CLINTON, New York — The following local residents recently matriculated as first-year students at Hamilton College:
Syra Gutow of Castine . Gutow is a graduate of George Stevens Academy.
Alec Jansujwicz of Bangor. Jansujwicz is a graduate of Bangor High School.
They were selected from a pool of 7,443 applicants to the college, and join a class of 470.
Originally founded in 1793 as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, Hamilton College offers an open curriculum that gives students the freedom to shape their own liberal arts education within a research- and writing-intensive framework. Hamilton enrolls 1,850 students from 49 states and 49 countries. Additional information about the college can be found at www.hamilton.edu.