CCESL‘s Alternative Spring

Break offers students opportuni-

ties to serve new communities

and people, explore new cul-

tures, and try new things. Tak-

ing part in this tradition, 40 stu-

dents travelled to three local

and one international destina-

tion. One team ventured to

Louisville, Kentucky to clean

up the Ohio River; another team

traveled to Norlina, North

Carolina to volunteer in a local

elementary school; the third

team did reconstruction work

in New Orleans, Louisiana; the

fourth flew to Ticuantepe,

Nicaragua to build houses for

local community mem-

bers. Many thanks to Sarah

Meyer of the Finger Lakes

Institute for her leadership to

ensure successful trips this

spring!

Annual Days of Service

THE CENTER FOR COMMU NITY ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE -LEARNING

HWS VOTES, Civic Leader in Action!

For the second consecutive summer, HWS Votes Civic

Leader Amanda Ward '11 worked as a summer under-

graduate intern at the Buffalo Office of Senator Chuck

Schumer and as a program development intern at the

Northwest Buffalo Community Center, gaining firsthand

experience in the political realm and directly helping the

lives of those in need. Ward appreciates witnessing the

legislative process. "As a political science major, I love

seeing how Senator Schumer relates to constituents and

how he handles their concerns," she explains. "I also love

to see the research work we interns do go into speeches,

press releases, and bills that are developed. Seeing the

legislation process first-hand is incredible!" Ward was also

one of the two HWS Truman finalists this year and flew to

the NYC interview during her study abroad semester this

spring.

CONTENTS

Page 2: America Reads and

Service-Learning Council

Page 3: Community Based

Learning

Page 4 and Page 5:

$84,000 contributed to the

community

Page 6: Engaged Scholar-

ship Forum and Collabo-

rating with the School

District

Page 7: Geneva Reads and

Citizen Architecture

Page 8: Geneva Partner-

ship website and Service

Clubs

Kathleen Flowers

Associate Director

Holly Kahn

AmeriCorps *VISTA

Suzanne Perry

Office Support Specialist

Annual Report 2009-2010

Amanda Ward,WS‘11 reads a book to chil-

dren at Main Street Elementary selected by

popular vote as part of the America Reads

Program in Waterloo, NY.

From the Special Olympics Fall

Games in Seneca Falls, to the

Finger Lakes Family 5K race in

Geneva, to the Lake Front

Clean up and other sites, 140

HWS students volunteered

throughout the Finger Lakes

region on a beautiful October

day. Neal Johnson, CEO and

President of the New York Spe-

cial Olympics, said that HWS

students were a ―critical asset"

to the success of the day. Sites

for the November service day

included Beverly Animal Shel-

40 Students + Staff Members = Amazing ASB Trips!

ter, Bishop Nature Preserve, The

Community Center, Habitat for

Humanity, Housing Authority,

Theatre Guild, Ontario Arts

Council, Shelter of Hope Hu-

mane Society, Sons of Italy,

Temple Beth-El, Trinity and

Zion Lutheran Church. The

March date was equally success-

ful and all credit goes to Student

Co-Chairs Belinda Littlefield,

WS‘10, and Brandon Lawson,

H‘11, who received support from

Days of Service Chair for 2010-

2011, Celeste Smith, WS‘12.

Students take boat ride to pick up

trash along the banks of the Ohio

River in Louisville, Kentucky

17th in the Nation The Colleges

were recently ranked 17th over-

all among the nation's liberal

arts colleges in the area of ser-

vice by Washington Monthly in

its 2009 "College Guide" liberal

arts college rankings. The pub-

lication defines service as the

institution's encouragement to

students to give something back

to their country and ranks col-

leges in this area based on the

number of alums who go on to

serve in the Peace Corps and

the amount of federal work-

study money going to commu-

nity service (versus non-HWS

CCESL hosted Hobart alum, Dr. Richard Kiely '86, as an Engaged

Citizenship Speaker on Thursday, March 4. Kiely spoke to faculty

about service learning abroad and facilitated a student panel where

four HWS students shared their service-learning experiences in

Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and New Orleans, LA.

In May 2010, a group of faculty and staff at Hobart and William

Smith Colleges came together to take the Self-Assessment Instru-

ment for Service-Learning Sustainability, based on research by

Kevin Kecskes and Julie Muyllaert of the Western Region Campus

Compact Consortium and Andrew Furco, Campus Compact En-

gaged Scholar at the University of California-Berkeley Service-

Learning Research and Development Center. We used this self-

assessment both to identify what we are doing well and to locate

areas in need of growth.

