Hartwick College faculty, staff, students, and alumni are making news every day, both on campus and around the world. The following is a digest of mentions of Hartwick College and Hartwick people in regional, national, and international media (outside of the local Oneonta area).
We haven't linked to the stories online because many newspapers require registration or archive their stories in fee-based archives. To suggest a news story or for more information, contact Christopher Lott in the office of communications.
For more news blurbs, see Newsmakers 2005-06 and Newsmakers 2004-05.
| The Dominion Post (Wellington, NZ), June 8, 2007 Kristin Hudson '10 is "a small player making a big splash in water polo," begins this article about the New Zealand team that will compete in the world junior championships in Portugal next month. Hudson is described as "one of the more promising players to emerge on the water polo scene in recent times," a player who "turned heads during the first year of a scholarship in the United States." |
| Chelmsford (MA) Independent, June 6, 2007 In an article about high school seniors looking beyond the horizon to their future careers, Sam Morse '11 was quoted as saying that he's not sure exactly what he will study at Hartwick in the fall, but that he likes history "because it allows for so much interpretation and analysis." |
| Major League Soccer, June 5, 2007 Jeff Bradley, a writer for mlsnet.com, compiled a list of the top eleven soccer players in the league who were born in a country other than the U.S. but then made themselves full-fledged Yanks. Coming in second only to number 1 is Dominic Kinnear, born in Scotland, who was capped 54 times by the U.S. and played more than 100 MLS matches. He is now the Houston Dynamos coach. He attended Hartwick for one year before leaving to play professional soccer. |
| The Montclair (NJ) Times, May 10, 2007 Brenda Hebert '75, executive director of the Montclair Historical Society, was named to the Montclair Arts Council Board of Directors. A sociology major at Hartwick, Hebert also earned an MBA in marketing from Columbia University. |
| Business Review (Albany, NY), May 3, 2007 Raymond Brownell '88 has been hired as assistant vice president for development and executive director of the Empire State College Foundation, the fundraising arm of Empire State College, the Saratoga Springs-based state distance learning college. Brownell was previously a senior development officer at Union College, where he is also earning an MBA. He was a political science and English major at Hartwick. Brownell got hooked on fundraising while doing phone-a-thons in college, which allowed him to meet many alumni and friends of Hartwick. |
| The Sun Chronicle,April 27, 2007 "With 13 Attleboro Singles Tennis Tournament titles to his credit, former Hartwick College great John Medgyesy ['76] still is adding more hardware to his mantle, winning the Agawan Hunt Cllub (East Providence, RI) men's indoor title, overcoming a one-set deficit and losing just three games over the final two sets." When he's not on the court, Medgyesy, a sociology major, is vice president of sales and marketing at Matrix, Inc., a plastics injection molding contractor. |
| Real Estate Weekly (New York, NY), April 25, 2007 Kastle Systems has appointed Harold Nelson '69 as senior vice president, Mid-Atlantic Region Business Development. Nelson spent 17 years at CarrAmerica where he oversaw the operation of all CarrAmerica properties in Washington, DC. Nelson sits on the Hartwick College Board of Trustees. |
| Courier Standard Enterprise (Fort Plain, NY), April 25, 2007 Carol Oertel Balfe '89, O.D. saw her dream of opening her own optometry business come to reality when Mohawk Valley Optometry in Canajoharie opened this Spring. A practicing optometrist for the past thirteen years, she spent the past six and a half years working at Aidone Eyecare in Cobleskill, NY. |
| Cazenovia (NY) Republican, April 25, 2007 An exhibit by Danielle Boudet '98 entitled "Unique Spaces" ran through June 2, 2007 at the Earlville Opera House Art Center. The exhibit is a collection of drawings that explore kitchen spaces as subject matter. Each drawing is someone's kitchen in Central New York. Boudet’s work can be viewed at www.danielleboudet.com. She was an art major at Hartwick. |
| Boston Globe, April 24, 2007 Frank Huckabone '94 has joined the Boston sports marketing firm Fenway Sports group as vice president. Fenway Sports Group is a subsidiary of New England Sports Ventures, which owns Fenway Park and big pieces of the Boston Red Sox and the New England Sports Network cable TV channel. Huckabone will be responsible for selling integrated marketing and sponsorship programs across Fenway Sports Group's sports and entertainment portfolio. |
| Sioux City (IA) Journal's Politically Speaking blog, April 24, 2007 Associate Professor of Political Science Laurel Elder's research, conducted with co-author Steven Greene of North Carolina State University, popped up on the Politically Speaking blog. Elder and Greene recently published an article on parenthood and politics in the Social Science Quarterly. Their findings on the voting patterns of so-called NASCAR dads and security moms has caught the attention of media sources. Elder and Greene found that there was no basis in the claims that fathers were conservative and that mothers in the post 9/11 world had become more supportive of President Bush. The research was also mentioned in The Skokane (WA) Spokesman Review and the Kansas City InfoZine. |
| Honolulu Star Bulletin, April 20, 2007 Vonya Thomas '07 and Elizabeth Alonzo'09, both members of the water polo team at Hartwick, used different methods to decide on attending Hartwick. Thomas was looking for a campus with a small student body and fell in love with Hartwick after seeing pictures on the Hartwick web site. Alonzo visited Hartwick while exploring her options and met with professors, which convinced her to go straight to the nursing program, where both she and Thomas are majors. Both have had fun learning to love snow in Oneonta! |
