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Hamilton has announced plans for an in-person commencement ceremony for members of the Class of 2021 on Saturday, May 22, at 10 a.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. Bachelor’s degrees will be awarded to 484 graduates. Due to current New York State restrictions on public gatherings, attendance will be limited to the graduates and those participating in the ceremony.

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.

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.

Hamilton president David Wippman and Dean of Students Terry Martinez participated in a virtual campus forum with the campus community on Thursday, March 19, to discuss issues related to the College's move to remote instruction for the remainder of the semester.

It’s the time of the year to roll out “top 10” lists. Here’s a look at the Hamilton news readers found most captivating in 2019.

In his address at Hamilton’s commencement, Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, advised graduates to “keep asking the hard questions and keep thinking of things we’ve not thought about – about social justice and inequality and seeking the truth.”

“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.’”

Freeman Hrabowski, III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), will deliver Hamilton College’s 2019 Commencement address and receive an honorary degree on Sunday, May 26, at 10:30 a.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

In his address at Hamilton’s commencement, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker urged graduates to embrace history – good and bad – and lead the way forward with empathy, courage, and compassion.

“Eleni’s dedication to her friends and family, to the Hamilton community, to the refugees she worked with over the summer in Greece…. comes not from a place of ticking something off a list but from a place of passion and compassion. She is all in: heart and mind. How she does anything is how she does everything. I feel confident that Leni will take that way of being into the world and do big things.” - Amy James, director of community outreach.