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Erin Glaser, head women’s volleyball coach and associate professor of physical education, was a co-presenter on Dec. 17 at the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Convention in Omaha, Neb.

In the coming weeks Hamilton’s Communications Department will review the college news that received the most interest from national and local media during 2015. Here’s a look back at the stories that garnered the greatest attention on Hamilton’s news site each month this year, based on the number of views.

Although winter break  is underway, Hamilton’s  Mock Trial team is not slowing down. Team members will individually be rewriting the bulk of their scripts, memorizing and studying case law and rules of evidence during break. In addition, team members will return from break one week early to practice as a team and prepare for a tournament at the Ohio Northern University before the spring semester starts (Jan 15-18).  All of this preparation leads up to the Regional Tournament (Feb 5-7) at Pennsylvania State College.

Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season. The College will be closed from Dec. 24 through Jan. 3. Offices reopen on Jan. 4 and classes will resume on Jan. 19.

A Dec. 22 American Public Media Marketplace broadcast titled “How 2 percent GDP growth looks in the real economy” featured an interview with Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics. Owen commented on the relatively small gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate, observing that typically, after a recession caused by a financial crisis, growth tends to be slow initially.

Professor of French Joseph Mwantuali discussed his book Tu le diras à ma mère on Dec. 17 at the French Ministry of Overseas Affairs in Paris. He was an invited guest of the National Committee for the Memory and History of Slavery.

Hamilton juniors Angel Pichardo and Hannah Strong have been awarded Gilman International Scholarship Program awards for undergraduate study abroad in the spring 2016 semester. Pichardo plans to study in the biomedicine program at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Strong will enroll at the University of Capetown, South Africa, in the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) arts and sciences program.

“On the Entry of Employee-Owned Firms: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing Industries, 1870–1960,” co-authored by Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, appears as the lead article in volume 16 of Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory & Labor-Managed Firms.

All semester long, the Hamilton College Career and Life Outcomes Center has brought back alumni to meet with students and discuss their careers and opportunities in their fields.  From Jake Taylor ’14 discussing AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) to Richard Previdi ’77 sharing details of his career in real estate, alumni were eager to provide advice and answer students’ questions.

Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Plate recently presented invited lectures at The Open University and the University of Zurich. He also presented and organized a panel at the American Academy of Religion conference in Atlanta.