| The Roslyn (NY) News,April 20, 2007 John Richman '69 has been appointed by the board of education as Roslyn's new superintendent of schools. He spent the last eight years as superintendent of the Plainedge Public Schools, where he is credited with transforming a district facing many challenges into one of the highest academic performing districts on Long Island. He earned his doctorate in educational administration from Columbia University Teacher's College. He also holds two master's degrees, in educational administration from SUNY-Albany and in special education from the College of Saint Rose. He was a history major at Hartwick. |
| Empire Newwire, April 18, 2007 Mark Gustavson '84 has joined WYNIT, Inc. as its director, marketing and new business development responsible for executing corporate marketing strategy and spearheading new market initiatives to drive the company's growth into key U.S. markets. WYNIT is a leading national distributor of consumer electronics, computer peripherals, digital photography, outdoor, video editing, security and photo ID market categories. Gustavson was a theatre arts major at Hartwick. |
| Amity (CT) Observer, April 18, 2007 Charles Britton '94 was unanimously appointed principal of Amity Regional High School. Currently principal of Conventry High School, he began his career in education in Cali, Colombia, teaching ESL. He recently completed his doctoral studies at the University of Connecticut. He was a political science major at Hartwick. The New Haven Register also carried an announcement of his appointment. |
| Investors Business Daily,April 17, 2007 The insurance broker Lockton reports that it is enhancing its services to employers with the addition of one of the country's leading benefit plan experts, Mark Halloway '83, to its benefits compliance team. Holloway has been named co-director of compliance services. He earned a J.D. from Wake Forest University Law School and holds an L.L.M. in taxation from Villanova University Law School. He has been awarded the certified employee benefit specialist designation from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. |
| Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY), April 9, 2007 Edward Craumer, Jr. '71 has been honored by the New Jersey Directors of Athletics Association with its Director of Athletics of the Year award. He is director of athletics at Tenafly High School in Tenafly, NJ. Craumer played point guard on the basketball team at Hartwick and lead the team to a NCAA championship (Division II) in 1971. He was a history major. |
| Times Union (Albany, NY), April 8, 2007 Maria Johnson '99 was profiled as an "Up & Comer." She is a IVF clinical coordinator in Albany, NY. Previously, she was a neonatal ICU nurse at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital. A nursing major at Hartwick, she also played in a jazz-rock ensemble while in college. She volunteers for the March of Dimes, the American Powerboat Association Rescue Team, and the Antique and Class Boat Society. |
| Kennebunk (ME) Post,April 6, 2007 Scott Tubby '78's work is on view in the exhibit "Mud and Metal: Scott Tubby and Alice Carroll . . . Transformations by Fire" at the Heartwood College of Art, where he is a member of the faculty. Tubby's award-winning ceramics are in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian, The White House Christmas Ornament Collection, the City of Helsinki, Finland, and the Norwalk (CT) Museum. |
| Observer Today (Dunkirk, NY), April 3, 2007 Betsy (Tanner) Wright '79, president and CEO of WCA Hospital, recently achieved status as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation's leading professional society for healthcare leaders. Fellow status represents achievement of the highest standard of professional development. Only 5,400 healthcare executives holds this distinction. Wright has more than 25 years of healthcare experience and has served in her current position since 1999. A medical technology major at Hartwick, she holds an MBA from the Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester. |
| Democrat & Chronicle, (Rochester, NY), April 2, 2007 Hartwick College was mentioned in the article "Colleges Build for a Greener Tomorrow" in the context of the installation of solar panels on Robertson Lodge at the Pine Lake Environmental Campus to cover much of the lodge's electrical needs. The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education maintains a list of colleges employing environmentally friendly construction (and Hartwick is on that list). |
| Journal News (White Plains, NY), March 30, 2007 Geoff Hartwell '99 was the focus of a profile focused on his recent performances in Westchester County, which featured songs from his album "Familiar Stranger." Hartwell grew up in Pleasantville, NY and was involved in (some say obsessed with) music from an early age. After graduating from Hartwick with a degree in music, he traveled to Greece to play in a modern rock musical interpretation of Aristophanes' "The Birds." Upon returning he became a faculty member at the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts and began giving guitar lessons. He continues to write original music and play in local clubs. |
| North Andover (MA) Citizen, March 23, 2007 Shawn Farrell '97 recently joined North Andover High School as an art teacher. "The new art teacher is a very friendly, easygoing person who has an obvious passion for art." Farrell previously taught at Newburyport High School. He is teaching two ceramics classes as well as drawing and painting. His favorite part of teaching is "helping kids to accpreciate art." Farrell was an art major at Hartwick. |
| The Star-Gazette (Hackettstown, NJ), March 22, 2007 Seth Lucas '10 recently was awarded his Eagle Scout Award by Troop 146 for the creation of a DVD detailing Hope, NJ's Moravian architecture. |
