesley-roundtable http://www.hamilton.edu/news/president-stewart-partcipates-in-wellesley-roundtable Hamilton President Joan Hinde Stewart participated in a round table, “Women and Literary Tradition:Breaking the Sequence,” in honor of Wellesley College Professor of French Vicki Mistacco’s retirement. The April 30 event was hosted by La Maison Française of Wellesley College. Wed, 01 May 2013 06:30:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/president-stewart-appointed-to-council-on-library-and-information-resources-committee http://www.hamilton.edu/news/president-stewart-appointed-to-council-on-library-and-information-resources-committee The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and Vanderbilt University have established a committee to examine emerging national-scale digital projects and their potential to help transform higher education in terms of scholarly productivity, teaching, cost-efficiency and sustainability.  President Joan Hinde Stewart has been appointed to this group, the Committee on Coherence at Scale for Higher Education, which comprises college and university presidents and provosts, deans, university librarians and association heads. Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/insidehighered-publishes-stewart-essay-on-change http://www.hamilton.edu/news/insidehighered-publishes-stewart-essay-on-change In an  essay in InsideHigherEd titled “Change,” President Joan Hinde Stewart began with a reference to the recent leadership upheaval at the University of Virginia.  Published on August 16, the article  addressed how college presidents might consider their decision-making processes in making institutional changes.  Stewart included advice she offered in an invited presentation at the Mellon Foundation to new college presidents. She suggested to her new colleagues that they should first “identify those things that they would not alter.” Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:50:38 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/em-huffington-post-em-publishes-second-stewart-essay http://www.hamilton.edu/news/em-huffington-post-em-publishes-second-stewart-essay Opening with a discussion of Mr. Rogers' metaphor of the mind as a garden and lyrics from one of his songs on the importance of curiosity, President Joan Hinde Stewart addressed the purpose of education in her most recent Huffington Post blog. In “Minds and Gardens,” posted on Aug. 8, Stewart wrote, “Those who see the value of college in the amount of money a graduate earns miss a fundamental point: The purpose of an education is not simply to make a better living but, by enlivening the mind, to make a life worth living. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:10:30 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/em-huffington-post-em-publishes-stewart-essay http://www.hamilton.edu/news/em-huffington-post-em-publishes-stewart-essay In an essay titled “What Would Jean Valjean Do?” and published on the Huffington Post, President Joan Hinde Stewart discussed “the transforming potential of individual example and community action” and “the redeeming value of great models, whether literary or historical.” Stewart employed Victor Hugo's Les Misérables and the author’s protagonist, Jean Valjean, as examples to illustrate these themes and to demonstrate how literary works from centuries past have relevance in today’s society. Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:19:26 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/town-of-kirkland-to-present-proclamation-to-president-stewart http://www.hamilton.edu/news/town-of-kirkland-to-present-proclamation-to-president-stewart On Wednesday, May 30, Robert Meelan, supervisor of the Town of Kirkland,  will present President Joan Hinde Stewart with a proclamation from the town in honor of the college’s 200th anniversary of the May 1812 signing of the charter by Regents of the University of the State of New York. The presentation will be made at the town meeting. Tue, 29 May 2012 10:40:16 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/clinton-fire-department-recognizes-hamilton-gift-in-ceremony http://www.hamilton.edu/news/clinton-fire-department-recognizes-hamilton-gift-in-ceremony Clinton Mayor Robert G. (Gill) Goering and members of the Clinton Fire Department brought the department’s new $1 million ladder truck to the Hamilton College campus on Tuesday, June 8. Clinton Fire Chief Mark Young presented President Joan Stewart with a personalized fire helmet in a small ceremony. After the presentation, Stewart and members of her office staff were hoisted above the library roof via the new ladder in a demonstration of the truck’s 100-foot ladder’s reach. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/stewarts-visit-hamilton-students-in-france-program http://www.hamilton.edu/news/stewarts-visit-hamilton-students-in-france-program Hamilton President Joan Hinde Stewart and Philip Stewart visited the Hamilton College Junior Year in France Program in Paris, France, on a mild spring evening on March 18. They shared their memories of study abroad in France with Resident Director Cheryl Morgan and students currently studying with the Hamilton program. Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST