Hartwick College
Encyclopedia : H : HA : HAR : Hartwick College
Hartwick College is a nationally ranked, non-denominational, private, four-year liberal arts and sciences college located in Oneonta, New York, in the United States. Hartwick has 170 faculty members and 1479 students from 38 states and 29 countries, and the student-faculty ratio is 12-1. [link]
History
Hartwick College was founded in 1797 through the will of John Christopher Hartwick, a Lutheran minister from Germany, who led several mission congregations of early settlers along the Hudson River and the Mohawk River in what is now upstate New York. Shortly after his death, his dream of establishing an institution of higher learning became a reality with the founding of Hartwick Seminary in 1797. The New York State Legislature in 1816 incorporated the new school--the first Lutheran seminary in America--as a classical academy and theological seminary, in the Town of Hartwick. The school moved to its present location in 1928, when it was incorporated as a four year college. The college's ties to the Lutheran Church ended in the 1960s.Academics
Hartwick offers 31 courses of study leading to a Bachelors of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree, including four pre-professional programs (pre-law, pre-engineering, pre-med, and pre-allied health professions), five cooperative programs (business, engineering, law, occupational and physical thereapy, and nursing), as well as academic minors. The college also offers an education certification program.
Hartwick College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the National Association of Schools of Music, the National League for Nursing, the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. [
Study Abroad
Hartwick College was recently ranked 10th among colleges and universities nationwide by US News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2006" for the percentage of students who study abroad. Approximately 69.8 percent of Hartwick students participate in study abroad programs during their four years at Hartwick, with 198 students participating in study abroad programs in 2002-03.Pine Lake Environmental Campus
Hartwick College acquired the Pine Lake Environmental Campus in 1971. Hartwick currently owns 920 acres in West Davenport, approximately 8.2 miles from the main campus by Interstate 88. There are other parallel roads ideal for bikes also. Nine cabins are available for student residence during the school year. Bailey (4), Redwood 1 (3), Redwood 2 (2), Outbacks 1,2,3 (2 each), Robertson Lodge (8), The Apartment (2), and the Farmhouse (3). Other buildings include the Blue House, home to the resident manager of 18 years and his family; Crossroads, a one-person cabin by the lake which currently houses the resident director / program manager; Strawbale, a straw insulated cabin created by a summer class as well as the Cob House; and currently under construction is Hill & Dale 2, which will hold two students. The Vaudevillian is an arched building, which looks similar to a gymnasium in the inside, often used for showing movies, contra dances, indoor festivals, and other events. The Lakeside Classroom is a one room building used on occasion for non-science courses. The science courses that come to Pine Lake often use the Field Station, which has a small classroom area, a computer lab area, and a two lab rooms. A wood-burning Finnish sauna is right next to the lakes boating area. The sauna is open two nights a week.Learning and Living at Pine Lake
Pine Lake is open to all full-time Hartwick students, and certainly a wide range of interests converge at Pine Lake. Common majors include biology and art, although everything including nursing, psychology, business, and outdoor recreation, and religion majors can be found there. Pine Lake residence is drastically different from campus life. Even without a Resident Advisor, the students of Pine Lake are capable of creating their own programs and activities, yielding better attendance than most dorm-floor programs. The major difference between students living at Pine Lake versus a dorm, is that the Pine Lake residents specifically chose this arrangement away from campus. Reasons for living at Pine Lake vary, but often include: appeal of living in a cabin, living on a lake, being part of a close community, access to hiking trails, and the strong bond between all Pine Lake residents.PL9 - The Pine Lake Shuttle
Pine Lake owns a blue Chevy Venture, stickered with the Hartwick College logo, that may be seen driving around campus and to/from Pine Lake often. The current shuttle system was relaunched by a Pine Lake resident last spring, and continues to be used extensively to this date. PL9 holds 7 (including driver) and shuttles 6-12 students per day (mean 7.8). Free to use, Pine Lake offers workstudy to student drivers that are able to drive the van on a regular basis. Currently the shuttle van follows this schedule to/from the Robertson Lodge at Pine Lake and the museum entrance by Upper Yager:Monday: leaves Pine Lake at 7:30am and 8:30am / Leaves Upper Yager at 6:00pm and 9:00pm
Tuesday: leaves Pine Lake at 7:30am / leaves Upper Yager at 6:00pm and 10:00pm
Wednesday: leaves Pine Lake at 7:30am and 8:30am / Leaves Upper Yager at 6:00pm and 9:00pm
Thursday: leaves Pine Lake at 8:30am / leaves Upper Yager at 6:00pm and 9:00pm
Friday: leaves Pine Lake at 7:30am and 8:30am / Leaves Upper Yager at 6:00pm
Accommodations
The Robertson Lodge and the Field Station are the only buildings at Pine Lake which offer an internet connection, and both are wireless. The Lodge also has a television with media players and a digital cable connection. A pay-phone in the foyer of the Lodge is the only public phone available.Each cabin is heated primarily by a wood-pellet burning stove, one of the most efficient methods today. Wood pellets are provided by the school at no cost to the students. Each cabin also comes with beds, desks, furniture, a full kitchen including an oven, range and refrigerator, and a bathroom. Students all live in single occupancy bedrooms and housing costs are similar to a single room on campus.
Activities
Pine Lake life is drastically different from dorm living. Activities are often held at Pine Lake such as Eco-Art Festival, Pine Lake Day, Pot Luck dinners for gallery openings in the Lodge, Solstice parties, Bread and Puppet Theater, Contra Dances, Awakening (the freshmen pre-orientation program), etc. There are often campfires and impromptu gatherings occurring quite often. Boats can be borrowed and used on the lake during the warmer months, and during the summer months there are lifeguards on duty from 12 noon to 7pm, weather permitting.Pine Lake's facilities are also available to Hartwick College staff, faculty, their families and their guests.
Trail systems
There is an extensive trail system around the lake and on the northern side of the road, also called the Upper Tract. Trail maps for the Lower Tract were made last summer by GPS by a student living at the Pine Lake campus and are available in the office of the Lodge. Three trails lead up the Upper Tract and end at Mud Lake, a slowly enclosing lake surrounded by a bog. Several trails on the Lower Tract go by the swamp, and the "backfield", over ridges and through old housing sites. Mountain bikes are also used on the trails, but motorized vehicles are not allowed. The Pine Lake Environmental Campus is a well-conserved and beautiful tract of land, so many residents, college students, and local community members make good use of the trails.Campus activities
Hartwick offers students many activities, including a student-run radio station (WRHO), a theatre program run by the Cardboard Alley Players and Alpha Psi Omega, student government, a student union, and various special interest clubs.Examples of student organizations on the Hartwick College campus are Society of Sisters United/Brothers United (SOSU/BU) and Pluralism Associates League for Students (PALS). SOSU/BU is a community-service based sisterhood/brotherhood that promotes healthy relationships among all social groups on campus and themselves while PALS is mainly a co-curricular educational organization that works very closely with the United States Colored Troops Institute (USCTI) at Hartwick College. Both organizations have a long-standing alliance producing a variety of programs and events throughout the academic year that complement each other's goals and missions.
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities: Alpha Delta Omega, Alpha Sigma Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Chi Rho, Delta Beta RhoSororities: Alpha Omicron Pi, Gamma Phi Delta, Phi Sigma Phi
References
- [Fast Facts]
- [US News & World Report Rankings]
- Primary sources (alumni and current students)
External links
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.