| Finger Lakes (NY) Times,March 21, 2007 Gillian Barnard '98 was featured in the article "Life Meets Art on NCIS: Geneva-born Federal Agent Asked to Visit Popular TV Show's Set." Barnard is a forensic investigator assigned to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Southwest Field Office in San Diego. Barnard earned a master's degree in forensic science from George Washington University after graduating from Hartwick with a degree in medical technology. Since joining the NCIS in 2003, most of her cases have involved procurement fraud, in which companies are suspected of supplying the Navy with substandard parts. She was deployed to Iraq for three months in 2005 and in Kuwait last year. She recently returned to Fallujah, Iraq for a four month deployment. Later this year, she will transfer to NCIS headquarters in Washington, DC. |
| The Times Record (Brunswick, ME), March 12, 2007 Hartwick was mentioned in the article "Finding Good Colleges for Artists," part of "College Advisor Weekly: Tips and Answers for Students," which is offered through a partnership between the Times Record and Main College Circle. The article discusses the options for a career in art and the difference between attending an art school and a liberal arts college with an art major. Hartwick is listed among the colleges that "Maine students like and that are recognized having strong fine arts programs." |
| Business Wire,March 5, 2007 IRIS International, Inc. announced the appointment of Thomas Warekois '75, a senior executive with extensive medical diagnostics marketing, business and product development experience, as Corporate Vice President and President of the Iris Diagnostics Business Unit. Warekois joins IRIS after a 27-year career with the Bayer HealthCare Diagnostics Division, based in Tarrytown, NY. His most recent position with Bayer Diagnostics was Senior Vice President of Global Strategic Marketing. A biology major, he earned a master's in biochemistry from New York Medical College and a MBA from Pace University's Lubin School of Business in New York. |
| U.S. Department of Energy News (Washington, DC), March 3, 1007 Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced that Vincent DeVito '88 has been appointed Principal Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs. DeVito will serve as a senior policy advisor to Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs Vicki Baily, Secretary Abraham, and the Department on international and domestic energy policy matters. DeVito was a political science major at Hartwick. |
| Toronto Sun,March 3, 1007 Tyler Hemming '07, who was chosen 40th by Toronto FC in the Major League Soccer supplemental draft, got the good news that he will accompany the team to its final preseason camp in Brandenton, FL. Hemming does not yet have a professional contract, but the thought of moving closer to his dream of playing in soccer's top North American rung has him excited and thrilled at the opportunities ahead. |
| Florida Today (Brevard County, FL), March 2, 2007 Harry Bradshaw Matthews, associate dean and director of U.S. Pluralism Programs at Hartwick, is quoted in an article about African-Americans' efforts to trace their ancestry. Matthews, who has documented a black family back to one of 20-odd Africans who arrived in Jamestown, VA in 1619, is well acquainted with the challenges of this research. "People who get involved in genealogy should well know that anything is possible. You have to be open to the reality and truth of what's taking place." |
| Meredith (NH) News,March 1, 2007 Richard Juve '62 wrote a letter to the Meredith News in support of his running for a seat on the Selectman Board of the Town of Meredith. He holds a master's degree and doctoral degree in business administration from Rutgers University. He graduated from Marine Corps Officers Training School in Quantico, VA and served with the US Marine Corps as a platoon leader and infantry company commander in Vietnam. He is also a graduate of the US Command and General Staff War College. He was a history major. |
| AxCess News (Carson City, NV), February 28, 2007 Joan Darrah '73 , was quoted on the subject of the bill introduced by Rep Martin Meehan (D-Mass) that would repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy of the U.S. military and outlaw discrimination in the military based on sexual orientation. Darrah retired from the military in 2002 after she was in the Pentagon moments before the 9/11 attacks and she realized that her partner of 17 years would not have been informed had she been killed because she was unable to be open about their relationship for fear of being fired. Now, Darrah discourages gay people from enlisting in the military. "It's too hard living a lie." Darrah was an English major at Hartwick. |
| Westchester County Business Journal, February 26, 2007 Deborah Fay '76, lead specialist in governmental affairs at Entergy Nuclear Northeast in White Plains (an operator of nuclear power plants) joined the board of directors of the Westchester County Library System. Fay holds a master of science and education degree from Fordham University. |
| Kennebunk (ME) Post, February 23, 2007 Scott Tubby '78 is offering a class on "Naked Raku" at the Heartwood College of Art in Kennebunk. Tubby spent several years working as a pottery instructor in Helsinki, Finland before joining the Heartwood College of Art faculty. He did an apprenticeship at Mahon Made Stoneware (Santa Ana, CA) followed by study under Native American potters Lucy Lewis and Blue Corn at Idyllwild School of Music and Arts (CA), and further study at the Taidekoulu Maa Art School in Helsinki, Finland. Tubby has three works in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. |
