News from Hamilton College
LRuo Nan Huang of Millerton, Justin Leigh of Poughquag Graduate from Hamilton College
CLINTON, NY (06/16/2020)– The following local residents received a bachelor of arts degrees from Hamilton College on Sunday, May 24, in a virtual Commencement ceremony concluding the college’s 208th year:
Ruo Nan Huang of Millerton A Chinese and physics major at Hamilton, Huang graduated with departmental honors in Chinese.
Justin Leigh of Poughquag Leigh majored in public policy.
In his remarks, Hamilton College President Wippman said, “For over two centuries, the College has flourished and grown, finding its way past wars and conflicts, depressions and recessions, epidemics and pandemics. In every generation there have been defining moments.
“We may not get to choose our defining moments, but we do get to choose how we respond. Adversity brings with it disappointment, anxiety, and loss. But it also brings opportunity, to learn, to grow, to find one’s own inner strength. We don’t get to choose these defining moments. They choose us.”
Hamilton’s nearly 500 graduates now join an alumni body of more than 23,600, many of whom have made important contributions to business, the professions, government and the arts.
Originally founded in 1793 as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, Hamilton College offers an open curriculum that gives students the freedom to shape their own liberal arts education within a research- and writing-intensive framework. Hamilton enrolls 1,850 students from 49 states and 49 countries. Additional information about the college can be found at www.hamilton.edu.