HWS was invited to join a consortium of liberal arts colleges that

are working together on the assessment and dissemination of best

practices for community-based learning (CBL) which encompasses

both service-learning and community-based research. This work is

supported by a grant from the Teagle Foundation awarded to Rho-

des College, Franklin and Marshall College, and Niagara University

for this project. Each of these institutions is inviting three colleges

or universities from their region to be a part of this endeavor, and

Niagara University invited HWS as well as Allegheny College and

Ithaca College. Representatives from these colleges met in Nash-

ville, Tennessee in January for an inaugural symposium, where we

worked with our external consultants from Vanderbilt University,

Professor John Braxton and his graduate research assistant, Willis

A. Jones, to refine the assessment instrument. This instrument, the

CBL Scorecard, was administered to service-learning classes at

HWS in the spring.

America Reads and America Counts!

Page 2

Provost Teresa Amott presents

Casey Franklin, WS‘10 with the

Compass Award for her ―consistent

and significant impact on the

Geneva Community‖ through her

contributions to the America

Counts (math tutoring) program.

Celebrating children's books

and the joy of family reading,

the 2nd Annual Geneva Reads

Children's Book Fest brought

hundreds of community mem-

bers together around the

theme of the festival this year,

"PAWS to READ."

Like last year, Book Fest

2010 was a huge success, with

a variety of reading-related

activities, crafts, giveaways,

and storybook characters to

enjoy. Book Fest activities

included sponge prints, face

painting, mask-making, and

book making to foster love

of the children's reading

CONGRATULATIONS

TUTORS OF THE MONTH

America Reads:

Eric Moore – West Street

Lindsey Hagan – Romulus

Nicole Friedel—Trinity

Rachel O'Connor— St. Stephen‘s

Rachel MacElhenney – Main Street

Samantha Tripoli—Lafayette

Neala Havener – St. Stephen‘s

Ashley Snyder – North Street

Madeline Caryl – Lafayette

Nora Devine-Carter – Romulus

Audrey Stout—West St.

Justine Gabreski—Main St.

America Counts:

James McCue—GMS

Victoria Anderson—GMS

Paul Marshall—GMS

Service-Learning Advisory Committee

and learning in a fun, hands-

on way.

The Geneva Reads Initiative is

a partnership between schools

and libraries, government and

community agencies, and others

in Geneva, to raise the level of

literacy in people of all ages

and to increase the importance

of reading and the reader in the

community.

COMMUNITY BASED RESEARCH

1. Carbon Footprint Analysis (Victor Sustain-

ability Advisory Committee)

2. Teen Pregnancy Program Analysis (Family

Planning)

3. Branding City Hall (Geneva City Hall)

4. Tenant Recruitment Initiative (Geneva Busi-

ness Improvement District)

5. Demographics and Outreach (Geneva

Farmer‘s Market)

6. North and West Street Elementary School

Reconfiguration (Geneva School District)

7. Replicating Jumpstart Geneva (Geneva

Housing Authority)

8. Co-op / Fresh Produce Feasibility Study (City

Planning Office)

Service-Learning Classes & Community Based Research

Page 3

"Since the last impact study was 10

years ago, I thought it was impor-

tant to undergo another study for the

academic year 2009-10," says Pro-

fessor Pat McGuire. He added a

component about assessing student

impact in the community in terms of

self-reported civic involvement of

faculty, staff, and students, which

was not included in the previous

survey. "Community service is an-

other important economic impact

students have on the Geneva com-

munity," he explains. "We want to

share this information with

Genevans so that they understand

17th in the Nation for Service

HWS ranked 17th overall in the

Washington Monthly 2009 "College

Guide" liberal arts college rankings in

the area of service. This was achieved

through impressive numbers of alumni

and alumnae entering AmeriCorps and

the Peace Corps as well as the amount

of funding dedicated through Federal

Work-Study for community engage-

ment employment opportunities.

Professor McGuire (second from right) stands

with the Economic/Civic Impact Researchers.

He retired in May after 42 years at HWS.

SERVICE-LEARNING

1. Children with Disabilities

2. The Art of Translation

3. Death and Dying

4. Research in Developmental

Psychology

5. Intro to Sociology

6. Sociology of Community

7. Writer‘s Seminar

8. Adolescent Literature

9. Developmental Psychology

10. Technology and Disability

11. Soc. Senior Seminar

12. Morality and Self Interest

SOCIOLOGY SENIOR SEMINAR

1. Improving Business Improvement

(Geneva Business Improvement

District)

2. Status of Out of School Programs

(Geneva School District)

3. The Satisfaction of Subsidized

Housing in Geneva, NY (Geneva

Housing Authority)

4. REAL: Responsible for Every

Action in Life (Family Planning)

5. Program Assessment and Impact

(Lyons Community Center)

that HWS students don't just spend

their money downtown; they're a part

of the community and are committed

to serving it." Featured to the right

are Brittany Callaghan '10, Thomas

Capalbo '11, Ross Hicks '11, Sean

Breen '12, and Haoyu Wang '12.

Total Hours:

Students: 43% response rate—

137,514 hours contributed Faculty/Staff: 38% Response Rate -

54,218 hours contributed

Economic and Civic Impact of the Colleges on Geneva

President‘s Honor Roll

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

have been named to the President's

Higher Education Community

Service Honor Roll by the Corpora-

tion for National and Community

Service, the highest federal recogni-

tion a college or university can re-

ceive for its commitment to volun-

teering, service-learning and civic

engagement.

CCESL in the News!

Holiday Gift Project Assists Local Families During Difficult Times

Page 4 The Colleges' Fifth Annual Community Barn

Sale exceeded expectations with a current total

of $5,836.37 raised bringing the grand total to

$21,619.00

A group of students led by junior Anna Hi-

neline worked with Sarah Meyer from the

Finger Lakes Institute and the Center for

Community Engagement and Service-

Learning (CCESL) to collect items such as

furniture, appliances, lamps, kitchen items,

rugs and other household items. Once col-

lected, the items were be priced and set up

for sale in the Barn on St. Clair Street. Katie

Flowers, Director of the Center for Commu-

nity Engagement and Service Learning

(CCESL) and Kristen Tobey, Assist Director

Live United! 5th Annual Community Barn Sale raises close to $6,000

Raising more than $7,000, Project

participants distributed the funds in

the form of gifts to local families at

Family Counseling Service of the

Finger Lakes, Safe Harbors, and Ge-

neva Head Start.

Katie Flowers, Director of the Center

for Community Engagement and

Service-Learning, says, "It is inspir-

ing, but not surprising, to see HWS

students, staff and faculty support

local families through donations to

the annual Holiday Gift Project.

During these challenging economic

times, our community partners are so

appreciative of the generosity dis-

played."

The event is largely student coordinated

and WS Senior Heather Cosgrove was

instrumental in engaging staff, students

and faculty during the Winter 2009 effort.

Special thanks also goes to the Hobart

Lacrosse Team, Alumni Relations, the

Communications Office, the Informa-

tional Technology Department, William

Smith Athletics, Residential Education,

and the many individual donors whose

generosity continues to make this event a

success.

Pictured to the right are staff members

from Safe Harbors (formerly Rape Crisis

Center of the Finger Lakes) and Family

Counseling Service of the Finger Lakes.

Organized and planned by Hope House

co-managers Caroline Dosky '12 and

Emily Rogowski '12, the Frigid Fund-

raiser raised more than $2,000, with

participants including the Hope House

and the Red Cross House; campus ce-

lebrities such as Associate Dean for

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Susan Pliner, Vice President of Enroll-

ment Management Bob Murphy, Gen-

eral Manager of Dining Services Lynn

Pelkey, Professor of Education Charlie

Temple and Director of Alumnae Rela-

tions Kathy Regan '82, P'13; and the

William Smith soccer, swimming and

diving teams, the Hobart lacrosse team

and the HWS sailing and crew teams.

More than 100 spectators turned

out for the event, which was held

to support Embrace Your Sisters, a

nonprofit organization dedicated to

helping people in the Finger Lakes

region (Livingston, Monroe, On-

tario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and

Yates counties) with emergency

funds when faced with a diagnosis

of breast cancer.

Pictured to the left are some of

the 140 participants that dove

into Seneca Lake on a cold

December Day!

Hope House organizes Frigid Fundraiser

of Residential Education were interviewed on

the Finger Lakes News Radio morning news

about the sale.