| USLSoccer.com, February 25, 2007 USL founder and President Francisco Marcos '68 is the fifth-ever recipient of the prestigious US Soccer Werner Fricker Builder Award, presented annually to an individual who has worked tirelessly in furthering the interest of the sport of soccer, without regard to personal recognition or advancement. The award was created in 2002 and is the greatest recognition bestowed by US Soccer on its membership. It is designed to honor those who have created or fostered programs that will outlast their own active involvement in the sport and that establish a lasting legacy in the history and structure of soccer in the United States. He was a Spanish major at Hartwick. |
| Village Soup Times (Rockland, ME), February 21, 2007 Associate Professor of Philosophy Stephanie Rocknak, a former Midcoast resident who attended Colby College and Boston University, was featured in an article that discussed her work as a wood sculptor. Rocknak has 14 works in a show at the National Association of Women Artists Gallery in New York City. She says, "My work is not theoretical. It is meant to elicit a visceral response from the viewer." |
| The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO), February 21, 2007 Armin Sommer '75 "a bushy-haired, pot-smoking, draft-dodging college student back in 1973" when he was a music major at Hartwick is now a pastor at Pulpit Rock Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Sommer was featured in an article that examined the "Jesus Freak" or "Jesus People" movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Often associated with hippie culture, those involved in the Jesus Movement were "all about ocean baptisms, groovy folk rock, and taking the Gospel to the street." As hippie culture dissipated, the Jesus Movement lost momentum, but its impact on contemporary American Christianity was significant, especially in the realm of music. The article also appeared in News Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN), Akron (OH) Beacon Journal, Appeal-Democrat (Marysville-Yuba City, CA). |
| The Evening Times (Little Falls, NY), February 20, 2007 Michael Yanney '11 received the news for the Sound of America Honor Band and Chorus that he was selected as one of two males in New York to sing in Europe. The Honor Band and Chorus received his name after he competed in the New York State School Music Association and based on his score was selected for area All-State Chorus. He plans to major in political science at Hartwick. |
| Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette,, February 14, 2007 James Groccia '70 directs a teaching excellence center at Auburn University and is president of the Colorado-based Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education. He was quoted about the mounting pressure on colleges from state politicians, the media, and higher education itself to address matters of teaching quality. He indicated that there are now an estimated 1,000 centers, committees, or other internal structures on campuses dedicated to teaching excellence. Membership in his own organization is up 50 percent in the last five years. Groccia was a psychology major at Hartwick. |
| Recorder (Amsterdam, NY), February 2, 2007 The American Society of Association Executives has announced that Randy McCullough '86, deputy executive director of the New York State Funeral Directors Association, has earned the certified association executive credential. He is chairman of the Government Affairs Council for the Albany-based Empire State Society of Association Executives. The CAE is the highest professional credential to those practicing in the association management field. Less than 5 percent of all association professionals have earned the CAE. McCullough was a political science major at Hartwick. |
| Tribeza,February 2007 Assistant Professor of History Vicki Howard served as a reference in the article "Small World, New Wedding," which examined the trend of wedding ceremonies becoming increasingly culture-driven. Howard is the author of Brides, Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006). She attributes the recent rise in multicultural ceremonies to the "ethnic revival" or "roots" phenomenon that began in the 1970s. |
| Consumers Digest, January/February 2007 Assistant Professor of History Vicki Howard served as a reference for the article "Weddings Inc.: The Business Behind the Tradition," which discusses the ways in which wedding-related businesses often use "tradition" to slyly push couples to up the price of their trip down the aisle. Howard is the author of Brides, Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006). |
| National Endowment for the Arts,January 31, 2007 Shana Chase '93 was promoted to the position of Congressional Liaison at the National Endowment for the Arts. She joined the NEA as Deputy Congressional Liaison in June 2004. Previously, she has served as director of government affairs for one of the country's largest arts advocacy organizations, the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. She was a political science major at Hartwick. |
| North County News, (Towson, MD), January 26, 2007 Five members of Boy Scout Troop 485 achieved Eagle Scout status in January. Among them was William John Wilke '11 who plans to major in political science at Hartwick. Eagle Scout rank is the highest advanced rank in scouting. |
| Westwood Press (Needham, MA), January 25, 2007 Terry Connaughton '88 has been named Executive Director of the Massachusetts Licensed Beverage Association and will lead the association as it advocates on behalf of bar, tavern, nightclub, and restaurant owners throughout Massachusetts. He spent 13 years employed by Diageo PLC (a merger of Guinness Import Company and United Distillers and Vintners) and joined Somers Pubs Inc. in 2004 as vice president. He was a management major at Hartwick. |
| Sculpture (Washington, DC), January-February 2007 This article discusses Sculpture Space, a unique urban retreat in Utica, NY for those interested in working in three dimensions. Sculpture Space is situated on the former site of the Utica Steam Engine and Boiler Works and since 1976, nearly 400 artists of diverse nationalities have been in residence there. To mark its 30th Anniversary, Sculpture Space has organized a series of special exhibitions in collaboration with Hartwick, Colgate, Hamilton, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, and others. |
