Play reinforces passion.
Tylisha Gourdine ’20, Indoor Track Team Captain, manages a new season best in a recent 60m hurdle event.
$10,000+ Scholarships
We award academic merit scholarships in recognition of all you’ve accomplished.
English major, Teacher Education Program, Duffy Family Ambassador Fund Scholarship, Cooperstown, New York
“I am a transfer student from Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica. I grew up training horses. Every summer for four months, I am a horse guide in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Thanks to a Duffy Scholarship of $5,000, I traveled to Ireland, England, Sweden, and Iceland to further my research on a literature movement founded by the agrarian community.”
“My research examines the decline in traditional agricultural methods and the downfall of many draft horse breeds. I came to Hartwick on the Oyaron Scholarship and speak English, Portuguese, and French. I was an exchange student in high school in Brazil.”
Assistant Professor of Music
“As Director of Instrumental Music, I bring the Hartwick community together by leading music ensembles that are open any student, regardless of major. I have chemistry majors playing trombone, sociology majors playing trumpet, and art majors playing flute, among others. Having students from so many disciplines in one room at the same time makes for fascinating discussions and endlessly interesting friendships.”
“In April of 2018, I led the Wind Ensemble in a performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Our students had the opportunity to perform on one of the most famous stages in the entire world. We opened the concert with Hill of Dreams by Ethan Cypress, a brand new fanfare based on the Hartwick alma mater, written expressly for us. We also worked with guest conductors and hosted composer Michael Markowksi on campus (he also attended the performance) as we went through the rehearsal process.”
Biology major
Ph.D. Student, Colorado State University
A 2018 recipient of the Society for the Study of Evolution Graduate Research Excellence Grant – R.C. Lewontin Early Award, Michael Itgen is working on his Ph.D. studying salamander genomics and the evolution of large genome size at Colorado State University.
Michael did his senior thesis research with Professor of Biology Stan Sessions in Hartwick College’s Amphibian Research Laboratory on salamander osteology and evolution, and continues to collaborate with Professor Sessions. Hartwick helped develop Michael’s academic career through early opportunities for research and grants, and field-based J Term courses in Costa Rica and Madagascar.
Michael’s current research stems from these experiences, which includes describing new species of salamanders in Honduras and understanding the causes and consequences of large genome size in amphibians.