Since the event's inception, approximately

$21,619.00 has been raised, 100 percent of

which has been donated to the United Way of

Ontario County. "It's great to have the students

at Hobart William Smith Colleges take an ac-

tive part in making a difference in our local

community. They are an excellent example of

what it means to ‗Live United' - working to-

gether to address the issues facing our commu-

nity making it a better place for all. The stu-

dents' hard work and efforts will definitely

make an impact," says Rhoda Childs, regional

director of United Way of Ontario County.

Page 5

Bowl-A-Thon Success for Big Brothers Big Sisters

Along with Rochester BBBS advisors

Heather Mills and Rozanne Kise,

Wells and the team of HWS BBBS

staff members-Martha Beltz '11,

Franchessca Branlund '10, Katie

Levenstein '12, Belinda Littlefield '11,

Mamme Daley '10 and Kyle Sinkoff

'10-planned the event, putting in many

hours toward fundraising, advertising

and mentoring, drawing on the pool of

more than 30 active HWS "bigs."

Various donors across campus helped

the HWS BBBS raise $3,000.

With the Colleges‘ ongoing sup-

port for the Big Brothers Big Sis-

ters (BBBS) program, it has be-

come an annual tradition for stu-

dents and staff to participate in the

organization's largest national

fundraiser, Bowl for Kids' Sake,

with the HWS BBBS program

raising $3,000 this year.

Bowl for Kids' Sake has supported

BBBS agencies throughout the

country for more than 40 years.

At the Bowl for Kids' Sake party,

following a month of raising

awareness and funds, volunteers

and donors were thanked for their

commitment and continued sup-

port of the program.

At this year's event on March 6,

"bigs" and "littles" were welcomed

with pizza and refreshments, fol-

lowed by two games of bowling.

Youdlyn Moreau WS'12 organized a

fundraiser to benefit Food for the Poor,

Inc. Global activist, lawyer, and Presi-

dent and CEO of DRI Thomas Tighe,

who offered the keynote address at the

2009 HWS Convocation, acknowledged

the Colleges' commitment to service.

"The Colleges' emphasis on global citi-

zenship and international service is

something near and dear to me... HWS

has a strong ethic that has become part if

its identity." Tighe is thankful for the

Colleges' support. "It means so much

that you are helping at this moment," he

says. " In the years ahead, people in

Haiti and other places will benefit from

what you're learning. You're needed

more than ever."

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

community members were vigilant in

their efforts to help aid the international

relief initiatives and offset the damage

done by the recent earthquake in Haiti.

Events included a "Hope for Haiti"

dance party held at the Barn, the ongoing

―dorm storm‖ organized by Gabrielle

Perez WS‘11 and fundraising efforts that

were part of the Martin Luther King Jr.

service activities at Tops Markets in

Geneva, Walmart in Seneca Falls and

Canandaigua, and at Waterloo Premium

Outlets (to benefit Direct Relief

International)

Students also gathered to do a ―group

text‖ to the American Red Cross, Laura

Martin WS‘10 organized a friendly com-

petition between Hobart Fraternities to

benefit Medical Missionaries, and

HWS Students Respond to Earthquake in Haiti

The Caribbean Student Association

(CSA) is celebrating its 10th year at

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

and the organization's fourth annual

Masquerade Ball was held on Feb. 20

at the Belhurst Castle to benefit vic-

tims from the earthquake in Haiti.

Members of the Delta Chi Fraternity raise

money at the annual BBBS Bowl for Kids

Sake at Roseland Bowl!

William Smith Bowlers—

Fashionable and charitable!

Did you know that HWS contributed over $84,000 to local and extended com-

munities through student tutor salaries and student organized fundraisers?

role in helping to organize

and collect data for the Kin-

dergarten Literacy Initiative

Project. Professor of Sociol-

ogy Jack Harris received

the HWS Civically En-

gaged Faculty Award. As

defined by Campus Com-

pact, Harris demonstrated

"Exemplary engaged scholar-

ship, including leadership in

advancing students' civic

learning, conducting commu-

nity-based research, fostering

reciprocal community part-

nerships, building institu-

tional commitments to ser-

vice-learning and civic en-

gagement, and other means

of enhancing higher educa-

tion's contributions to the

public good." HWS con-

ferred the Community

Partner of the Year Award

upon the Geneva School

District. The award is pre-

sented annually to the person or

agency who has consistently

contributed to the civic devel-

opment and leadership of

Hobart and William Smith Col-

leges students. The award rec-

ognizes the inherent value of

community collaborations and

acknowledges with gratitude

the time, energy and interest

invested in the student service

and learning experience. HWS

students engage in rich and

meaningful learning opportuni-

ties with the Geneva School

District through service-

learning placements, tutoring

and mentoring partnerships

with children, student teaching,

and community-based research

projects - all of which promote

and advance the ideals of en-

gaged scholarship.