| SpaceRef.com, January 25, 2007 Ranking Republican Ralph Hall (R-TX) announced his staff for the 110th Congress. Tom Hammond '00 will be handling all issues brought up under the new Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. He previously served on the Science and Technology Committee in positions of increasing responsibility since 2001, most notably as Professional Staff for the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. Prior to joining the Committee, Hammond worked as a Corporate Intelligence Consultant for a Washington-based firm. A political science major at Hartwick, he holds a master's in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College. |
| Pilot (Southern Pines, NC), January 19, 2007 Lisa Quinlan '83 has joined Century 21 Prime Properties as a sales associate specializing in all aspects of real estate sales. Quinlan spent almost 20 years in the medical field as a practice manager and bookkeeper. She was an English major at Hartwick. |
| Toronto Star, January 18, 2007 Toronto FC selected Tyler Hemming '07 with its fourth selection, 40th overall, in the MLS supplemental draft. |
| Swimming World Magazine, January 18, 2007 The Hartwick College-St. Lawrence University match-up on January 20 was selected as the "Meet of the Week." St. Lawrence head coach Bob Clemmer stressed the very strong rivalry between the women's teams especially as they match up well against each other. (The Hartwick men and women teams were both victorious, as Swimming World Magazine reported on January 20). |
| North Andover (MA) Citizen, January 12, 2007 Damian Lauwers '10 attended a reunion at North Andover High School that was intended to expose current high school seniors to different college choices. NAHS alums met with members of the senior class and participated in a question and answer session that allowed them to tap into the college survival skills of the college students. |
| Times-Record (Middletown, NY), January 7, 2007 Jennifer Givner '99 was appointed a press officer in the New York City office of Governor Eliot Spitzer. Givner was "an unflappable, savvy intern in the mayor's office at Middletown City Hall while she was an undergraduate at Hartwick College in the late 1990's." She also worked for Spitzer during his first term as attorney general. She earned a master's in public administration at SUNY Albany in 2003 and went on to work as a spokeswoman for the New York City Department of Buildings. |
| Lancaster Farming (Ephrata, PA), January 6, 2007 Johns Hopkins archaeologist Glenn Schwartz references the research of Professor of Anthropology David Anthony in this article about uncovering evidence in a 4,000 year old mortuary complex in Syria that shows an ancient culture's relationship with, and mysterious reverence for, donkeys. Anthony is an expert in the ancient history of horse domestication. |
| Daily Review (Towanda, PA), January 6, 2007 Barry Downing '60, Pastor Emeritus of the Northminster Presbyterian Church in Endwell, NY, was a guest speaker at the Dille Parish United Church of Christ in Towanda. A physics major at Hartwick, he received a theology degree from Princeton and a Ph.D. at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He has been an advisor to the History Channel and to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). As an expert on UFOs in the Bible, he has also appeared on NBC and the BBC. He raises rare breeds of beef cattle and is active in soccer in the Southern Tier. |
| KRWG 90.7 FM (southern New Mexico and west Texas), January 4, 2007 Three winners in the "Hey, Mozart! New Mexico" branch of the Hartwick College Child Composer Project were interviewed on the half-hour show Intermezzo. Assistant Professor of Music Alejandro Rutty serves as artistic director and producer of the New Mexico project. The show aired three melodies written by the composers and arranged for orchestra by Michaela Cohoon '08,Michael Lichtenberger '08, and Rutty. |
| Mohawk Valley Business Journal(Utica, NY), January 1, 2007 Jeff Zoller '80, managing director, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, The Zoller Group, is profiled. He is married with four children and lives in Clinton, NY. His personal philosophy is "Work hard and do the right thing. Life is a journey, not a destination." |
| West Hartford Life (West Hartford, CT), January 2007 Emma Echelson-Russell, a winner in the Hartwick College Child Composer Project, was profiled. A seventh grader at Bristow Middle School, she wants to "be a rock star, like Miley Cyrus." |
| Farmington Life (Farmington, CT) December 2006 Nancy Nickerson '76 was appointed to the Connecticut Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, representing the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, to serve a term ending October 30, 2008. She is a member of the Farmington High School Renovation and Building Committee and serves on CABE Board of Directors. |
| Rochester (NY) Business JournalDecember 22, 2006 Kate Phelps '86, owner of Barnswallow Gifts in Brighton, NY was profiled as a result of the success her shop over the last 15 years. Phelps says she "follows her instincts while looking for the gifts her customers like: high-end, distinctive, hard-to-find brands, the kind usually confined to the likes of Neiman Marcus or Bergdorf Goodman." The shop went on-line two years ago with its own e-tail site. |
| Newsday (Long Island edition), December 20, 2006 Jason Fautus '07, a member of the lacrosse team at Hartwick and a Sachem High School graduate, joined friends on the Stony Brook University men's lacrosse team to visit the Suffolk chapter of the Association for the Help of Retarded Children. It was the third year that the Stony Brook Lacrosse team played the role of Santa Claus for the pre-school aged kids. Fautus, who went to high school with one of the players, was Santa Claus this year. |
| Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), December 8, 2006 Assistant Professor of Music Alejandro Rutty was among the nine young composers invited to participate in the Minnesota Orchestra's weeklong Composer's Institute. At the end of the week, the composers' pieces were performed before an audience of 1,000 people. The reviewer wrote, "And maybe there's a touch of Ives in Alejandro Rutty's wonderful 'Tango Loops 2B,' wherein a sexy, somewhat inebriated tango pokes through the orchestral fabric every now and then, as if perceived in memory, like one of Ives' hymns." |
| Forbes, December 7, 2006 Jonathan Cohen '91 has been named Chief Accounting Officer of Verticalnet, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand supply management solutions. He has served as Verticalnet's controller since 2003 and has also served as an account manager with Deloitte & Touche and a senior auditor with Fishbein & Company. A management major at Hartwick, he also holds an MBA from LaSalle University. |
| Times Union (Albany, NY), November 27, 2006 Hannah Wiest '10 was among those interviewed about holiday travel in "Distinct Paths, Similar Goals in Airports and Train Stations, Holiday Travelers Want Only One Thing: To Get Back." Wiest was near the end of a nearly 24-hour journey that began in San Diego where she was visiting her boyfriend, a Marine. She was mellow and relaxed as she waited for a ride to Oneonta—camped out near a window working on an essay about horse slaughter. |
| Business Journal (Central New York), November 24, 2006 Carrie Bertrand '01 has been promoted to supervisor at Green & Scheiffer, Certified Public Accountants, PLLC. Her areas of expertise include individual and partnership tax-return preparation, accounting software for medical practices, and accounting and bookkeeping services for various industries. |
| Weston (CT) Forum, November 22, 2006 Business aviation executive David Hurley '66 will serve as the new chairman of the National Air and Space Museum Board. A former chief executive officer and current vice chairman of the full-service business aviation group PrivatAir, Hurley was elected unanimously by his fellow board members. The National Air and Space Museum is home to the world's finest collection of artifacts of flight and is also a key institution for research into the history, science, and technology of aviation and space flight. |
| Business Journal (Central New York), November 17, 2006 Jennifer VanWaldick '99 joined the professional staff at Bowers and Company CPAs PLLC. An accounting major at Hartwick, she also holds a master's degree in accounting from SUNY Oswego. She will work with small business clients. She majored in accounting at Hartwick. |
| Sullivan County Democrat (Callicoon, NY), November 17, 2006 The Catskills keep drawing Kathryn Scullion back . . . after graduating from Hartwick with a degree in biology she embarked on a yearlong marine biology. She came back to work as a technical assistant at Sullivan County Community College and then left again to hike the Appalachian Trail. She came back again to work in a bookstore and then to teach at SCCC. She earned a master's in environmental studies at Bard College and is now in charge of SCCC's science labs and advisor to the student club Science Alliance. In 2006, she was awarded a Recognition Award by Sullivan Renaissance |
| Business Wire, November 16, 2006 Matthew Jones '92 was named director of Mobile Strategy and Operations for Gannett Digital. He previously was director of Mobile Products for USATODAY.com. He majored in history at Hartwick. |
| Lawrence Ledger, November 16, 2006 The Township Council in Lawrence, NJ is honoring the late Glenn "Mooch" Myernick '77 by naming the Village Park soccer fields "The Moochie Myernick Training Facility." Mooch graduated from Lawrence High School in 1973 and attended Mercer Commuity College before transferring to Hartwick. He died of a heart attack on October 9, 2006. "[Moochie] never forgot his roots," said township superintendent of recreation Steven Groeger, "He wasn't from Princeton. He wasn't from Trenton. He was from Lawrence. I think there is no better way to remember him. . . . That's where our kids train." |
| Chronicle of Higher Education, November 3, 2006 Professor of History Peter Wallace was quoted in "The Reformation and the Pre-Capitalist Spirit, by David Green. The Chronicle asked two historians of the Reformation to evaluate a new theory put forward by economists Robert Ekelund, Jr., Robert Hebert, and Robert Tollison in a book published in November, The Marketplace of Christianity (MIT Press). |
| Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, NY), November 2, 2006 Jamie Adams '03 was awarded a master's degree in physician assistant studies from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She earned a bachelor's degree in medical technology at Hartwick. |
| Somerville Journal,November 2, 2006 Rick Widmer '91 is profiled in the article "From Union Square to American Fair." Widmer, who recently moved back to Somerville, shot his film, American Fair, during the summer of 2005. It is currently making the rounds of film festivals. He plans to make his next film about China, where he lived for five years. |
| Voice Newspaper (Richmond, VA), November 1, 2006 |
| Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology, October/November 2006 Lenora Day '84 is profiled in the article "Computer Security Can Be Interesting & Important Work." Day is a quality engineering manager at RSA Security in Bedford, MA and part of a 70-person team that does QA on authentication and authorization software. She volunteers monthly at Steppingstone Foundation in Boston, helping inner-city kids succeed in school and get to college. Says Day, "Maybe I can inspire some girls to go into engineering." She majored in mathematics and minored in computer science at Hartwick. |
