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Having spent a semester studying in Perugia, Italy, Gloribel “Glori” Difo ’20 became so captivated with the city that she decided to take what she saw and learned to create an interdisciplinary senior project: A Walking Tour of Perugia, Italy: Exploring the Building Stones Used in the City’s Construction.

Four faculty members were approved recently for tenure by Hamilton’s Board of Trustees. They include Anne Feltovich (classics), Siobhan Robinson (psychology), Pavitra Sundar (literature and creative writing), and Andrea Townsend (biology).

A longtime commitment to community service has led Maddy Totman ’20 to the next step on her career path — she will join the national service organization AmeriCorps and teach math at Match Charter School in Boston.

After learning about life in Malaysia from students she tutored in nearby Utica, Abby Rosovsky ’20 will head to the Southeast Asian country in January as the recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship. 

The Hamilton Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa recently elected 39 members of the Class of 2020: Mackenzie Aldridge, Lillian Behm, Alexandra Blomfield, Laura Boyman, Yueran Ding, Eloise Doubleday, Ariana Giramita, Mercedes Girona, Eliza Glaser-Kshensky, Claire Gordy, Julia Hartnett, Haley Hassell, William Kaback, Jacob Kahn, Janice Kang, Joyce Lee, Kimberly Lifton, Claire Lincoln, Olivia Maddox, Lucas Mangold, Melissa Mouritsen, Christina Naston, Elizabeth O’Keefe, Blayne Oliver, Meghan Pawlik, Julian Perricone, Federico Pollevick, Haley Raphael, Corinne Russell, Ruth Schmidt, Vincent Sorrentino, Aoife Thomas, Micaela Tobin, Matthew Tom, Robert Treadwell, Alayna Trice, Nicholas Walters, and Anna Warrell.

What better way for a musician to pay tribute to her graduating friends than creating a music video? That’s what Jiin Jeong ’21 did, but she took it a step further by creating a video montage of Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No.1, with members of the Hamilton College Orchestra, faculty, and others.

Inspired by her study abroad experience in Asia last year, Eliza Renn ’20 is eager to return and learn about education reform in Taiwan. She’ll do that in 2021 as the recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship.

The 208th Commencement was unlike any other in Hamilton’s history. Due to COVID-19, the College held a virtual ceremony celebrating the 497 members of the Class of 2020 and honoring many of the annual traditions on Sunday, May 24.

Two internships with consumer package goods companies led Torrey Foster ’20 first to his senior thesis topic and now to a job with Cadent Consulting Group, a sales and marketing firm.

Eleni Broadwell ’20, the recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, is eager to teach English in Taiwan next year. “Taiwan has made great strides in the past few decades to move away from rote learning and make schooling more interactive,” Broadwell said. “There’s a greater emphasis on critical thinking skills and the arts, which I think is wonderful.”