Claire Lincoln, of Darien was awarded a grant from The Steven Daniel Smallen Memorial Fund at Hamilton College. The Fund is designed to encourage creativity among Hamilton students by providing funds for projects displaying originality, expressiveness, and imagination.
Lincoln will use the award to create a music video that reflects her experience "growing up [with] ADHD, taking medication, and how these things can affect an individual's life."
Lincoln, a senior majoring in art and literature, is a graduate of Darien High School.
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.