| Bangor (MN) Daily News, October 31, 2006 Dereck Treadwell, head cross country coach at Hartwick, placed 49th at the World Triathlon Championshops in Makena, HI. He covered the course in 3 hours, 15 minutes, and 4 seconds, placing him sixth in his age group (30-34). The race consisted of a 1,500 meter swim, 32 kilometer off-road bike, and 11K run. |
| Central Pennsylvania Business Journal (Harrisburg, PA), October 27, 2006 Becki Dimoff '04 was named an agent in the Upper Allen Township office of Jack Gaughen Realtor ERA. Dimoff majored in psychology with a minor in anthropology. |
| Scientific American,October 27, 2006 Professor of Anthropology David Anthony was quoted in a piece published online in Scientific American on ancient horse domestication. At least 5,600 years ago the Botai people that inhabited what is modern day Kazakhstan used horses as a basis of their lifestyle. "It looks like the Botai people rode horses to hunt wild horses and wither used horses to drag the carcasses back on sleds or kept domesticated horses for food," said Anthony. |
| Times-Union (Albany, NY), October 26, 2006 "These Tales of the Capitol Will Haunt You" features Stuart Lehman '79, historian and State Office of General Services employee, who wears a black waistcoat, gray ascot, bowler hat, and spectacles as he reels off ghoulish yarns for visitors to the State Capitol. Lehman has been gathering documentation on Capitol ghost stories during his six years as education coordinator for OGS. He was a history major at Hartwick. |
| The Day (New London, CT), October 26, 2006 Members of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment were welcomed home by Connecticut governor Jodi Rell. Among them was Cpl. Marshall "Randy" Collins, Jr. '98. Collins, who works with his father in their lobbying firm, had worked for Rell right after graduating from Hartwick with a degree in history. |
| BusinessWire,October 25, 2006 EPIQ Systems, Inc. has named Lorenzo Mendizabal '82 as managing director for its Corporate Restructuring Solutions business headquartered in New York City. He will have general management responsibility for this business unit. EPIQ Systems is the national leader for technology-based case management solutions throughout each phase of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. Mendizabal joined EPIQ in January 2006 as a senior vice president after having previously served as president of Trumbull Group. He holds a JD from Boston College Law School and complete an individual student program in international business at Hartwick. |
| Reading (PA) Eagle, October 24, 2006 The article "Who Needs the SAT?" lists Hartwick College in the sample listing of colleges that do not require the SAT for some or all applicants. The article discusses how SATs are weighed by colleges and why some colleges do not require them. Along with Hartwick, the list of colleges includes Bates, Bowdoin, Connecticut, Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Hampshire, Middlebury, Mt. Holyoke, Muhlenberg, and Ursinus. |
| UConn Advance,October 23, 2006 James Hill '85, an advisor with the Academic Center for Exploratory Students at the University of Connecticut, was recently selected 2006 Outstanding Professional Advisor by the UConn administration. A biology major at Hartwick, he earned a master's in botany at the University of New Hampshire and a Ph.D. in ecology at the University of Connecticut. After conducting research for some time, he discovered that his true passion was teaching and interacting with students. Between 1997 and 1999, he was director of undergraduate studies at Yale University, and he became a full-time advisor at UConn in 2001. |
| Glens Falls (NY) Post-Star,October 22, 2006 "Phil Jessen's fastest mile was 4:28, and he ran it in 1968, as an undefeated sophomore at Hartwick College." 38 years later, Philip Jessen '70 runs a 5:13 mile and his favorite distance has become the half marathon. He finished second in the Schroon Lake Half Marathon last year. He majored in German at Hartwick. |
| Wellsville (NY) Daily Reporter,October 16, 2006 Fern Beckhorn '06 was featured in an article about the Ridgewalk and Run in Wellsville. Beckhorn, who was in for the weekend from Ithaca, won the 5K. "You can tell this course was designed by a runner. It's one of the toughest courses I've ever run," said Beckhorn, who fractured her tibia and fibula in a riding accident when she was 16 and nearly lost her leg. She was an art major at Hartwick. |
| Asbury Park (NJ) Press,October 13, 2006 "Rituals: College-bound Students Need Savvy for Application Process" quoted Rene Cabrera, senior associate director of admissions at Hartwick. Cabrera discussed the increasing sophistication and assertiveness of college applicants. "They have matured, no question about it. In some schools, the kids are very savvy," said Cabrera, who has worked in the field of admissions for more than 15 years. |
| Montclair (NJ) Times,October 12, 2006 Brenda Hebert '75 was profiled as the new executive director of the Montclair Historical Society. For many years, Hebert worked in retail marketing for major banks—Citibank, First Fidelity, and NatWest—and for a marketing agency. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 set her on a year of soul-searching after which she entered the non-profit world. She realized that "life is unpredictable, and no matter how long it is, it can be too short" and she "didn't want to wait anymore" to pursue her dreams. |
| Boston Globe,October 8, 2006 Rick Widmer '91's first feature-length documentary, "American Fair," was mentioned in the article "New Hampshire, Quebec Get Fall Festivals." The film was one of 67 films selected to be screened at the Sixth Annual New Hampshire Film Expo in Portsmouth, NH. Check out www.lakefilm.com for more information about Widmer's film. |
