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As college students, we read novels, short stories, textbooks, even perhaps poems or memoirs. We write essays, lab reports, Blackboard discussion posts. We read and write every single day, yet how much do we know about how a book goes from a manuscript to a product in Barnes & Noble? How many people are a part of the process? Who is behind that book description on Amazon?

Henry Shuldiner ’19 has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Colombia. A literature major from Washington, D.C., he studied in the School for International Training’s Education and Social Change Program in Santiago, Chile, in 2018.

It isn’t all play and no work for Hamilton College students during their spring break, March 15 to 31. From Alternative Break volunteer service trips in Baltimore and South Carolina to a trek over the Himalayas in Nepal, Hamilton students are pursuing their academic, charitable, and athletic interests all over the globe.

In the true spirit of Hamilton’s liberal arts education, various classes offer students an opportunity for unique experiences in the field of Humanities. Taught by Professor Knauer, The Matter of the Text focuses on exploring the material conditions of the texts we read and how the medium in which they’re presented affects how we understand them.

Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, recently presented a lecture on “Women in Economics and STEM: Why are they underrepresented and does it matter?” at William & Mary.

Three geosciences majors recently presented their research at the 2019 Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America (GSA) conference in Portland, Maine.

Hamilton’s Career Center engages hundreds of alumni each year in various on and off campus programs.

Creative writing major Kyandreia Jones ’19 is well versed in poetry and spoken word, but now she can add children’s author to her resume. Her first book, Spies: James Armistead Lafayette, has been picked up by the Choose Your Own Adventures children’s series, published by Bantam Books, and will hit the bookshelves on May 1, 2019.

Andrea Dickmeyer ’19, recipient of a 2019 Watson Fellowship, will explore “Nature Based Therapeutic Programs and Mental Well-Being.” Watson Fellows receive a $30,000 stipend to pursue a “year of independent, purposeful exploration” abroad. Dickmeyer will travel to Australia, Norway, Hungary, and Japan.

The College Hill Singers kicked off this spring's concert tour with a performance at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, March 17. More than 65 Hamilton alumni, parents, and friends filled the pews to hear the vocalists, under the direction of Danan Tsan, interim director of choral activities.