Alumni Awards
Hartwick College and the Alumni Association recognize our best and brightest who have used their Hartwick liberal arts education to its greatest potential. Awards are presented for professional achievement, community involvement and advancing the mission and vision of Hartwick.
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THE 2023 ALUMNI AWARD WINNERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED!
Thank you for your nominations.
This year’s winners are:
Robert Carpenter ’88 of Monkton, MD, will be presented the Meritorious Service Award for demonstrating outstanding loyalty and effective service to the College.
David Ryan Polgar ’01 of New York City will be named the winner of the Distinguished Alum Award, given to a graduate who has distinguished themselves through outstanding achievements in their professional career and/or civic or charitable activities.
Rejoice Scherry ’13 of Plymouth, VT, earned the Outstanding Young Alum Award, given to a graduate of the last decade who has shown exceptional competence, performance, and achievement in professional or volunteer activities.
Scott Weber ’11 of Rochester, NY, has earned the Outstanding Volunteer Award, which recognizes those who have demonstrated outstanding and sustained volunteer service for the College. This includes alumni, retired employees, parents, or friends of the College.
Dr. Kristin Jones of Oneonta is the College’s Outstanding Employee, as someone who has gone above and beyond their job to support the Alumni Association of the College.
For more information on each of our winners, read the news story.
Awardees will be celebrated at the Presidential Kick-off Awards & Recognitions event during True Blue Weekend on Friday, September 22nd. Hope to see you there!
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Awards
Meritorious Service Award: This is the highest award given to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding loyalty and effective service to Hartwick College. Nominees may be graduate or non-graduate alumni, retired employees, parents or friends of the College.
Outstanding Young Alum Award & Rising Hawks Recognition: This award is intended to recognize those graduates who, during relatively few years following graduation, have shown: outstanding performance and achievement in professional and volunteer activities; and have demonstrated a commitment to engaging with Hartwick students and/or the Hartwick community at large. To qualify, candidates must be from a graduating class two to nineteen years prior to the year in which they are considered for this award (e.g. for the 2023 award, the classes of 2004-2022 would be considered).
Distinguished Alum Award: This award is intended to recognize those graduate alumni who have distinguished themselves by outstanding achievements in their professional careers and/or civic or charitable activities.
Outstanding Volunteer Award: This award recognizes those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding and sustained volunteer service to the College. Nominees may be alumni, retired employees, parents or friends of the College.
Outstanding Employee Award: This award recognizes a member of the faculty or staff of Hartwick College who has gone above and beyond the scope of his/her job responsibilities to make outstanding contributions to the work of the Alumni Association and/or provide significant assistance to alumni through professional networking, career guidance, providing a link between alumni and current students, and/or other meaningful contributions connecting alumni to each other and to the College.
2022 Ceremony
Past Recipients
Adam Abreu ’17
Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos ’02
Dr. Christopher Belnap ’03
Samantha Capparelli ’14
Dr. Stephanie Carr ’06
Brian Cook ’16
Christa Welch DiGuiseppe ’03
Dr. Justin Dimmel ’02
Darcy Dolge ’10
Noel Pierson Fairbanks ’02
Alison Garcia ’07
Dr. Patrick Hanley ’06
Dr. Louise Hecker ’00
Nobel Htoo ’18
Rasha Mukbil Jawabri ’06
Melissa Lareau ’08
Adam Lazar ’04
Pathy V. Leiva ’01
Meghan “Meg” Luce ’14
Daniel “Dan” Martin ’10
Lisa Mayer ’05
Geoffrey McDonald ’08
Amanda Medina ’12
Dr. Robert Mele ’14, DNP, NNP-BC, CCRN
Katie Meuer ’15
Jeffrey Moyer ’04
Kate Chambers Prickett ’05
Peter “P.J.” Prunty ’10
Tony Riley ’09
Elizabeth “Liz” Salmeron ’09
Colleen Schindler ’09
Dr. Victor L. Schultz ’09
Nathan Skethway ’16
Adrienne Spinozzi ’01
Allison Sulock ’04
Daryl Thompson ’06
Lynnet Decoteau Weddas ’06
Calvin Yeager ’16
Dr. Nadexhda “Nadya” Zhexembayeva ’01
Daniel “Dan” Zuck ’05
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