| The Islander (Northern Champlain Valley, VT), October 6, 2006 Assistant Professor of Geology David Griffing was mentioned in an article about the grand opening of the Goodsell Ridge Preserve, a new geological and nature preserve, in Isle La Motte, VT. Griffing was on hand to lecture the crowd and was also supervising two undergraduates with surveying equipment who were mapping reef outcrops for a their senior theses. |
| Men's Journal, October 2006 Ben Coombs '95 was one of six men featured in the article "American Craftsmen," which was about "the kind of artisans who like to do things the old-fashioned way." Coombs is a glassblower who "found glass" when he took ceramics as an elective during college. The kiln was in the glassblowing room and, as Coombs put it, "I couldn't get away." Thirteen years later, he makes a living forming light fixtures, sculptures, and display pieces. |
| The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC), October 2, 2006 Molly Moore '06 has joined SunTrust Banks as a commercial banking specialist. She was a management major at Hartwick. |
| Central New York Business Journal, September 22, 2006 Keith Fenstemacher '65, president and CEO of Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, and Jeff Zoller '80, managing director of Northwestern Mutual Financial Network's The Zoller Group, were both included in the special pullout "CEOs of Central New York: Insights into the Professional and Private Lives of the Area's Movers and Shakers." |
| Wilton (CT) Villager, September 22, 2006 Jason Milligan '99, owner of MilliganRealty.com, was profiled in the article "Offering a Fresh Look at Real Estate." Milligan started his business four years ago at the age of 25, and now has locations in Norwalk, Stamford, and Bridgeport. After graduating from Hartwick with a degree in economics, Milligan sold advertising for a large real estate company. He lasted two years before staking out on his own. The article was also carried in the Stamford (CT) Times. |
| Toronto Globe and Mail, September 13, 2006 Assistant Professor of Political Science Neil DeVotta was quoted in an article about the Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka agreeing to hold peace talks without conditions. He commented that this announcement bodes well for a lasting political solution. DeVotta is an expert in South Asian conflicts and author of Boomeranged: Institutional Decay and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka (Stanford University Press, 2004). |
| Observer Dispatch (Utica, NY), September 10, 2006 Jenny Scarano '02 received her doctorate of veterinary medicine from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. She is completing a one year internship with the Long Island Veterinary Specialist in Plainview. |
| WEAU TV, News 13 (Wisconsin), September 10, 2006 Michael Coniaris '94, who is the spokesperson for Thrivent Builds, discussed an exhibit that travels the country inside a Habit for Humanity truck, the big red "Thrivent Builds Mobile." The exhibit helps people experience what it is like to live in substandard housing and aims to generate new volunteers and additional dollars for building homes. "You need no special skills, we'll teach you everything you need, you just need a willingness to serve," says Coniaris. |
| Adirondack Daily Enterprise, September 8, 2006 Jonathan Becker '79 recently purchased the rights to the FM frequency 93.3, based in Saranac Lake. A member of the board of trustees at the Lake Placid Olympic Winter Museum, Becker formerly owned three community radio stations in Connecticut and New York. He intends this radio station to be music driven with sports and local events. He was a member of WRHO at Hartwick and a political science major. |
| Westfield (NY) Republican,September 7, 2006 Betsy Tanner Wright '79, president and chief executive officer at WCA Hospital, was recently elected to serve as chairperson of the Western New York Healthcare Association board of directors. The WNYHA is a 22-member group that serves as a center for health issues and represents health care providers from the eight counties of western New York. Wright was a recipient of the Buffalo Business First 40 Under 40 Award in 1996 and majored in medical technology at Hartwick. |
| Daily News Transcript (Norwood, MA)September 5, 2006 Sarah MacDonald '01 has "taken the reins" as executive director of the Dedham Square Circle. Dedham Square is a collection of mostly family-owned businesses that rely on customers looking for an alternative to malls and hoping to support local owners. An English major at Hartwick, MacDonald holds master's degree in journalism from Northeastern University. She also works as a legislative aide for state Rep. Robert Coughlin (D-Dedham). |
| Washington Monthly, September 2006 Hartwick was ranked #124 in the overall rankings by Washington Monthly's alternative rankings. In response to U.S. News & World Report's popular annual rankings of colleges, Washington Monthly publishes rankings aimed at showing what colleges can do for the country. Washington Monthly established three central criteria: (1) Universities should be engines of social mobility; (2) They should produce the academic minds and scientific research that advance knowledge and drive academic growth; and (3) They should inculcate and encourage an ethic of service. Hartwick was ranked #91 in the number of students who go on to receive Ph.D.s, #31 for the percentage of federal work study funds spent on service, #64 for the number of dollars received from the federal government in research grants, #141 for the number of graduates who serve in the Peace Corps, and #27 for the percentage of students receiving Pell grants (a measure of a school's commitment to educating lower-income students). |
| The Day (New London, CT), ongoing 2006 The Day is publishing dispatches from Cpl. Marshall "Randy" Collins, Jr. '98, who is a mortar specialist with the weapons platoon of Charlie Company in Fallujah, Iraq, as a blog that can be viewed by clicking here. Collins is a lobbyist at the state Capitol in Connecticut. He was a history major at Hartwick. |
