HWS hosts Finger Lakes Chamber mixer, showcase campus engagement | Fingerlakes1.com

Oct 26, 2024

The Finger Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce held its October Business After Hours Mixer on Oct. 9 at Hobart and William Smith Colleges’ Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, an event focused on networking and campus-community engagement.

Katie Flowers, Director of the Colleges’ Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning, hosted the event, spotlighting the Center’s mission to cultivate civically engaged students. Attendees included Chamber staff, board members, HWS faculty, and community members who gathered for a networking session and learned about HWS’s service learning programs and local impact.

Chamber President Miranda Odell commended Flowers and HWS for their partnership and hospitality, noting the longstanding relationship between the institutions. Stephanie Yearsley, Director of Conference Services, thanked her team for event coordination and introduced HWS’s event services, highlighting options for both campus and off-campus event hosting.

Guests concluded the event with campus tours led by HWS students. The next Chamber mixer, featuring a Finger Lakes Railway train ride, is scheduled for Nov. 13. Registration is required, with tickets available through the Chamber’s website or by contacting [email protected].

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