Exceptional Student, Faculty Member and Community Partner Recognized at Engaged Scholarship Forum

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Stephanie Wells '10 received

the Compass Award for

Outstanding Engaged Stu-dent Scholarship. The award

is given annually to a Hobart

College or William Smith

College student who has ex-

celled in either a community-

based research project or a

service-learning course. The

work must be academically

rigorous and have a meaning-

ful community impact. Wells

has been involved in a number

of different projects in her

years at HWS that have all

had a positive impact in the

community. Wells coordi-

nated a project examining

changes in reading abilities

and self-esteem for elemen-

tary school students involved

in the America Reads Pro-

gram. In another independent

study, conducted during the

fall of 2009, Wells took a lead

Collaborations between GCSD and HWS: Geneva Girls on the Go and Building Bridges

Jessica Cook '10, Ryan Kin-

caid '11, Lauren Morosky

'12, Beth O'Connor '12

sought female runners of

any ability from faculty and

staff to accompany them in

this new program, which

was designed to help Ge-

neva Middle School girls

stay active and provide them

with guidance. The aim of

the training is for the group

to run a 5K, with the hope of

instilling a long term love

for running in each partici-

pant.

Building Bridges is a con-

cept that arose when Geneva

Resident and WS student

Ryan Kincaid took Professor

Khuram Hussain‘s Civil

Rights Education course.

"Hobart and William Smith

students are each paired up

with a middle school student

and it has been amazing,"

said Kincaid. "The middle

school students are incredi-

bly understanding, enthusi-

astic and flexible, which is

great since the program is

just getting off the ground. I

am quite pleased with both

the current program and the

prospects for the future. "

"Geneva Girls on the Go is

based on a national mentor-

ing program called ‗Girls on

the Run,' which seeks to

share the love of running,

commitment to healthy liv-

ing and importance of self-

respect through a low-stakes

mentoring system," says

Ruth A. Shields, assistant

director of the Center for

Teaching and Learning. "In

our case, it's a community

mentoring model (between

Geneva City School District

students) with a low-stakes

time commitment from you

and a high impact on girls."

Shields and the Geneva

Girls on the Go coordinators

Geneva Girls on The Go pause for

some fun after a run/walk to the

Cornell Agriculture Station

Elijah Gleason, H‘11 visits with

his Building Bridges Buddy over

lunch in Saga

Professor Harris and Provost Amott

Students present their findings

President Gearan with members

from Geneva City School District

―We write to celebrate the

dedication to the Geneva

community demonstrated by

Holly Kahn as an AmeriCorps

VISTA (Volunteer in Ser-

vice to America). Holly fa-

cilitated the Geneva Reads

literacy coalition which flour-

ished under her leadership.

She helped organize the suc-

cessful inaugural community

read, “The Color of Water”

