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Tom Vilsack, a 1972 Hamilton graduate, won re-election as governor of Iowa Tuesday night. When he was first elected to the post in 1998, Vilsack became Iowa’s first Democratic governor in three decades. Upon completion of his second four-year term, he will be the longest-serving Democratic chief executive in the state’s history.

Delaware Republican Michael Castle, a 1961 Hamilton graduate, easily won re-election to his sixth term in Congress with 72 percent of the vote, according to unofficial election returns Tuesday night.

The 2002 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to former President Jimmy Carter, who spoke at Hamilton in April 2001 as part of the College’s Sacerdote Great Names Series. Carter’s award comes 90 years after 1864 Hamilton graduate Elihu Root, who served his country as Secretary of State, Secretary of War and U.S. Senator, won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1912.

After more than a year in the making, Hamilton unveiled a new graphic identity this summer and began the year-long process of implementing the College’s new signature. The new identity features the wordmark "Hamilton," a stylized cupola of the Chapel and a horizontal line above the wordmark to support the cupola.

Hamilton College is making the SAT-1 optional for high school students seeking admission to the highly selective, national liberal arts college.

At the Kirkland Celebration at Hamilton on Saturday, June 8, special commemorative awards were bestowed on those individuals who have been leaders in continuously advocating for women’s education on College Hill and who have enthusiastically sustained Kirkland’s legacy for creativity, independence and experimentation. Since Hamilton and Kirkland combined nearly 25 years ago, the education offered to men and women on College Hill has been significantly enhanced, most notably by Kirkland’s emphases in the arts, curricular innovation and interdisciplinary study.

Hamilton College President Eugene M. Tobin welcomed nine individuals who have continued to carry the Kirkland torch since the combination of Kirkland College with Hamilton. They were presented with special awards to recognize their roles as "educational pioneers."

In his Class and Charter Day address marking the end of the College's 190th academic year, Sean Fitzpatrick '63 recalled favorite teachers, life on College Hill in the early 1960s and "Yes" papers.

As proud family and friends waved tiny American flags, Hamilton President Eugene M. Tobin congratulated the 40 new Americans who were sworn in at a May 9 naturalization ceremony at the Federal Court House in Utica. In his remarks Tobin said the essence of being an American "is our system of freedom under law" and that "the responsibilities of citizens are as important as the rights accorded citizens."

Hamilton College Professor of Government Cheng Li, one of the nation’s foremost authorities on Chinese leadership, has been named a Woodrow Wilson Fellow for the 2002-03 academic year. Li will spend his fellowship year in Washington studying Chinese leadership changes and the implications for U.S.-China relations.