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CHANGE MAKERS
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President’s Perspective
This community is shaping the future.
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Personal Investments
Sally Griffiths Herbert ’88 and Tim Herbert
honor her father in naming the Griffiths
Center for Collaboration & Innovation;
the Clark Foundation supports simulation in
nursing; Brian Wright H’02 poses a challenge
for athletics.
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Alumni Influencers
Five graduates make a durable difference in
healthcare, law enforcement, education,
and environmentalism through their strategic
and hands-on work.
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Breakthroughs
24 College volunteers spent more than a year
imagining “What If?” for Hartwick’s future;
Co-chair Diane Paige puts the work in a
personal context.
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Nursing’s Future
Save-the-Date of October 5, 2018 for
Hartwick’s first-ever Nursing Symposium:
Making and Managing Change.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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Service Abroad
New and renewed J Term courses afford
students insights into the challenges and
opportunities of other countries.
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Choosing to Care
Dozens of dedicated students spend their
Spring Break in service to people they had
never met and will not forget.
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Close to Home
First-person accounts of student efforts to
have a positive impact on the Oneonta
community.
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New Opportunities
Hartwick’s first Peace Corps Prep graduates;
philanthropic partners make a difference
through scholarships; professors give young
musicians a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
COMMUNITY
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Year-end Celebrations
Student Showcase, Senior Send Off, Nurses
Pinning, Senior Art Show.
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Commencement
The Class of 2018 joins the ranks of
nearly 18,000 Hartwick alumni on this
unforgettable day, and reinvention expert
Nadya Zhexembayeva ’01, PhD inspires them
with her Commencement address.
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Faculty News
Professional presentations of scholarly work
and well-deserved retirements of career
educators.
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Athletic News
Accolades for athletes; Benefit Auction
success; 1988 men’s basketball squad inducted
into Athletics Hall of Fame; Coach Anna
Meyer retirement party October 6, 2018.
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Alumni / Class Notes
Personal and professional news, alumni
gatherings, remembering those we have lost,
and True Blue special events.
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