During the two weeks before they returned to campus, some 143 Hamilton sophomores got a close look at possible careers as they took part in the third HamiltonExplore, sponsored by the Career Center.

Hamilton’s Class & Charter Day celebration, an annual convocation recognizing student and faculty excellence during the preceding academic year, will take place on Friday, May 4, at 12:15 p.m., in the Chapel. This year’s speaker is Julie Ross ‘84, president of the Alumni Association. Her remarks are titled “Reflections on Inspiration, Transformation and Hamilton at its Bicentennial.”

The ceremony will be available online via live webcast.

Bostonia Magazine has featured Lisa J. Messersmith '84 and her efforts to prevent the transmission of HIV  among injecting drug users in Vietnam in an article titled " Ho Chi Minh gets with the program: How an American public health researcher helped shape AIDS law in Vietnam."

Executive Director of Major Gifts William Brower ’84 discussed ways to increase the effectiveness of development programs in a webinar titled “Improving ROI and Performance in Fundraising” on Feb. 2. 

The Hamilton community gathered en masse in Wellin Hall on Sept. 24 for the Hamilton College Bicentennial Assembly. The Assembly featured speakers representing members of all parts of the College community. Speakers addressed Hamilton’s distinguished past, bright future and the elements that make the College a truly unique institution. The event served as a keynote feature of the weekend that kicked off the yearlong celebration of Hamilton’s first 200 years.

For decades, athletes, coaches, parents, and organizations have searched in vain for the secrets to maximize mental performance in sports.  Despite the myriad of tools, techniques, research, and theoretical models used today, achieving success and happiness on the field is elusive. Garret Kramer's Stillpower provides a revolutionary, simple explanation for understanding and mastering one’s own state of mind in order to achieve consistent performance and contentment. 

Maureen Meharg Kentoff '84 has contributed an essay to Seeds of Change: Critical Essays on Barbara Kingsolver, a collection of criticism published by the University of Tennessee Press. Seeds of Change is the first collection to consider the full range of Kingsolver’s literary work Kentoff’s essay "To Live Deliberately: Feminist Theory in Action in High Tide in Tuscon" is the second chapter.

On October 19, Casemate Publishers, a leader in military history book publishing, will release Axis Sally: The American Voice of Nazi Germany by Richard Lucas '84. The book will be the first fully-documented biography of Mildred Gillars.