“You have to come see Hartwick for yourself to understand what it’s really like. There’s no way to explain all the amazing experiences and opportunities here.”

“One of the best aspects of my job is the opportunity to know students as individuals and as scholars. We work together in class, in the lab, and in my office and I start to identify things in them. As they progress in their studies and encounter new fields, they might discover one pathway is not as engaging for them as they had thought. I can show them other pathways, but to do that, I have to take the time to get to know them.”

“I’m not here to deliver a lecture; it’s an interaction. I ask a question, they give answers, and that tells me something about the next question. I expect my students to make mistakes. When one does poorly on a test, we talk and develop strategies for changing how he or she approaches the work. Using successes or failures in the moment to inform your successes in the future – that’s what it’s all about.”

“Dr. Allen was one of my references when I applied to a fellowship program at the National Institutes of Health after graduation. When I interviewed for a position in an HIV immunology lab, the director was very interested in the research I had already done. I got the job and had an amazing two-year fellowship.”

“I’m now in the MSPH/PhD program at UNC Chapel Hill – one of the top public health school in the country. I am one of the few people in my cohort with a strong applied microbiology and immunology background, which helps me in my infectious disease epidemiology research and coursework. I can thank Dr. Allen for that.”