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Academic achievement prizes, prize scholarships and other recognition of student accomplishments were awarded at Hamilton's 62nd annual Class & Charter Day convocation on Friday, May 4, in the Chapel. Among the top prizes, Susannah Parkin ’13 was awarded the Milton F. Fillius Jr. /Joseph Drown Prize Scholarship, and Jacob Sheetz-Willard ’12 was named the recipient of the James Soper Merrill Prize.

Hamilton’s highest awards for teaching were presented on May 4 to five faculty members. Ian Rosenstein, Christopher Vasantkumar, Andrew Dykstra, Heather Buchman and Patty Kloidt were honored at the Class & Charter Day ceremony.

At the invitation of Professor Ursula Goldbaum, Heidi M. Ravven, professor of religious studies, was appointed to a dissertation committee of the Philosophy Department of Emory University.  Ravven evaluated the dissertation, "Determinism, Freedom, and Ethics: Spinozistic Interventions in the Contemporary Discussions of Responsibility" of Christopher Ryszard Kluz, for the Ph.D. in philosophy.

Hamilton College archaeologists were well-represented on the program of the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology held April 18-22 in Memphis, Tenn. Several students, faculty members and alumni presented research with other Hamilton alumni in attendance.

Six members of the Hamilton faculty were recognized for their research and creative successes with the Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Awards, presented by Dean of Faculty Patrick Reynolds at Class & Charter Day on Friday, May 4. The Awards recognize individual accomplishments, but reflect a richness and depth of scholarship and creative activity across the entire faculty.  The awards were made in three categories: Career Achievement, Early Career Achievement and Notable Year Achievement.

Scholar-in-Residence David Rivera presented a paper on April 27 in an event organized by the Center for European Studies and the Political Science Research Workshop at Syracuse University.

Amit Taneja, director of the Days-Massolo Center, was one of four national experts invited to review the LGBT Services Office at Wellesley College.

The Classics Department recently attended its annual undergraduate research conference, Parilia, with students and colleagues from Colgate, Skidmore and Union.

Hamilton’s Class & Charter Day celebration, an annual convocation recognizing student and faculty excellence during the preceding academic year, will take place on Friday, May 4, at 12:15 p.m., in the Chapel. This year’s speaker is Julie Ross ’84, president of the Alumni Association. Her remarks are titled “Reflections on Inspiration, Transformation and Hamilton at its Bicentennial.”

Amelia Mattern ’12, a candidate for graduation this month, has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Vietnam.  She is a mathematics/computer science double major at Hamilton.