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RETURN ON INVESTMENT hartwick.edu/campaign • IMPACT 1 Two enterprising young Hartwick students spent the summer pursuing their dreams and jump starting their careers, thanks to support from Bob Hanft ’69 and Pat Russell Hanft ’72. The couple have endowed the College’s first scholarship dedicated to internship support. “Hartwick has great opportunities for funded international internships through the Emerson program,” Bob Hanft says. “People don’t realize the need there is for funding domestic internships, too. To deliver on our promise of experiential learning, our students need help finding internship opportunities and help financially so they can afford to do them.” A Hartwick trustee, former Board chair, and member of the College’s Internship Advisory Committee, Hanft is passionate about internships as a way for young people to get started. In September he had dinner with Director of Career Services Melissa Marietta and the first recipients of his internship fund, Justin Hoskins ’18 and Allison Homler ’18. “Students like Justin and Allison are the reason why Pat and I endowed this scholarship,” he says.”They’re focused and enthusiastic and meeting them motivated me to do more.” The couple is making additional gifts to the fully-funded endowment. “ The difference between a student’s ability to take an internship or not is not a lot of money. Their budgets are so tight, everything matters. It doesn’t take a lot to enable transformation. ” —BOB HANFT ’69 Bob Hanft ’69 and Pat Russell Hanft ’72 are Facilitating Very Different Career Opportunities for Deserving Students Bob Hanft ’69 with Justin Hoskins ’18 and Allison Homler ’18 – the first recipients of the competitive internship scholarship he and his wife, Pat Russell Hanft ’72, endowed in The Campaign for Hartwick Students. You need experience to get a job, but you cannot get a job without experience. Enter the internship. But, wait. At least half of all internships offered to college students are unpaid. So who can afford to accept an opportunity even when it knocks? Enter a targeted scholarship and two pragmatic (and generous) alumni. Finance in Manhattan The Hanfts’ support allowed Hoskins to accept an unpaid summer internship at Maxim Group LLC, which he describes as “a top-tier, full-service investment bank.” The experience took him to work in the Chrysler Building in Manhattan. “I knew I would be given an amazing learning experience with an excellent team,” says the business administration major, “but I never expected the summer that I had getting firsthand experience of this industry.” He worked as a cold caller for the firm’s equity compensation plan services, making 100 calls a day in hopes of reaching corporate CEOs. It was demanding, often exhausting work -- and he excelled. “I actually lived and worked as an adult and a full-time member of the business community in the city,” Hoskins says. “I have had direct contact with extremely successful people and learned the things that need to be done to reach their level.” Along the way, he developed transferable skills, including managing his time well, arriving to work early, dressing professionally, and communicating effectively. Ambitious and driven, at his internship he was encouraged and inspired. “I can absolutely see myself working with Maxim Group in the future,” Hoskins says. “The environment is very competitive, but comfortable. I became a young businessman this summer that is very hungry for future success. I was told to aim as high as possible, to take risks, and simply make it happen. I plan on continuing to do this in the future.” Hoskins has Hanft’s vote. “Justin has the initiative and the intestinal fortitude to work in investment banking,” says this former managing director of J.P. Morgan & Co. Scientific Field Work The Hanft Fund for Internships sent Homler in pursuit of a very different experience studying birds and inspiring children. Bob Hanft describes this biology major who is minoring in geology, writing, and environmental science & policy as “very bright, cerebral.” She is also practical and focused. Homler landed an Environmental Education Internship with the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society. Her training took her to Hog Island Audubon Camp in Bremen, ME for their Hands-on Bird Science Program. “I worked with avian experts from across the country,” she says. “These incredibly dedicated and hardworking instructors provided lessons in bird banding, tracking migrants using GPS, recording bird songs, preparing skin specimens for museums, and census taking of breeding birds.” Homler then brought the knowledge home to Oneonta. “I was sent to Hog Island to increase my knowledge and skills so that I could pass on that experience to the campers attending the John G. New Audubon Day Camp,” she says of the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society’s Franklin Mountain Sanctuary. “I was in charge of creating educational and interesting activities that would captivate the young children and increase their knowledge of natural science and environmental education.” Like Hoskins, Homler could only afford to accept the unpaid internship because of the Hanfts’ support. “This scholarship allowed me the opportunity to pursue my dream of a career in science,” she says. “I am now able to say I have experience.” IT’S THE CAREER DILEMMA OF THE MODERN AGE:
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Two enterprising young Hartwick students spent the summer pursuing their dreams and jump starting their careers, thanks to support from Bob Hanft ’69 and Pat Russell Hanft ’72. The couple have endowed the College’s first scholarship dedicated to internship support.
