Class & Charter Day
This annual event honors our student prize and scholarship recipients, and recognizes our faculty award winners.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Hamilton College’s Class & Charter Day celebration, an annual convocation recognizing student and faculty excellence during the preceding academic year, will take place in the Chapel on Tuesday, May 12, at 4:15 p.m. The Chapel bells will ring for 2 minutes at 4 p.m. to mark the end of classes for the academic year. The event will be livestreamed on this page.
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