Arthur Williams ’16
Arthur Williams ’16, a native of Jamaica, is creating a socially oriented agricultural enterprise called FreshLife that will enable Jamaicans to order fresh and safely grown produce sourced from rural farmers throughout Jamaica.
In 2014, Hamilton was designated a Changemaker Campus by Ashoka U, part of an international organization that promotes social innovation to solve society’s most persistent social issues.
Social Innovation
Three dozen colleges worldwide have been designated Changemaker Campuses for being leaders in social innovation education. Hamilton’s SI initiatives support and prepare students to address persistent social problems. Programs include the social innovation fellows, innovation roundtables, and the Levitt Center Social Innovation Lab.
Levitt Center Social Innovation
The Levitt Center is headquarters for Hamilton’s social innovation efforts.
Ashoka Changemaker Campus
Ashoka U offers the Changemaker Campus designation to leading institutions in social innovation education, including Hamilton.
Changemakers
Tsion Tesfaye ’16
As a Levitt Fellow Tsion designed Youth for Ethiopia, a six-week program for high school students in her native country of Ethiopia that introduces students to social innovation and addresses the country’s social problems.
Ishan Mainali ’21
Mainali spent the past summer exploring the problems around educational inequality in Nepal — specifically the disparity between urban and rural communities’ access to educational opportunities and infrastructure.
Hady Hewidy ’17
After graduation Hady Hewidy ’17 returned to Egypt and launched Arabesque, a project aimed at training local women to manufacture traditional handicrafts, thus empowering them to be self-sufficient.
Isabelle Van Hook ’11
As a student Isabelle created a ELS tutoring program for refugees. As an alumna she returns to campus each year to serve as a facilitator for the Levitt Leadership Institute.
Sharif Shrestha ’17
Sharif received a grant at Clinton Global Initiative University for his project that aims to alleviate poverty and promote gender equality in Nepal.
Michael Nelson ’16
Michael worked with Sarah Jillings, the assistant director of Outdoor Leadership, to develop a workshop about creating a vision and setting goals, which he ran multiple times at Hamilton and at regional conferences.
Zachary Pilson ’16
Zachary interned at Ashoka, a not for profit organization dedicated to supporting social innovators and entrepreneurs.
Nick Solano ’14
As a student, Nick was the Executive Director of Rebuilding Together Mohawk Valley, a local affiliate of a national nonprofit. Rebuilding Together is the largest volunteer home rehabilitation organization in the U.S.