“Hartwick has great opportunities for funded international internships through the Emerson program,” Bob Hanft says. “People don’t realize the need there is for funding domestic internships, too. To deliver on our promise of experiential learning, our students need help finding internship opportunities and help financially so they can afford to do them.”
A Hartwick trustee, former Board chair, and member of the College’s Internship Advisory Committee, Hanft is passionate about internships as a way for young people to get started. In September he had dinner with Director of Career Services Melissa Marietta and the first recipients of his internship fund, Justin Hoskins ’18 and Allison Homler ’18. “Students like Justin and Allison are the reason why Pat and I endowed this scholarship,” he says.”They’re focused and enthusiastic and meeting them motivated me to do more.” The couple is making additional gifts to the fully-funded endowment.
“The difference between a student’s abilityto take an internship or not is not a lot of money.
Their budgets are so tight, everything matters.It doesn’t take a lot to enable transformation.”
—BoB Hanft ’69
Bob Hanft ’69 and Pat Russell Hanft ’72 are Facilitating Very Different Career Opportunities for Deserving Students
Bob Hanft ’69 with Justin Hoskins ’18 and allison Homler ’18 – the first recipients of the competitive internship scholarship he and his wife, Pat Russell Hanft ’72, endowed in The Campaign for Hartwick Students.
You need experience to get a job, but you cannot get a job without experience. enter the internship. But, wait. At least half of all internships offered to college students are unpaid. so who can afford to accept an opportunity even when it knocks? enter a targeted scholarship and two pragmatic (and generous) alumni.
Finance in manhattanThe Hanfts’ support allowed Hoskins to accept an unpaid summer internship at Maxim Group LLC, which he describes as “a top-tier, full-service investment bank.” The experience took him to work in the Chrysler Building in Manhattan.
“I knew I would be given an amazing learning experience with an excellent team,” says the business administration major, “but I never expected the summer that I had getting firsthand experience of this industry.” He worked as a cold caller for the firm’s equity compensation plan services, making 100 calls a day in hopes of reaching corporate CEOs. It was demanding, often exhausting work -- and he excelled.
“I actually lived and worked as an adult and a full-time member of the business community in the city,” Hoskins says. “I have had direct contact with extremely successful people and learned the things that need to be done to reach their level.”
Along the way, he developed transferable skills, including managing his time well, arriving to work early, dressing professionally, and communicating effectively. Ambitious and driven, at his internship he was encouraged and inspired.
“I can absolutely see myself working with Maxim Group in the future,” Hoskins says. “The environment is very competitive, but comfortable. I became a young businessman this summer that is very hungry for future success. I was told to aim as high as possible, to take risks, and simply make it happen. I plan on continuing to do this in the future.”
Hoskins has Hanft’s vote. “Justin has the initiative and the intestinal fortitude to work in investment banking,” says this former managing director of J.P. Morgan & Co.
Scientific Field WorkThe Hanft Fund for Internships sent Homler in pursuit of a very different experience studying birds and inspiring children.
Bob Hanft describes this biology major who is minoring in geology, writing, and environmental science & policy as “very bright, cerebral.” She is also practical and focused. Homler landed an Environmental Education Internship with the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society. Her training took her to Hog Island Audubon Camp in Bremen, ME for their Hands-on Bird Science Program.
“I worked with avian experts from across the country,” she says. “These incredibly dedicated and hardworking instructors provided lessons in bird banding, tracking migrants using GPS, recording bird songs, preparing skin specimens for museums, and census taking of breeding birds.”
Homler then brought the knowledge home to Oneonta. “I was sent to Hog Island to increase my knowledge and skills so that I could pass on that experience to the campers attending the John G. New Audubon Day Camp,” she says of the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society’s Franklin Mountain Sanctuary. “I was in charge of creating educational and interesting activities that would captivate the young children and increase their knowledge of natural science and environmental education.”
