Hobart and William Smith is a liberal arts and sciences institution known for its consistent success in preparing students for meaningful lives and fulfilling careers through an outcomes-based focus on their futures. Located on 320 acres in the heart of New York State’s Finger Lakes Region, Hobart and William Smith are independent liberal arts colleges distinctive for providing highly individualized educations. In partnership with the Geneva and global communities and through robust programs in career development, study-abroad, service, leadership and athletics, the Colleges foster an environment that values global citizenship, teamwork, ethics, inclusive excellence and cultural competence. Under the mentorship of faculty, Hobart and William Smith students gain the necessary clarity to be competitive when seeking employment. They win prestigious fellowships like the Rhodes, Gates Cambridge, Udall, Fulbright and Goldwater. They gain admittance to the best graduate programs in the country. Thank you for engaging with us on social media. We enjoy your comments and suggestions, and intend to keep you updated with relevant community and college news and resources. We have established the following guidelines for commenting and our responses for those comments. We hope that this will keep the focus on positive dialogue and help answer questions while making sure that the comments are courteous and professional. We will try to respond as quickly as possible to your comments during normal working hours. Banning: We hope to never have to ban participants from our community, but repeated or egregious violations of the above policy will result in removal from the community. Spam: Advertising or promotional content will be immediately removed. Threats, hateful, or inappropriate comments: We will not allow personal attacks, threats, release of personal information, overtly antagonistic or abusive behavior. Infractions will result in immediate removal of the comment(s) and possible banning from the community. Hate speech: Sexist, racist or homophobic speech will not be tolerated. Factual information: Although we acknowledge criticism, we will not allow misrepresentation. We will distinguish between constructive arguments and subversion of the purpose of the site via smear tactics. Repeat topics: We are excited to discuss community information, issues, activities and events and related topics, but to ensure that we keep the conversation moving, we will not engage in extended back and forth on topics in the comment threads. Please feel free to reach us directly off-line to discuss other topics in more depth. Our Comment Use Policy also is available on the HWS website: http://www.hws.edu/news/social_media_policy.aspx
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