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Hamilton's Chaplain Rev. Jeff McArn was recognized by the Samaritan Counseling Center at their annual Good Samaritan Award breakfast in Utica on October 23. McArn's work in the local community was cited for the breadth of its impact on Mohawk Valley citizens and Hamilton students. The award was presented by Jon Hysell '72, a Center board member. Patsy Couper W'44 was a recipient at last year's ceremony. The text of remarks made prior to the award presentation follow:  

Mitchell Stevens, former professor of sociology at Hamilton, will give a lecture titled "Is College Welfare?' on Thursday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Stevens is now a professor of educational sociology at NYU's Steinhardt School of Education, and in January will begin teaching at Stanford University. He is the author of Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites (2007) and Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement (2001).

Michael Cooney '83 was named Community Champion for his volunteer work in Rochester, N.Y.  He was a Russian Studies major and after he graduated from Hamilton he went on to the University of Virginia to earn his J.D. in 1988. He and wife wife, Elizabeth, live in Pittsford with their three children.  Cooney is a partner at Nixon Peabody LLP.

Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg presented a paper at the 37th Annual Conference of Mid-Atlantic Region Association of Asian Studies on Oct. 25. The title of his presentation was "The Past Ain't What It Use to Be: Trauma, Counter-Memory, and Parody in the Art of Post-Mao China."

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-ja Chung was awarded a grant-in-aid for scientific research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. She is currently a Social Science Research Council and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science postdoctoral fellow at the department of cultural anthropology at the University of Tokyo.

Walter Cronkite IV '11 has been spending the past few months dedicated to a government project. This is not simply a school assignment, however; rather it is the labor-intensive product of an internship at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C that began this past summer. As a contributor to an index that compiles hot-button issues relating to the presidential election, Cronkite plays an important role in providing an information outlet for voters. 

More than 1,560 students and their families will gather on the Hill on Oct. 30-Nov.2 for Hamilton's annual Family Weekend. The weekend will give families a good idea of all the Hill has to offer, from athletic contests and concerts, to an Adirondack Adventure slide show and educational family colleges.

Rensselaer scored two goals midway through the second half and went on to a 2-0 Liberty League win against visiting Hamilton College at Renwyck Field on Oct. 26.

Colleen Callaghan '11 scored three goals, including the game-winner 2 minutes, 35 seconds into overtime, to lift visiting Hamilton College to a 3-2 Liberty League win against William Smith College at McCooey Field on Oct. 26.

Hamilton College's "A" entry in the Frosh/Novice 8 finished ninth at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in Philadelphia on Oct. 25.