What Happened While You Were Away?

While many members of the Hamilton community took well-deserved vacations or out-of-town trips for work or pleasure this summer, the campus was far from quiet.  While laboratories were abuzz as students and faculty continued to conduct research, improvements were made to many facilities, and progress on the Science Building continued at an amazing pace. And who could miss the week when the Bugle Corp practiced here or when the hordes of campers swarmed the sports fields?

Special thanks  to Mahlon Moon and Mike Stottlar who joined the paint shop for the summer to help get everything ready for fall!

The Hamilton Makeover
When students and faculty left the campus in May, construction crews moved in to begin renovating and improving Hamilton facilities.   More...

Summer Research
The Emerson Foundation Grant program was designed to provide students the opportunity to work collaboratively with faculty members, researching an area of interest. The recipients, covering a range of topics, performed fieldwork, laboratory and library research, and the development of teaching materials. The students will make public presentations of their research throughout the 2003-04 academic year.

William Pfitsch working with student in the Rome Sand Plains

The summer science program is a selective opportunity for students of all concentrations to experience laboratory research conducted in close collaboration with a Hamilton professor.  During Family Weekend, November 1-2, the students will present their data and conclusions in a public poster session.  The 70 students receiving awards were chosen from the largest group of candidates in the College's history.

Hamilton Hosts 2nd MERCURY Conference in Computational Chemistry
The second national conference devoted solely to undergraduate computational chemistry, MERCURY, was held at Hamilton from July 30 to Aug. 1. MERCURY is a consortium of seven liberal arts institutions with access to high performance computing resources. Hamilton Student Presentations at MERCURY Conference

On the Cutting Edge
Barbara Tewksbury, Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Geology, organized and hosted the workshop "Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences," July 27-31.  This workshop was part of the program "On the Cutting Edge: Workshops for Geoscience Faculty," supported by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers and DLESE with funding provided by a grant from the National Science Foundation-Division of Undergraduate Education.

Rochester Patriots

Rochester Patriots Bugle Corp Practice at Hamilton
The Rochester Patriots consist of a four-part team: the color guard, horns, percussion and the pit.  They are a diverse group, gathering people from all over the nation and the world to march and perform with the team.  Performers come not only from the central New York area, but also from as far as California, Canada, Germany and Japan.  More...

 

Sports Camps

Soccer Camp
Becoming more popular each summer, the soccer camp this year totaled 275 players.  Grouped by age, the players were organized into squads assigned by Coach Perry Nizzi, who oversaw the camp.  One of the main draws of the camp is its 31-person coaching staff, which included high school and college coaches, as well as college players.  More...

Basketball Camp
Hamilton Basketball Head Coach Tom Murphy led a two-week basketball camp that included instruction, drills and lectures for basketball players of all ages.  Each week is split up by age groups according to player's school grade and/or age.  More...

Swim Camp
Kim Black, a gold medal-winning swimmer in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, spoke at the competitive swim camp.  Kim was a member of the winning 4x200 freestyle relay team for the United States.   More...

Hockey Camp
Hamilton Men's Ice Hockey Coach Phil Grady and SUNY Fredonia Men's Ice Hockey Coach John Meredith started the Hamilton Ice Hockey Camp together 19 years ago. Since then the four-week (first two for boys and the last two for girls) camp has grown to such popularity that there is a waiting list at least 150 names long every year of eager young players. Grady commented, "The amazing thing about the popularity of the camp is that we do no advertising at all, everything comes from word of mouth as the result of a good experience." More...