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Susan Valentine K'73, welcomed attendees at the Kirkland College Commemorative Awards ceremony, held during Reunion Weekend, June 7-9. Valentine credited the work of many -- including Hamilton College president Eugene Tobin, Kirkland Project Coordinator Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Vice President of Communications and Development Dick Tantillo, and Jennifer Potter Hayes K' 73 -- with keeping the spirit of Kirkland College alive and making the commemorative ceremony a reality.

The Emerson Gallery at Hamilton College will open the summer exhibition season with Selections from Hamilton Collects American Art, from June 17 through August 4. Highlights include works by William Glackens, Rockwell Kent, Raphael Soyer, Marsden Hartley, Charles Burchfield, and others, focusing on twentieth century paintings. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

President George W. Bush has nominated James Howard Yellin '60 to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Burundi.

Kevin Kennedy '70, the outgoing chair of Hamilton's Board of Trustees, was honored during Reunion Weekend festivities. Kennedy was presented with a plaque during the Alumni Association's annual meeting on June 8. The text follows:

Matthew Backes, a 1993 graduate of Hamilton College, has been awarded a 2002 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The awards support original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences.

Allison Kerbel, a rising sophomore from North Kingstown, R.I., recently had a short story published in Cicada. Kerbel's story, titled "Identity: Self and Sloth," describes a 7th grade gym class run. Cicada is a bimonthly magazine for teenagers and young adults ages 14 and up.

Donald Gingras '50 was presented with the Bell Ringer Award during the annual meeting of the Alumni Association during Reunion Weekend festivities.

Among the highlights of Reunion Weekend was the dedication of the Kirkland Marker on June 8. The marker was created to serve as "a tangible commemoration of the Kirkland experience." Designed and created by John von Bergen '63 and Ava Bromberg '02, the arch stands on the grass outside of McEwen Hall.

Samuel Babbitt, who served as the president of Kirkland College, delivered the inaugural Chuck Root Kirkland College lecture during Reunion Weekend festivities, June 7-9.

Russell Blackwood, the John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy, emeritus, treated an Alumni College class to a lively discussion titled "Islamic Thought Today: The Gates of Ijtihad."