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Communications Office student writer Libby Militello '22 was among students from two classes who recently traveled to the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville for a glimpse at Russian Orthodox traditions. Here she describes the visit.

As a successful philanthropic fundraiser and strategic advisor, Val Jones K’79 can face a shark or a dinosaur with aplomb: She and her husband won over billionaire Mark Cuban when they appeared on ABC’s "Shark Tank".

Last weekend, the Hamilton Outing Club sent 125 students into the Adirondack Mountains for its annual 46 Peaks Weekend. The tradition began in 1995 when the Outing Club officers at the time challenged the group to get one student on top of each of the Adirondack’s 46 high peaks — mountains over 4,000’ — in one weekend.

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.

“Presenting the past or the present only and always in a favorable light does an enormous disservice to students, teachers and the truth,” writes President David Wippman, co-author of “When books are banned, 'education is impoverished, and everyone loses'" in The Hechinger Report.

The Hamilton Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa recently elected 10 members of the Class of 2022: James Argo, Sarah Bargamian, Emma Berry, Heather Devlin, Madeleine Howe, Haoying (Ivy) Huang, Christopher Inkiow, Lydia McGinn, Madeleine Wallace, and Emily Walker.

When Stacey Boyd visited a refugee camp in Kenya, she met a group of girls who were educated through a program sponsored by a telecommunications company. That achievement inspired her to create an online retailer that combined business and philanthropy.

In Hamilton’s annual Constitution Day lecture, Amherst College Professor Austin Sarat delivered a talk titled “Everyone Knows That American Democracy Is in Trouble: But Maybe Donald Trump Is Not to Blame.” Sarat’s presentation cataloged the demonstrable deterioration of American democracy, focusing in particular on evidence gathered prior to the Trump presidency

When the books closed on June 30, 2021, $7.23 million had been raised for the 2020-21 Hamilton Fund, surpassing the $7.2 million goal. Nearly 39 percent of alumni contributed.