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“He is the type of student that comes along very rarely in a professor’s career, someone who, in a quiet way, demonstrates exactly what I hold to be ‘the highest ideals of the College.’”

Micaela Rostov ’19 has been awarded a Fulbright Binational Internship to Mexico, making her part of an effort to create mutual understanding between the private sectors in Mexico and the United States.

Director of Opportunity Programs and Interim Director of Diversity and Inclusion Phyllis Breland ’80 was honored for going above and beyond in service to students

Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Chair - International Affairs and Professor of Government; Assistant Professor of Physics Kate Brown; Assistant Professor of Sociology Jaime Kucinskas; Professor of Africana Studies Heather Merrill; Associate Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Jane Springer; and Assistant Professor of Classics Jesse Weiner were honored.

Hamilton’s highest awards for teaching were presented to Professor of Mathematics Rob Kantrowitz ’82, Assistant Professor of Psychology Keelah Williams, and Assistant Professor of Classics Anne Feltovich.

Academic achievement prizes, prize scholarships and other recognition of student accomplishments were announced at Hamilton’s annual Class & Charter Day convocation on Monday, May 13, in the Chapel. Among the top prizes, David Gagnidze ‘20 was awarded the Milton F. Fillius Jr. /Joseph Drown Prize Scholarship, and Jonathan Stickel ’19 received the James Soper Merrill Prize.

Swedish electronic dance music duo Galantis was the headliner at the annual Class & Charter Day concert on May 10. A severe weather threat forced the concert indoors but that didn’t stop the student audience from appreciating the show.

Madeline Carlman ’19 has been awarded the college’s Bristol Fellowship for her project “Creating Community in Book Places.” She’ll examine how book places such as libraries, book shops, book clubs, and book fairs work to create community.

Samantha D'Angelo ’21 has been awarded a Coccia Foundation Scholarship for study in Italy. She is a physics major and Italian and history minor who plans to pursue her passions for Italian language and culture by studying in Taormina, Sicily, through the API Babilonia Institute Program.

Team Jillings, Uribe, Fowy was the overall winner of the 2019 HamTrek triathlon with a time of 58:06.48 on May 3. Swim team member Jake Fowy ’19 swam 21 lengths in the pool, Cross Country team member Anaidys 'Andy' Uribe ‘19 handled the running portion, and Director of Outdoor Leadership Andrew Jillings biked for the winners.