One of the unique programs offered to incoming first-year students at Hamilton is the "Urban Service Experience" (USE), through which they do service projects in the community. USE is a sister program to Adirondack Adventure(AA), a pre-orientation program that helps students make a positive transition into college. While the AA trips involve outdoor activities such as canoeing or hiking, the USE project takes students into the Utica community, where they perform community service projects such as painting and working at food pantries. The group was featured in the Utica Observer-Dispatch (8/21/03).
Students on the USE project;(below) Jeff McArn, college chaplain, Sally Cockburn, associate professor of mathematics, and Jeannine Murtaugh, associate director of the Career Center during one of their work days.
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