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Queen of Shadows, the fourth book in the Throne of Glass series by Sarah Maas ’08, is being released on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Maas was a creative writing major at Hamilton.

The Board of Trustees of Christian Brothers Academy has appointed Matthew Keough '04 as principal of the institution. The decision was made this summer to transition to a president and principal leadership model for the upcoming academic year. CBA is a private, Catholic, college preparatory school located in Syracuse, N.Y.

Mason Ashe ’85 was honored at the National Bar Association’s 90th Annual Conference in Los Angeles this July where he received the Sports Lawyer of the Year Award. The National Bar Association is the oldest and largest association of predominantly African-American lawyers, judges, educators, and law students.

Sam Welch ’86 has been appointed director of Hamilton’s Career and Life Outcomes Center. A native of Upstate New York, Welch graduated from Hamilton with a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in economics. Over 25 years he built a career in marketing, communications and advertising, acquiring extensive strategic and personnel leadership experience, and establishing a track record of building teams and understanding the needs of diverse stakeholders.

This Sunday, August 23, commemorates Father Sandy Webb’s calling as the sixth rector of Church of the Holy Communion in Memphis that was announced on May 24. Along with honoring Father Webb, the church will also celebrate Rally Day, the start of the church year in ministry and education. Father Webb will speak at 9:15a.m. on his vision for the parish, themed “Eyes Upward, Lives Outward”.

Hancock Estabrook, LLP is proud to announce that John L. Murad, Jr. and Cora A. Alsante have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for 2016.  Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

Max Flath ’16 is getting an inside look into the workings of our political system this summer as an intern in the office of Congressman Matt Cartwright ’83 (D-PA-17). Though internships on Capitol Hill are not uncommon, the manner by which Flath acquired his internship stands out as unique and reinforces the power of  Hamilton connections.

In late July, John Werner ’92 hosted the 15th annual Boston Posse dinner celebration to meet the 10 Boston Posse Scholars who make up part of the incoming freshmen class. The event took place at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Associate Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer and Kiana Sosa ’15 are off to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to perform The Mountaintop, that debuted at Hamilton on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January. Sosa and Cryer will be performing the show Aug. 8  through 22nd.

Ellen Archer ’84 and Ariana Tadler ’89 will be presenting at the 2015 Women’s Insights on the Art of Negotiating (WIN) Summit held in New York City from September 30 to October 1, 2015. The WIN Summit is presented by The Negotiation Institute – the world’s oldest negotiation training organization and currently at the forefront of leadership innovation – and is a two-day executive development conference that unites academic faculty, prominent corporate leaders and influencers to share their research, experiences, and perspectives on how women can harness their strengths and achieve their goals.