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Casey Wick, assistant director of physical plant custodial services, has been honored with an Environmental Stewardship award for his efforts to support environmental awareness at Hamilton. The award was made by Hill & Markes, Inc., an Amsterdam, N.Y.–based distributor that provides solutions to its customers who are looking to bring “innovative sustainable and environmentally friendly products into their organizations.”

Nearly 3,000 memorial flags were displayed along Martin's Way in remembrance of the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the eighth anniversary of that tragic day. The College Republicans and College Democrats urged the community to observe a moment of silence to remember the day.

A memorial service for William McLaren “Mac” Bristol III ’43 will be held on Saturday, Sept. 12, at 11 a.m. in the College Chapel. He died on Tuesday, Aug. 18, following a brief battle with cancer at the age of 88.

Hamilton's Maynard Knox Professor of Government and Law Frank Anechiarico '71 spoke on Wednesday, Sept. 9, to a packed audience of students, professors, and community members about “The Burden of the Law: How the Supreme Court Defines Justice.” This lecture was the first of the season for the Imagining America series hosted at The Other Side in Utica, which aims to create a town-gown relationship between the college and its community centering on the arts and humanities.

Her Americanized vernacular presented in a lilting French accent, Professor Martine Guyot-Bender remarked to those in the Science Center Auditorium on September 9 that “language matters.” This subtle vocal enmeshment of the two cultures was just the beginning of a discussion that focused on what it truly means to be a “citizen” of a particular country – in particular, to be an American. The seminar, titled “Coming to America: Citizens Here and There,” assembled a panel of five foreign-born faculty members, all of whom have coped with feeling personally divided between two or more countries.

John Fife, life-long immigration rights activist, will give a lecture, "Civil Initiative: Organizing for Social Change," on Friday, Sept. 11, at 4:15 p.m., in the Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson Building, at Hamilton. It is free and open to the public.

Professor/composer/bassist Michael “Doc” Woods brought together some of the area’s best jazz and gospel artists for the annual Jazz Kick-Off event on Sept. 8 in the Fillius Events Barn. “Bop My Gospel Soul” offered several recently written modern jazz tunes by Woods, gospel numbers, and a few Michael Jackson tribute songs. Guest artists performing with Woods included drummer Jakubu Griffin; Chosen Generation, the gospel choir from St. Matthew’s Temple; COGIC, of Utica; and gospel soloist Astena Smith.

Professor of Art Rand Carter has contributed a chapter to a book published recently in Germany. The volume’s title is Entwerfen: Architektenausbildung in Europa von Vitruv bis Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts, Geschichte, Theorie, Praxis.

Hamilton College, in collaboration with Imagining America, will host a series of lectures this year at The Other Side, a community center located next to the Cafe Domenico, 2011 Genesee St., Utica (across from the Uptown Theater). The Imagining America lecture series is a joint project between Hamilton and The Other Side which aims to foster a connection between "town" and "gown" through presentations centered in the arts and humanities. The lectures all begin at 7:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public.

For nearly 200 years, Hamilton College has been committed to environmental stewardship. Hamilton has a strong repertoire of environmentally sustainable practices, from the continual planting of trees on campus and investment in renewable energy resources for KJ and the Glen House, to student activist groups such as the Hamilton Environmental Action Group, the Recycling Task Force and Sustainability Committee.