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More than 150 Hamilton students received awards at Class and Charter Day on May 9, an annual convocation recognizing student and faculty excellence during the preceding academic year.

The Board of Trustees at Hamilton College has named Joan Hinde Stewart its 19th president. Stewart is currently dean of the College of Liberal Arts and professor of French at the University of South Carolina (USC). She will become the first female president in the 191-year history of the formerly all-male college when she assumes office on July 1. The first in her family to earn a college degree, the Brooklyn native will also join the college’s faculty as professor of French.

Associated Colleges in China (ACC) has cancelled its summer 2003 program in Beijing in response to the SARS outbreak in the country. The decision affects 54 students from colleges and universities across the U.S., including Smith, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Brown, Yale, Williams, Harvard, Carleton, Penn and Hamilton, among others. The summer term was to begin in mid-June and conclude eight weeks later. Courses are offered for Chinese language students in intermediate and advanced levels.

Visiting Professor of Rhetoric and Communication John Adams presented, "Epideictic Rhetoric's Reception and Civic Engagement" at the Eastern Communication Association Pre-Conference "Discourses of Citizenship," April 23-24.

Novelist Martin Roper will read from his work on Wednesday, April 23, at 8 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. This event is sponsored by the Department of English.

Gary Gerstle, professor of history and director of the Center for Historical Studies at the University of Maryland, presents, "Race, Nation, and Immigration in the Twentieth Century," as part of the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center speaker series "Immigration and Global Citizenship." Gerstle will lecture on Thurs., April 24, at 8 p.m. in the KJ Auditorium.

Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan, professor of English at University of Massachusetts, presents, "Postcoloniality Theory, Diaspora," on Monday April 21 at 4 p.m. in the Red Pit (KJ 109).

As part of the Hamilton College Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center speakers program, Ian Lustick, political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss "Rights of Return for Palestinians and Jews: Lessons for the Negotiation of Usable Truth." The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will be held on Wednesday, April 23, at 4:10 p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson Building in the Red Pit. Lustick is the author of several books including Unsettled States, Disputed Lands and For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel.

The Hamilton College Acoustic Coffeehouse Series celebrated its 10th anniversary with a concert on Thursday, April 17. Founded in 1993 by Gabriel Unger ’97, the series is nationally recognized as one of the top college coffeehouses on the circuit today.

Hamilton College’s Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center and Oneida County Communities that Care are presenting a conference titled “Community Connections” on Thursday, April 24, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Hamilton College in the Annex.