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Each year, a group of dedicated students are selected by the Community Outreach & Opportunity Project (COOP) as senior fellows whose job it is to connect students with volunteer opportunities, building a bridge between the Hill and the local community. For 2021-22, the senior fellows are Casey Brown, Mackenzie Christensen, Lila Kirchhoff, and Amy Zhai.

Katherine (Kate) Burnham ’23 and Jacquelin (Jackie) Prunier ’23 have been awarded Coccia Foundation Scholarships for study in Italy in 2022.

Hamilton Sustainability Club, HSC, hosted an on-campus thrift shop on Dec. 3, and its success proved thrifting is here to stay. Catherine McFarland `22 explained, “Gen Z is very conscious of our individual footprints and passionate about thrifting, so I thought it was great that HSC was able to bring this opportunity right to the Hill.”

She came in for a bit of friendly ribbing from co-workers when Business Insider named her one of “2021’s rising stars of the electric vehicle industry,” but that was OK. “It was really exciting, despite the teasing,” said Claudia Morse ’19.

Hamilton HEAT: You’ve seen them perform at home football and basketball games, bringing energy and enthusiasm to the field and court.

Members of the Hamilton community gathered on Nov. 30 for the third annual Lighting of our Village event, sponsored by Student Activities. Students, faculty, and staff celebrated what light means to different cultural and faith traditions and its value as a symbol of hope.

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.

The college semester Beth Merrill ’94 spent in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, would shape her life’s work — a nonprofit that sows literacy.

While many college undergraduates have the opportunity to conduct research, few see their work published in an academic journal. But this is exactly what Hannah Petersen ’22 and Ashley Garcia ’22 accomplished with the article “Schools as racialized organizations in policy and practice,” published last month in the international, peer-reviewed Sociology Compass.

She picked Hamilton partly because she loved to write, but Helen Santoro ’15 majored in neuroscience and figured she would eventually earn a doctorate in that subject. She was well on her way when she flipped her career — now she's a medical journalist.