Jessica Planamento, ’12, and Joan Prindle from the Hamilton Historic Commission

Jessica Planamento, ’12, has just received her diploma from Colgate but is still hard at work. She is spending the summer working with two community organizations as a Field School Fellow for the Upstate Institute. She began the summer working with the Hamilton Historical Commission to interview elders who spent most of their lives in Hamilton about their stories and the history of the community. Jessica is transcribing the interviews and entering them, along with the audio recordings of the interviews and images supplied by the elders, as part of the Commission’s collection. Read more

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Dylan Levene ’12 and Hamilton Food Cupboard Director Suzanne Collins

Dylan Levene ’12 has just graduated from Colgate with a degree in philosophy, and is already making an impact. As a Field School Fellow at the Hamilton Food Cupboard, Dylan is conducting research to assess the extent to which the Food Cupboard is meeting the needs of the families that rely on the food pantry every month. She is building a website on which donations can be made, organizing fundraisers and fraternity and sorority philanthropy events, writing proposals to local businesses for support, and gathering information from several nearby food pantries about their best practices. Read more

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