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Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin gave a teacher development workshop on Chinese language acquisition and pedagogy to teachers from all over the country at National Capital Language Resource Center, administered by Georgetown and George Washington University, in May. The workshop is part of the efforts to meet the increasing demand of Chinese language interest and the demand of qualified teachers and professionals.

Information technology (IT) professionals from 62 highly selective liberal arts colleges nationwide will gather for the annual meeting of the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC) at Hamilton College on June 13-15.

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Melek Su Ortabasi participated in a conference, "National History as Otaku Fantasy: Kon Satoshi's Millennium Actress" at ACAG 2006 (International Conference on Asian Comics, Animation and Gaming), at York University in Toronto in May.

Amanda Hannoosh ‘06 has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. Hannoosh will pursue studies in Arabic language and literature, specifically poetry, at the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan. She will use her insider’s view of the linguistic aspects of poetry and of the cultural and historical aspects specific to the culture to gather her own translations of Arabic poetry. This collection may become Hannoosh’s dissertation in the future.

Hamilton through distinguished job performance and through involvement in student, alumni or other activities in the College community. At the time of selection, the recipient must be an active member of Hamilton's faculty, administration, staff, or maintenance and operations.

Ntokozo Xaba ’08 (South Africa) worked on the recently published The Africa Journal, a magazine released quarterly by the Corporate Council on Africa’s South African International Business Linkages program that provides a synopsis of important trade policy and political developments in Africa. Xaba published a section within the publication titled “U.S.-Africa Sister City Relationships.”

Evan Savage ’08 (Delmar, New York) is pursuing a 10-week summer research project in organic chemistry titled “Natural Product Extraction of the Sea Sponge Stylotella aurantium” with Robin Kinnel, Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government and Brookings Institution non-resident fellow, participated in a panel discussion of the strategic relationships in Asia at the 34th Williamsburg Conference at Wye River. Titled "Asia 20/20: Focus on the Future," the conference also included meetings and addresses by prominent leaders in business, politics and the media. Li’s presentation was titled “China’s Future: A Paradox of Hope and Fear.”

Thirteen Hamilton College students were awarded funding from the college to pursue summer internships around the country and overseas. Nine students received funding through the Joseph F. Anderson Internship Fund, while the Jeffrey Fund in Science, the Richard and Patsy Couper Grant, the Summer Internship Support Fund and the George and Martha Darcy Internship Support Fund each awarded stipends to one student respectively.

Key Award to Clarence E. Aldridge '45 Alumni who participated in a special reunion this past year, the Class of 1955 and earlier, were able to do so thanks to Clarence Aldridge.  Last year, Clarence created and managed a program for Half-Century alumni, which proved to be of great benefit to participants and to Hamilton. His determination and organizational skills were critical in bringing to College Hill 65 post-50th reunion alumni and guests. The model that he developed serves as a template for this year's program, and is certain to do so for future reunion celebrations.   Key Award to Brendan D. McCormick '01The vision and drive of Brendan McCormick has led to the creation of the Hamilton College Wall Street Association.  The first event was held on May 3rd, with Richard Bernstein '80, chief U.S. strategist for Merrill Lynch, as the keynote speaker.  Over 130 New York alumni attended. The Wall Street Alumni group is open to all alumni, whether individuals work in the financial services or related fields or simply have an interest in finance.