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Beth Robitaille, a 1985 graduate of Hamilton College and an Alumni Trustee, has been promoted to associate publisher at Coastal Living magazine, a division of Southern Progress Corporation. Robitaille began her career at Southern Progress in 1989 as a New York sales representative for Southpoint magazine. In 1990 she moved to Southern Living magazine where she became advertising manager for the Dallas office in 1992 and subsequently, the Chicago office in 1994. In 1996 Robitaille joined the Coastal Living magazine launch team as the Midwest regional manager before being promoted to national sales manager. In her new position Robitaille will direct Coastal Living sales and marketing personnel nationwide and oversee the management of all advertising budgets and goals. She earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from Hamilton.

Michael Keller, a 1967 graduate of Hamilton College and an alumni trustee of the college, was featured in a New York Times article (May 12, 2003) about digitizing books at Stanford, where he is head librarian.

Stuart Scott '61, chairman of the Board of Trustees, will introduce Hamilton's 19th president to the campus community today, May 13, at 9 a.m. Eastern time in the Chapel. The event can be viewed on the Web by visiting Hamilton's 19th President page and following the appropriate link. A news release, photographs and biographical information about the new president will be posted on the Hamilton Web site following the announcement.

Richard Bernstein '80 was featured in a Q&A in the "Street Smarts" section of Newsday. Bernstein is Merrill Lynch's chief U.S. strategist and chief quantitative strategist in the global securities research and economics group. In the Q&A Bernstein said, "I believe that the Fed is going down the wrong path. The problem in this economy is not that demand is weak necessarily; it's that there's an oversupply." Bernstein is the author of Style Investing--Unique Insight Into Equity Management, and Navigate the Noise: Investing in the New Age of Media and Hype.

featured in a United Press International article about anti-muslim sentiment seen on some college campuses. The article states, "A 2002 Hamilton College and Zogby International survey found that almost 75 percent of Muslim Americans either faced physical or verbal attacks since Sept. 11 or know someone who has."

Hamilton College's highest awards for teaching were presented on May 9to three faculty members during the College’s annual Class & Charter Day celebration, an annual convocation recognizing student and faculty excellence during the preceding academic year. Professor of Anthropology Douglas Raybeck was awarded “The Samuel and Helen Lang Prize for Excellence in Teaching”; Associate Professor of French Martine Guyot-Bender received "The Class of 1963 Excellence in Teaching Award;" and Assistant Professor of History Kevin Grant was named the recipient of “The John R. Hatch Class of 1925 Excellence in Teaching Award.”

Associated Colleges in China (ACC) has cancelled its summer 2003 program in Beijing in response to the SARS outbreak in the country. The decision affects 54 students from colleges and universities across the U.S., including Smith, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Brown, Yale, Williams, Harvard, Carleton, Penn and Hamilton, among others. The summer term was to begin in mid-June and conclude eight weeks later. Courses are offered for Chinese language students in intermediate and advanced levels.

Hamilton's Class & Charter Day ceremony will take place on Friday, May 9, at 1 p.m. in Wellin Hall. Class & Charter Day is an annual convocation recognizing student and faculty excellence during the preceding academic year. Hamilton President Eugene M. Tobin will deliver the address, "A Wonderful Life: Helping Hamilton Change." President and Mrs. Tobin will also be honored during the ceremony.

Late night NBC talk show host Conan O'Brien has invited Hamilton alumnus John Freyer '95 to be a guest on his show on Thursday, May 8. Freyer is author of "All My Life for Sale," a book that describes how he sold all his possessions on Ebay. The show airs after the Tonight Show on NBC. Freyer said he and O'Brien will be talking about the AMLFS book and the "Second-Hand Stories" project that he has been working on with Christopher Wilcha. "Second-Hand Stories" just received a green light for a pilot episode on PBS, and will appear as a book in the fall of 2004. Freyer lectured at Hamilton in February.

Before the first new graduate strolls across the stage to receive that long-anticipated Hamilton diploma, months of preparation goes into making Commencement a ceremony worth remembering.