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The search committee charged with recommending a new president to the Hamilton College Board of Trustees has issued a "Challenge Statement" for prospective candidates. The 14-page document contains an overview of the college, identifies the challenges facing the college’s next chief executive, and summarizes the qualities the committee is seeking from the person who will become Hamilton’s 19th president.

In First Great Triumph, author Warren Zimmerman describes how five Americans, including Elihu Root, "made their country a world power." A review of the book appeared in the Nov. 24 New York Times Book Review.

Vivyan Adair, director of the ACCESS Project, and Sharon Gormley, ACCESS coordinator, were guests on WCNY-TV's "Hour CNY," in December. They discussed the ACCESS Project, a comprehensive Hamilton College program designed to provide low-income parents with the opportunity to receive a liberal arts education. "Hour CNY" is a daily TV talk show in which the hosts feature people and organizations of interest in Central New York.

Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Vivyan Adair, who is director of the ACCESS Project at Hamilton College, was a guest on WAMC Northeast Public Radio's program 51%, on Thursday, Dec. 12. The show 51% is a weekly half-hour of interviews and features focusing on issues of concern to women. Adair discussed the ACCESS Project at Hamilton College. The archived show can be heard on-line at www.wamc.org with Real Audio or Windows Media. 51% is heard throughout the U. S. on public and community radio stations, some ABC Radio Network stations, Armed Forces Radio stations around the world and on the Internet.

Professor of Government Cheng Li, Woodrow Wilson fellow, participated in a panel discussion, "The Sixteenth Party Congress: A Springboard for Change or the Seeds of Conflict?" with Gwendolyn Stewart, Harvard University, and Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University, in December.

You are cordially invited to celebrate Alexander Hamilton's Birthday party on Thursday January 9th, 2003. Pick your city, and join fellow Hamilton and Kirkland alumni at the party in your area. There will be a cash bar and unless specified, no RSVP is necessary. Just show up and bring a friend! For more information, contact Kerri Page ’98 via email at kpage@hamilton.edu or call 866-729-0314.

The Hamilton College Choir will perform with the University Glee Club of New York City at its 217th Members Concert on Friday, Jan. 24, at 8 p.m., in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. Hamilton’s Choir will perform three songs jointly with the Glee Club: "My Lord What a Morning," "Somewhere/Tonight" ("West Side Story"), and "Ride the Chariot." The concert will be followed by an Afterglow reception on the Grand Promenade at Avery Fisher Hall.

The Newman Community will hold its annual Christmas Mass on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 11 p.m. in the Chapel. The Mass will feature music by the Hamilton College Choir, directed by Music Professor G. Roberts Kolb. All are welcome. A reception in the Bristol Campus Center will follow the service.

Nine grants totaling $20,000 were recently awarded from the Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund to educational, cultural and public safety organizations in the Town of Kirkland. Awards ranged from $7,875 to the Kirkland Police Department to purchase a Traffic Speed Display Trailer to $500 to the Clinton Central School District for supplies and materials to support volunteer activity at the elementary school.

Professor of Geology Eugene Domack presented his research on the Antarctic Larsen B ice shelf at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco and was quoted in Associated Press and Knight Ridder articles.