Designer and artist Bruce Mau, the co-founder and CEO of the global design consultancy Massive Change Network, told the 565 graduates at Hamilton College’s Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 25, in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House, that they are all designers of their own futures with the power to inspire change. Local graduates included Sydney Evans, Clinton; Jayden Federoff, Vernon; Mia Horvath, Cherry Valley; Phillip Le, Utica; Erin Rayhill, New Hartford; and Lindsay Son, Utica. Other commencement speakers included Delbert “Del” Gonzales ’25, recipient of the James Soper Merrill Prize awarded to the member of the graduating class “who, in character and influence, has typified the highest ideals of the College” as selected by the faculty, and class speaker Alexandra “Allie” Ennis ’25, who was chosen by her peers. Claire Williams, a geosciences major from LaGrange Highlands, Ill., was the Class of 2025 valedictorian, and Katherine Withers, a sociology major from Arlington, Va., was salutatorian. (Photo by Nancy L. Ford)
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