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Susan Mason, director of oral communication and director of education studies, was interviewed by Black Enterprise magazine on how to effectively manage and lead virtual and remote teams and workers. She drew from an instructional program, "Leading Virtual and Remote Teams," which she recently designed and developed for the American Management Association.

More than 150 Hamilton students received awards at Class and Charter Day on May 9, an annual convocation recognizing student and faculty excellence during the preceding academic year.

Bret Olsen from the Mellon Foundation and Middlebury College’s Center for Educational Technology will be on campus Thursday and Friday, May 22 and 23, to teach a Final Cut Pro workshop to Hamilton faculty interested in film and the use of film assignments in courses. This workshop was limited to 11 participants and is full.

Associate Professor of Government Stephen Orvis will participate in a U.S. Department of State seminar to brief U.S. Ambassador to Kenya William M. Bellamy on May 29. Orvis whose expertise is in emerging democracies, will discuss "The Role of Civil Society in the Liberalization Process."

Assistant Professor of English Dana Luciano has been named a Visiting Faculty Fellow for fall 2003 at the Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah. She will be in residence at the Tanner Center working on her manuscript, "Revisions of Mourning: Loss, Nationality, and the Longing for Form in Nineteenth-Century America," and related projects focusing on public grief and memorial.

Gilbert Adams '45 and his wife, Margaret, were presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Clinton A Better Chance (ABC) Program. The award was presented on the occasion of the ABC program's 30th Anniversary Dinner and Award Celebration held on May 10.

The Hamilton College Alumni Council awarded the inaugural Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award to President Eugene M. Tobin. The purpose of the award is to recognize an employee who has substantially contributed to Hamilton through distinguished performance in his or her position and through involvement in student, alumni or other activities in the college community.

Shayna McHugh '05 has been awarded an American Society of Pharmacognosy Undergraduate Research Grant to pursue her research on the "Investigation of the Bioactive Constituents of Stylotella aurantium from Guam." McHugh's faculty advisor is Professor of Chemistry Robin Kinnel.

The annoucement of Hamilton's new president was included in The New York Times. Joan Hinde Stewart is the first woman president in the College's 191-year history. Stewart, a professor of French and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of South Carolina, will assume the position July 1.

Professor of Psychology George Gescheider was awarded a seven-year research grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The $1.7 million grant funds Gescheider's on-going research on the neural basis of the sense of touch. The grant is now in the beginning of its fourth year.