December 15, 2015 - A "Canines and Cocoa" gathering was among several pre-exam "Survival Week" activities. Therapy dogs courtesy of the Schenectady Chapter, Therapy Dogs International.

Glorious fall weather enabled Jennifer Cholnoky's geoscience students to do a recent field study. They traveled to a Kayaderosseras Creek tributary in Greenfield for a stream gauging lab to measure water velocity and the width and depths of the stream channel, to calculate the discharge for the stream. Rebecca Fawcett ’18 photo.

November 9, 2015 - Skidmore's own Gamelan Banyu Wali, in concert with the Bali All-Stars, a group of musicians and dancers from the island of Bali, presented an evening of Indonesian muisc and dance Nov. 6 under the direction of Elizabeth Macy and I Made Lasmawan. Special guests at the event were the Consul General for Indonesia in New York and the Indonesian Consul for Information, Culture, and Society. Photo by Julie-Louise Zeitoun ’18.

October 27, 2015-- The annual Village Treats event saw Skidmore student apartment-dwellers offering Halloween hospitality to children of faculty and staff. See more student photography at the link. (Photo by Julie Louise Zeitoun ’18)

October 19, 2015 - Approximately 1,000 friends and family members of Skidmore students were on campus this past weekend to mark Celebration Weekend. The jam-packed schedule featured mini-college classes, athletics contests, performances, and the chance to catch up with loved ones. (Photo by Catherine Heller ’16)

October 11, 2015 - Nearly 400 members of the Skidmore community participated in the fourth annual "I Won't Stand For" campaign to raise awareness of challenging social issues.

September 21, 2015 - Welcome back students! Photo by Rebecca Larson '18

September 14, 2015 - The annual event showcasing more than 100 student clubs and organizations on campus takes place the first Friday of the school year on the Green. Photo by Sunny Tran '18.

May 5, 2015 - Hard to believe that less than three months ago, the Skidmore campus was a snow-covered tundra. It took some time--nearly until the end of April--for temperatures to warm and buds to burst open. It was worth the wait.

April 27, 2015 - Skidmore students gather for Fun Day, held annually on the Saturday before the last week of classes. The SGA-sponsored celebration featured student bands, barbecue, and a bounce house

April 22, 2015 - The student club Hayat, in conjunction with the Sophomore Class Council and the International Student Union, hosted Holi, the spring festival of colors, on campus last week. Previously observed as a Hindu religious festival, Holi has been embraced by other communities and regions over the recent past.

April 13, 2015 - Members of the Skidmore riding team: Jessica Stoukides ’16 (left), Hannah Reynolds ’16, Hannah Davis ’17, Ursula Green ’16, Abbie Gibson ’16, and Helen Kirk ’17 jump for joy after qualifying for national competition following the Zone 2 championships. Skidmore will be seeking its seventh title at the late-April nationals in Springfield, Mass.

April 6, 2015 - On Wednesday, we kicked off #SkidGenuity, the month-long celebration of creativity at #Skidmore, with the "Uncharted Waters" theme dinner at D-hall. A joint project between Skidmore College Dining Services and Professor Tillman Nechtman's "Sailing the Seas with Captain Cook" Scribner Seminar, the dinner featured an anti-scurvy bar and live "mermaid" Hannah Olinger’17

March 30, 2015 - More than 200 students from colleges and universities in Europe and the US attended EuroSim 2015, hosted for the first time by Skidmore's Model European Union Club. At the closing plenary session, a directive urging action on cyber security was passed by delegates. This was the first time in three years that such a directive passed, meaning the event was a big success, according to organizers.

March 23, 2015 - Students are back from break and hitting the labs

March 16, 2015 Kirill Gillespie ’18 is shown during the 11th annual Skidmore String Festival at Arthur Zankel Music Center. Skidmore hosts the annual event and invites area high school string musicians to participate. Artist-in-residence this year was the American String Quartet, which performed in concert and led classes during the two-day festival.

March 9, 2015 - The Adirondack chairs on the library walkway are wearing winter cloaks

March 2, 2015 - Filene Scholar Makeda Diggs ’17 performs Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin in E Minor, Op. 64, with accompaniment by Patricia Hadfield in the Arthur Zankel Music Center.

February 24, 2015 - John Li ’15 (foreground), Juliette Douglas ’17 (left), Madeline Morser ’16 (right), and Jessica Kogan ’18 (background) in a class taught by John Cartwright of Thodos Dance Chicago. Said Rumi, "This was my first ballet photo shoot."