Like Hoskins, Homler could only afford to accept the unpaid internship because of the Hanfts’ support. “This scholarship allowed me the opportunity to pursue my dream of a career in science,” she says. “I am now able to say I have experience.”
it’s the cAreer dilemmA oF the modern Age:
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the hartwick campus is better than ever!
Some changes funded by the Campaign can’t be missed: Campbell fitness Center, Stack Lounge, John Christopher’s Café in Yager, seating in anderson theatre, lockers in the Binder Center, improvements at Pine Lake, the list goes on and on.
But all that is only the beginning. Many more important changes are being felt and heard even if they are invisible. Air and sound quality, filtration systems, efficient controls, and more. It’s all part of enriching the student experience in environmentally-sensitive ways.
talk about a win-win!
In the Anderson Center for the Arts, for example, an investment of more than $1 million has made all the difference for Hartwick’s artists and musicians. Much of the money has been raised through individual and foundation gifts to the Campaign.
the ceramic arts is next to the glassblowing studio, which is underneath the music rooms? It’s all compatible now, thanks to air purification systems.
the Music Circle is transformed with sound absorption panels, a choral shell, and new lighting. and the practical nature of this Campaign objective continues with locker rooms for instrument storage and a hoist for metal working.
The Camfil dust collector for ceramics (left) now connects to extensive duct hoods in the studio (right), thanks to an investment of $125,000.
form meets function in the anderson Center for the arts when it comes to air, temperature, and sound quality.
to make things happen at Hartwick through the Campaign for Hartwick Students, contact Vice President
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Signs situated all around campus this fall are alerting the community to important changes to the infrastructure.
Another great example of investments: the new filter for Moyer Pool in the Sally Griffiths Herbert ’88 Aquatic Center. With a price tag of $180,000, this part of the Binder Center renovations is ensuring the health and wellbeing of DIII swimmers and divers, DI water polo players, and all recreational swimmers.
All of the pool water cycles through the purifier every six hours, moving at a rate of 600 gallons a minute; the UV sterilizer renders it free of any bacteria and a volcanic ash system purifies it down to one micron; a sensor uses carbon dioxide to balance the pH; and a variable speed drive controls the pump to increase water flow as the filter media loads with impurities.
The Aramark Corporation now uses Hartwick’s water purification system as a model for its college clients.
Above: The new Carrier 200-ton air-cooled chiller and associated plumbing has changed life throughout the Anderson Center at a cost of $366,500.
Left: the direct digital control system for the anderson Center’s new chillers, boilers, and air handlers: the $84,000 price tag is a long-term investment in efficiency.
What does it take to transform a space? good intentions, a solid plan, and generous supporters.
to make things happen at Hartwick through the Campaign for Hartwick Students, contact Vice President Gregg Fort at 607-431-4026 or [email protected].
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LIVeS In BALAnCe: SCHoLAr-ATHLeTeS“First and foremost, I am a student athlete at Hartwick because I couldn’t see myself doing anything else. I love playing volleyball, but I’m also incredibly passionate about nursing, and I couldn’t imagine having to give one of those up.
“I am determined to strive for success in both athleticsand academics. Nursing is a very intensive program at Hartwick, and volleyball gives me a chance to get awayfrom the stresses of school.
“If I wasn’t given these scholarships, I wouldn’t havethe opportunities that I do. Not having to worry about money lets me focus on giving my all in the classroomand on the court.”
HannaH armstrong ’17 Nursing majorVolleyball playerRecipient of the marguerite “peg” Waters memorial Scholarship established by Joseph G. Waters ’51 and Barbara R. Waters ’52
“I am an athlete mainly becauseof how much football can teach me
for the real world — leadership, mental strength, fighting through
adversity, playing as a team,and working hard. Footballkeeps me focused on goals
I want to achieve in the future.
“My ambition is to be a successful businessmanand to make an impact on my company and show
that I can bring many great attributes to the table.
“My scholarships have been the main reason whyI can still attend Hartwick College. They make the
finances for my parents a tad bit easier.”
ricky giraldo ’18Business administration major
Football playerRecipient of the thomas J. Devane ’83 memorial Scholarship in Business, established by peter Van de Graaf ’83, and the Fulmer Family Scholarship,
established by Dr. teresa t. Fulmer and trustee Keith J. Fulmer
hartwick’s endowedscholarships enable students
to be here and stay here so that they can study, compete, excel,
and prepare for their future.
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