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William Smith College

Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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Seals of the two colleges
Motto Hobart: Disce
William Smith: ΒΙΟΣ, ΨΥΧΗ
Motto in English
Hobart: Learn
William Smith: Life, Soul
Type Private liberal arts college
Established Hobart: 1822
Wiliam Smith: 1908
Religious affiliation
Episcopal Church
Endowment $205 Million
President Mark Gearan
Academic staff
225
Undergraduates 2,344
Location Geneva, New York, U.S.
Campus small town
Colors Hobart:
Orange and Royal Purple          
William Smith:
Emerald Green and White          
Athletics NCAA Division III
Liberty League, MAISA, ECAC
Nickname Statesmen (Hobart)
Herons (WS)
Affiliations Annapolis Group
Website www.hws.edu
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Coordinates: 42°51′26″N 76°59′07″W / 42.857123°N 76.985407°W / 42.857123; -76.985407

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (collectively, The Colleges of the Seneca) are located on 195 acres (0.79 km2) in New York state's Finger Lakes region in Geneva, New York, United States. They trace their origins to Geneva Academy established in 1797. Hobart College (men) and William Smith College (women) are both liberal arts colleges offering the degrees of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and master of arts in teaching.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges, private colleges located in Geneva, New York, began on the western frontier as the Geneva Academy. After some setbacks and disagreement among trustees, the Academy suspended operations in 1817. By the time Bishop John Henry Hobart, of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, first visited the city of Geneva in 1818, the doors of Geneva Academy had just closed. Yet, Geneva was a bustling Upstate New York city on the main land and stage coach route to the West. Bishop Hobart had a plan to reopen the Academy at a new location, raise a public subscription for the construction of a stone building, and elevate the school to college status. Roughly following this plan, Geneva Academy reopened as Geneva College in 1822 with conditional grant funds made available from Trinity Church in New York City. Geneva College was renamed Hobart College in 1852 in honor of its founder, Bishop Hobart.


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