“Hartwick’s way of teaching is more practical, instead of sitting in a class with 200 people listening to a professor lecture you for hours. Here you put into practice what you learn and apply that knowledge to actual situations and issues.”

“Our programming is flexible and the faculty are very supportive. We bend over backwards to help students double or triple major or add a minor; it’s part of getting them ready. This environment encourages creative thinking and working outside the box.”

“Gaining experience is critical. An internship can be taken as a major elective at Hartwick and that’s unusual. As a faculty we’re very proactive in helping students get an internship and make connections to their studies while they’re on the job. This year nearly half the students doing Emerson international internships are business or accounting majors and the entire first cohort of Baker-Simpson Fellows are our students.”

“Sometimes what you learn in nursing is not what you expected. Each patient is more than a diagnosis. We learn about illness, but we take care of human beings. Nurses teach, but also learn from their patients and are transformed by these precious nurse-patient interactions. I feel a responsibility to people. I need to know the person I’m taking care of and what they value; that’s the bottom line.”