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It was a family affair last Saturday when the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ community gathered to celebrate the completion of the new Trudy Fitness Center.

Do you know what it takes to keep a secret from alumni affairs vice president RuthAnn Loveless MA’72?

Hamilton village residents, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ community members, and honored guests are reintroducing themselves to an old friend this week. The ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Inn, closed for renovations since November 2010, is now open for business.

Senior class gifts come in all shapes and sizes, and they usually benefit the campus community. This year, the Class of 2011 has taken a different tack, choosing instead to honor alma mater with a gift that impacts alumni.

Dick Hyman plays the piano with an ease that many of us display while brushing our teeth — assuming routine dental care could inspire awe in an audience of 150 ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ community members.

Before the sun could push above the horizon this morning, 153 community members braved the frigid air and crossed the threshold of the new Trudy Fitness Center.

The wait is over. Thanks to the hard work of staff and contractors, with generous support from alumni and parents, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s Trudy Fitness Center will open at 6 a.m. this Monday, January 31.

For almost a year, Griffin O’Shea ’13 has been planning an alternative spring break trip to Kenya. Sponsored through the Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education, eight ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ undergraduates will spend May 17-31 with orphans and vulnerable children at the Caroline Wambui Mungai Foundation school in Wangige, located northwest of Nairobi.

Every year, 600 colleges and universities submit applications for Fulbright fellowships. When the Chronicle of Higher Education published the program’s list of top producers this fall, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ tied for eighth place among bachelor’s institutions.

Physics department faculty members Charlie Holbrow, Jim Lloyd ’54, Joe Amato, Kiko Galvez, and Beth Parks have spent the last four years working together on a revision of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ-inspired Modern Introductory Physics.