Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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| motto | Hobart: Disce
William Smith: ΒΙΟΣ, ΨΥΧΗ |
| founding | 1822/1908 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | Geneva , New York |
| Website | hws.edu |
The Hobart and William Smith Colleges , and The Colleges of the Seneca called, are a private university in Geneva in the American state of New York . The campus is located on Seneca Lake , the largest of the Finger Lakes in Upstate New York . Hobart College , which is only open to men, and William Smith College , which is reserved for women, both teach liberal arts .
The origins of the college go back to the Geneva Academy , founded in 1797 , which after a few years of inactivity was reopened as Geneva College in 1822 thanks to the support of Bishop John Henry Hobart . In 1852 it was renamed Hobart College . In 1908 the philanthropist William Smith added a facility for women, William Smith College , to the men-only Hobart College . Although both colleges shared professors and some buildings from the start, classes were held separately until 1938–1941. In 1943, the William Smith College was upgraded from a mere department of Hobart College to an independent institution, which appears equally under the umbrella name The Colleges of the Seneca and Hobart and William Smith Colleges . Although both colleges have been operating independently of each other to a certain extent, large parts of academic teaching and administration are combined in an arrangement called a coordinate system . Offered BA - B.Sc. - and MA courses.
Well-known college graduates include Elizabeth Blackwell , Edward S. Bragg , Bayard Clarke , Harry Coover , Peter Myndert Dox , Charles J. Folger , Rodney Frelinghuysen , Abigail Johnson , Richard R. Kenney , Christopher McDonald , Mark Neveldine , George Washington Woodward, and Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff .
Web links
- History of the colleges on hws.edu
Coordinates: 42 ° 51 '29.4 " N , 76 ° 59' 0.2" W.