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Hampden-Sydney Fund Surpasses Goal
The 2009-2010 Hampden-Sydney Fund exceeded its goal by raising $2.099 million from 2,501 alumni donors.  This would not have been possible without the generous support of our students, faculty, parents, and alumni who dug deep to continue providing the excellence which is the Hampden-Sydney College experience.  Full Story...


Virginia Private College Week
Rising high school juniors and seniors and their families are invited to visit Hampden-Sydney College and other participating private colleges during Virginia Private College Week – July 26 through July 31.  Students who visit three colleges during the week receive special application fee waivers, making it possible to apply to any three institutions for free. Full Story...


Moss Receives NCAA and Fulbright Recognition
MossWilliam Pendleton Orrick Moss, Hampden-Sydney College Class of 2010, has been awarded a $7,500 NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship.  This prestigious and highly competitive scholarship was awarded to only six collegiate tennis players throughout the U.S. and Moss was the only Division III recipient.
 
Through the Fulbright Commission and the French Embassy’s Teaching Assistant Program, Moss was awarded a teaching position on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean.
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Faculty Appointments
Hampden-Sydney Congratulates Newly Tenured, Newly Promoted, and New Faculty
 
Hampden-Sydney College’s tenure and promotion process recognizes the significant contributions these faculty members have made to their disciplines. 
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H-SC Circle K Marches for Babies Worldwide
Basil Panton ’11
The H-SC Circle K International was once one of the most active service groups on campus. Its period of greatest activity began in the 1960s and ended in the early 1990s when a particularly involved group of men graduated.  The club went dormant until last semester when Assistant Dean of Students for Activities and Organizations John Ramsay and Osric Forrest, a Key Clubber from high school in Jamaica, sat down and had multiple discussions about reinstating the club.  The process was supported by alumnus Tulane Patterson '78 who was a stalwart of the H-SC Circle K when he attend the College.  After semester break in December, Dean Ramsay gave the go ahead.  Circle K was reintroduced on campus in February 2010. Full Story...


Students Receive Fulbright Honors
 Glen J. Carter II S. Barron Frazier
 Glen J. Carter II '08 S. Barron Frazier '12
Two Hampden-Sydney College students, Glen J. Carter II, Class of 2008, and S.  Barron Frazier, a rising junior, have received awards from the Fulbright  Commission. Full Story...