Reprinted From This Week’s Hometown Oneonta, Freeman’s Journal Question: Can Students Safely Return? Mayor Herzig: Bars Beware Or Be Closed By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig has a message if returning Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta students go out on the town – follow the rules, or the fun stops. “We will enforce the state regulations,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “If you’re not at a table, you need to have your mask on. You…
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EDITORIAL Drugovich, Cuomo, Harris Rose To Meet Crisis That’s the spirit. Margaret Drugovich’s latest Sunday YouTube video (linked on www.AllOTSEGO.com) was like clouds opening and the sun shining through. Watch it. You’ll feel a lot better about the near-term future. As Drugovich has proved again and again in her 12-year tenure as Hartwick College president, she’s a gutsy lady. A leader. A tough one, and an inspirational one. First, even though the COVID-19 threat is quickly diminishing – yes, it…
Hartwick College To Open This Fall By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Hartwick College is serious about reopening this fall – and serious about getting it right. The key to success is a safe campus. The tool to achieve it is “Our Social Compact: A Healthy Hartwick College,” which college President Margaret L. Drugovich announced in her latest weekly video to the campus community, Sunday, June 21, and is central to the reopening plan submitted to the…
STATE ISSUES GUIDELINES Hartwick Plan Aims To Return Students To Campus Aug. 22 ‘Social Compact’ Will Require Healthy Community Practices In a Sunday video, Hartwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich announced students will begin a phased-in return to campus Saturday, Aug. 22, with classes reopening Monday, Aug. 31. The state issued guidelines for college reopening on Saturday afternoon, she said, and plans are for Hartwick to release its full reopening plan in the next week, to be discussed in detail…
VIEW PRESIDENT DRUGOVICH’S VIDEO Hartwick United In Seeking Justice Editor’s Note: Hartwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich issued this letter to the college community to address concerns in the wake of George Floyd’s death. By MARGARET DRUGOVICH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Simply occupying the office of the college presidency does not give me the right to presume that I know how every member of our community thinks or feels. We do not all agree on politics, culture or even the…
ADDRESS TO CAMPUS COMMUNITY Hartwick College’s President: Education Helps Ensure Justice On May 31, six days after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, Hartwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich told students about how, through education, they are preparing to ensure justice in the world. She also shared Hartwick’s reopening plans for the fall and asserts, “When given permission, we will be ready.” And she again thanks those who are keeping us safe during this COVID-19 crisis.…
SUNY Submitted, Hartwick Awaits Green Light SUNY, Hartwick Prep Plans For Fall Reopening By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Hartwick College has every intention of reopening for the Fall 2020 semester. “In March, we created a strategic task force, and we’ve been meeting weekly to take a pro-active approach to welcome our students back to campus this fall,” said Paula Lee Hobson, VP for advancement, Hartwick College. “Our enrollment is strong, and our students want to get…
Hartwick Names Director Of New Innovation Center ONEONTA – Patricia L. (Patti) Delaney has been named the first director of Hartwick College’s Griffiths Center for Collaboration & Innovation, President Margaret L. Drugovich announced today. Launched in 2018 with a $1.25 million gift from Sally Griffiths Herbert ’88, H’19 and Tim Herbert, the Center is an idea incubator and an instigator of innovative approaches and creative problem solving. It includes three Innovation Stations: the Makerspace, Fabrication Lab (Fab Lab), and entrepreneurship hub (E-Hub),…
IN MEMORIAM Robert L. Wood, 82 April 25, 1938-May 19, 2020 ONEONTA – Robert L. Wood, 82, passed away peacefully at home with his loving family at his side on May 19, 2020. He was born April 25, 1938, in Oneonta, the son of Jesse G. and Sarah E. (Wade) Wood. Bob enlisted into the National Guard during high school. He graduated from Laurens Central School proudly wearing his National Guard uniform. He then served in the United States Army…
LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR Protect Us From Returning Students Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig’s letter, sent to Governor Cuomo this week, expressing concern about college students’ return to the City of the Hills. Thank you for your effective leadership during these dangerous and unpredictable times. The City of Oneonta is proud to be the home of two fine colleges – SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College. The 7,000 plus students who live and study with…