by James McBride, and laid

plans for the 2nd annual event

with the selection of ―The

Curious Incident of the Dog

in the Nighttime.‖ She also

collaborated with the HWS

Colleges President‘s Office

on efforts related to David

Oliver Relin’s “Three

Cups of Tea” community

read and programming. She

garnered support from Lyons

National Bank which enabled

the creation of a banner to

celebrate the Community

Read and the Annual Chil-

dren‘s Book Fest, and with

the support of Kelsey

Lagana,WS‘10 (who has re-

cently been hired as the

VISTA for 2010-2011) main-

tained a pipeline of books

going out to children via the

―Community Bookshelf Pro-

gram.‖ Additionally, she

facilitated a Teen Garden at

the Geneva Community

Center. The Community

Garden concept originated

when Mayor Stu Einstein

requested that the concept be

investigated by HWS students

in an education course titled

―Teaching Environmental

Sustainability.‖ Without the

support from many commu-

nity volunteers and donations

from John Hick‘s Organix

product (worm castings!), fi-

nancial donations from the Wy-

ckoff Family Foundation and

community members, and

―know how‖ from a Finger

Lakes Community College hor-

ticulture professor (Jana Lam-

boy) and expert community

gardeners (such as Virginia

Torruella, Sabrina Siebert,

Laurence Erussard, HWS stu-

dents) the current blossoming

garden would not be in exis-

tence today.‖

Respectfully Submitted,

Kathleen Flowers, CCESL

Nina McCarthy, Principal, West

Street School

Michael Nyerges, Director,

Geneva Public Library

Sage Gerling, Boys and Girls

Club Board Member

Joan McClure, Geneva Reads

Board Member

CCESL collaborated with

The Architecture Studies

Dept., The Office of The Pro-

vost, and the Geneva

Neighborhood Resouce Cen-

ter on bringing Emily Pillo-

ton to campus. “Emily Pillo-

ton, founder and executive di-

rector of Project H Design, will

make a stop at HWS on her

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Community Members Write Letter to the Editor of the Finger Lakes Times to Celebrate CCESL’s AmeriCorps VISTA

John Cary, a national leader in the growing field of public-

interest design, was a featured Engaged Citizenship Speaker at

the Colleges on Wednesday, Oct. 21st. The Center for Commu-

nity Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL) and the Depart-

ment of Art and Architecture hosted the event jointly. Kirin

Makker, assistant professor of architectural studies notes,

"Architecture and planning have the power to positively or nega-

tively affect peoples' lives; our job as teachers of design is to help

students understand this and, hopefully, challenge them to think

about design as a means of giving back to their communities in

helpful ways." Cary's presentation focused on the scalability of

pro bono design, a case study in leverage being tested through

"The 1% program" of Public Architecture. The 1% program has

attracted more than 650 architecture and design firms nationwide

to pledge a minimum of one percent of their billable hours-

totaling an estimated 250,000 and $25 million in pro bono ser-

vices annually.

HWS committed $5,000 toward the Geneva Neighborhood Resource

Center's (GNRC) programs-which include steps to repair the Geneva

housing market, strengthen existing relationships and build new ties

among neighbors, and build public-private partnerships of local

government, organizations, businesses, and residents to take actions

toward making Geneva a great, more livable and financially sustain-

able city. The money was utilized to pay for three HWS interns who

assisted the GNRC during the summer. Www.genevanrc.org

2009-2010 Highlights

88 HWS seniors received the

“Civic Leadership Award” at

Hobart Charter Day and Wil-

liam Smith Moving Up Day.

CCESL hosted an AmeriCorps

VISTA who facilitated Geneva

Reads and a Youth Garden at

the Community Center

Stephanie Wells '10 received

the Compass Award for Out-

standing Engaged Student

Scholarship

Professor of Sociology Jack

Harris received the Civically

Engaged Faculty Award.

HWS conferred the

Community Partner of the

Year Award upon the Geneva

School District.

32,000 hours of service

contributed by HWS to

individuals and agencies in

local, national, and

international communities.

Phone: 315-781-3825

Fax: 315-781-3515

E-mail: serve@hws.edu

Website: www.hws.edu/academics/service

T H E C E N T E R F O R C O M M U N I T Y E N G A G E M E N T A N D S E R V I C E - L E A R N I N G

Geneva Heroes again teamed HWS

students with local 8th graders in

the Spring to develop leadership

skills while doing service. Kie-

lynne Banker ‗10 spear headed the

project this spring.

Community Service House

16 residents opted to live in the

service themed house located at 737

South Main Street, committing to

weekly service throughout the com-

munity.

The Big Brother Big Sister Chapter

is one of the largest in the county,

with over 40 ―bigs‖ paired with

local ―littles‖.

Habitat for Humanity hosted a

successful ―Mr. Hobart Friendly

Competition‖ which raised $2,000

for local chapter of the organiza-

tion.

Community Service Clubs and Groups

Geneva Partnership Launches New Website The city of Geneva, N.Y., with its beautiful lakeside setting, rolling vineyards, cul-

tural destinations, and diverse population has been a wonderful host to HWS for

nearly 200 years. In the last decade, through the generosity of Geneva leaders and

residents, that partnership has only strengthened. Today, the faculty, staff, and stu-

dents of Hobart and William Smith work together with community members and

organizations to collaborate on a variety of critical projects impacting the future of

the area. This partnership allows community members to explore ideas and meet

goals while also giving students an invaluable opportunity to apply what they are

learning in the real world. www.hws.edu/academics/service/geneva_partnership

First-Years from the Classes of 2013 help out

at the newly opened Geneva Community

Center during Orientation Weekend

Senator Nozzolio and President Gearan recognize

Carolyn Pluchino, WS‘10, at the Catholic Charities

Points of Light Dinner in May at Club 86