Palos Verdes Estates Student Graduates From Hamilton College

Press release from Merit Pages:

June 30, 2021

Jakeb Camel, of Palos Verdes Estates (90274), received a bachelor of arts degree from Hamilton College on Saturday, May 22, in a Commencement ceremony concluding the college's 209th year.

An economics major at Hamilton, Camel graduated magna cum laude with departmental honors in economics and was recently elected to the Epsilon Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Hamilton College. Camel now joins an alumni body of more than 24,000, many of whom have made important contributions to business, the professions, government, and the arts.

Ty Seidule, a military historian and the College's inaugural Chamberlain Fellow, was awarded an honorary degree and delivered the Commencement address. He advised the graduates never to stop learning and striving to achieve the College's motto, Know Thyself.

"Know your own history. Know your community's history. Keep questioning. Because that is really the only way to know thyself," he said.

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.

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