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Meandering through Hamilton’s Root Glen with nothing but a pair of headphones and a phone, you find yourself on a journey through the intertwining of music and nature.

Hamilton welcomed 51 new faculty members including eight new tenure-track in addition to visiting professors, lecturers, and teaching fellows for the 2021-22 academic year. The College is in the midst of a 10-year period, begun in 2015, during which nearly half of its faculty will reach average retirement age.

The July-September issue of The Nashville Musician features a review of Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton by Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley. The book was published last year by the University of Illinois Press.

Andrew Little, a music and creative writing double major, undertook a research project to “make an instrument out of the whole color spectrum.”

President David Wippman recently announced the appointment of four Hamilton faculty members to endowed chairs. All will be effective July 1, 2021. Tina Hall was appointed the Christian A. Johnson Professor of Teaching Excellence; Lydia Hamessley was awarded the Eugene R. Tobin Distinguished Professorship; Doran Larson was named the Edward North Chair of Greek and Greek Literature; and Quincy Newell was appointed the Walcott-Bartlett Chair of Ethics and Christian Evidences.

For the past month, Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley has been hitting the virtual road to talk about her book, Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton, published last fall by the University of Illinois Press.

Major national and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus.

Heather Buchman, the Carolyn and David M. Ellis ’38 Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music and Director of College Orchestra & Chamber Music, and Lecturer in Music Ubaldo Valli were recently selected as semifinalists in The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts.

Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley was a panelist for the Old-Time Music in the 21st Century Unconference sponsored by the Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University.

“A radiant entertainer finally gets her due as a composer and lyricist—and champion of resilience amid troubles.” Thus began a review in The Wall Street Journal of three books about Dolly Parton, including Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley’s Unlikely Angel – The Songs of Dolly Parton.