Hartwick Students Pick-up Fall Clean-up Tradition

Only a week into the 2023 fall semester and Hartwick students are already giving back to the community. In early September, roughly 20 students embarked upon a clean-up project, walking from the Anderson Center for the Arts parking lot down to Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center on Market Street in Oneonta, picking up trash and other debris along the way.

“One of the main things I hear from students is how beautiful Oneonta is,” said Hartwick College Coordinator of Civic Engagement Alex Douglas. “This is why it is such a good event for students to help pick up in and around the surroundings they enjoy so much.”

The Office of Civic Engagement coordinated this event for the students who split up and covered three routes that started at Anderson and ended at Foothills. Casella Waste Systems provided the garbage bags, the gloves and arranged with Foothills to allow Hartwick to use their dumpsters.

Men’s basketball player Cooper Francis ’25 explained why he and his teammates participated in this event.