Hartwick alumni and families gathering and enjoying the valley view at the pergola on Founders' Way

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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Alumni & Friends

Thank you for all of your nominations!

The 2024 Awardees will be announced soon and celebrated during
True Blue Weekend, September 20 – 22.

Hope to see you there!

More About True Blue Weekend 2024

2024 winners:

Meritorious Service Award – Susan Schroeder Warner ’84 of Riverside, CT
Distinguished Alumna/us Award – Dr. Lynda Potter Ewen ’65 of Cold Spring, NY
Outstanding Volunteer Award – Colleen Connery ’83 of Oakland, CA
Outstanding Young Alumna/us Award – Christopher Janitz ’21, Mount Vision, NY
Outstanding Recent Alumna/us Award: Troy Johnstone ’16 of Liberty, NY
The College’s Outstanding Employee – Patricia Dopazo of Stamford, NY

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/na/us Award: This award is given to a graduate of the last decade who has shown outstanding competence, performance, and achievement in professional or volunteer activities.

Outstanding Recent Alum/na/us Award: This award recognizes graduates who, during relatively few years following graduation, have shown outstanding performance and achievement in professional and volunteer activities, and demonstrated a commitment to engaging with Hartwick students and the College community at large.

Distinguished Alum/na/us 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.

Rising Hawks - 2024

This recognition is given to recent Hartwick graduates who have demonstrated 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. Earning “Rising Hawks” recognition are:

Katie Blydenburgh ’14
Maxine Dunn ’17
Joseph Haws ’09
Robert Mele ’14
Travis Moyer ’19
Joseph Nolan ’19
Charles O’Neill ’16
Samantha (Capparelli) Pencar ’14
Stephanie Sacco ’18
Calvin Yeager ’16

Past Recipients

2023: Robert Carpenter ’88
2022: Dr. Margaret L. Drugovich P’12, President Emerita
2021: Sharon Dettenrieder ’65
2020: Claire Odell Schaper ’58
2019: Charlene McCutcheon Marx ’77
2016: Neal Miller ’72

2023: Scott Weber ’11
2022: Kelsey H. Rousseau ’17
2021: Catherine Winters ’14
2020: Elizabeth Emmons ’06
2019: Jennifer Murphy Picardo ’10
2016: Ryan Smith ’06

2023: David Ryan Polgar ’01
2022: Dr. Nadezhda T. Zhexembayeva ’01
2021: Mary Jo Dudley ’78
2020: Anna Musser ’07
2019: Joanne Dittes Yepsen ’80
2016: Susan Schroeder Warner ’84

2023: Scott Weber ’11
2022: Kenneth W. Dobert ’61 & Dr. William “Beave” Rogers ’77
2021: Keith Fulmer
2020: Dorothy Milligan Lewis ’65
2019: Dawn D. Rogers Kroll
2016: Thom Meredith ’73

2023: Dr. Kristin Jones
2022: Amy J. Gardner ’99
2021: Sue Ferris
2020: Dr. Elizabeth Ayer
2019: Dr. Andrew Piefer
2016: Harry Bradshaw Matthews

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