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BREAKTHROUGHPreparing to Navigate BiomedicalComplexity in ContextBy Alice C. Ceacareanu, PhD, PharmDDr. Ceacareanu is the founder and president ofROAKETIN, Inc., a full service healthcare consultingfirm. She has been an oncology clinical pharmacist;an assistant professor of pharmacy practice andadjunct professor of pharmaceutical sciences atthe University of Buffalo; as well as a publishedauthor, award-winning researcher, and mentor. HerPhD in biology is from the University of Bucharestand her PharmD from the University of TennesseeHealth Science Center in Memphis.A field of remarkable, multidirectional, andinterdisciplinary integration, translationalbiomedical research is the ultimate pursuitby mankind for better health and longerand more fulfilling lives. Arguably themost complex applied research nichetoday, translational biomedical researchteaches us that gathering information waseasy; however, learning what to do withthat information is a whole different story.That is why this field requires a distinctivemanagement workforce — one that is trainedhow to think about the abundant biomedicalinformation available.Translational biomedical research requiresmanagers able to assess the context of afield created to provide complete answers.Gaining the ability to determine whatfurther knowledge and questions are neededto reach a solution is a liberal arts approach.Knowing how to navigate ambiguity anduncertainty to solve complex problems andidentifying relevant facts from a pool of oftenconflicting evidence is a liberal educationhallmark. If these are the needed skills,then such a workforce should derive its corefundamentals from the liberal arts teachingphilosophy.In 2013, an overwhelming majority ofsurveyed U.S. employers (95%) identified thefollowing skills as key for their workforce:“intellectual and interpersonal skills that willhelp them contribute to innovation in theworkplace” and “capacity to think critically,communicate clearly, and solve complexproblems” (Hart Research Associates, 2013).Interestingly, a few years later, Rodgers etal. (2017) pointed out correctly that the“most important careers of the next halfcentury have not yet even been imagined.”Translational biomedical researchmanagement (TBRM) is such a career.TBRM requires versatile individuals withexceptional mastery in improving scientificinnovation adoption and sustainability.Dissemination and implementation ofscience in health requires managers with acomprehensive worldview, an ability thatis the resultant of a very robust, disciplinespecific training combined with a strongliberal arts education. To fulfill today’spursuit for greater health, the translationalbiomedical research field demands amanagement workforce capable not onlyto interpret, but also to communicate dataeffectively to ensure quick and sustainableadoption in healthcare. These individualsmust challenge personal and societal healthassumptions by weighing evidence andsynthesizing data in an ethical mannerthat accounts for both diversity and scale.Embarking on such civic duty requiresintellectual discipline and interpersonalskills that only a liberal arts education mayfulfill.Framed on a foundation of liberal artstradition, Hartwick’s master’s degreeprogram in Translational BiomedicalResearch Management is designed to prepareindividuals from various discipline-specificbackgrounds to strategically navigate thecomplexity, diversity, and rapidity of changein the translational biomedical researchenvironment. Class learning combinedwith independent study and reflection, andfollowed by guided experiential learningwill prepare these individuals to developcommunication, analytical, and problemsolving skills, including the knowledge toapply these skills in the real world, thusfulfilling their mission to provide completeanswers. Winter / Spring 20195

CAMPUS NEWSLooking Ahead:Commencement 2019Featured SpeakerCrosses DisciplinesEntrepreneur and research scientist Christopher Belnap ’03, PhD, hasbeen chosen by the Class of 2019 to address them at Commencementon May 18.“Chris is an outstanding example of how our alumni can build on this powerful education andtruly change the world, one person at a time,” says President Margaret L. Drugovich P’12. “Chris’work has tremendous implications for the future of healthcare. I know our students, and ourentire community, will be inspired.”Belnap was a double major in biology and geology who was recognized as a John ChristopherHartwick Scholar. He went on to earn a PhD in microbiology at the University of California,Berkeley then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biomedical sciences at the University ofCalifornia at San Francisco.Now an expert in functional characterization and ecology of animal and human microbiomesystems, Belnap is the co-founder and CEO of Resilient Biotics. The company researches anddevelops microbiome therapeutics to treat complex infectious diseases and reduce dependencyon antibiotics.Honorary Degrees Recognize Selfless LeadershipBill Davis ’49, PM ’05Sally Griffiths Herbert ’88Honorary Doctor of LawsHonorary Doctor of LettersA prominent member of the greaterOneonta community, Bill Davis isthe founder and retired president ofCountry Club Chevrolet, Inc. In morethan 50 years at the helm, he receivedboth the Chrysler Corp. Award forExcellence and the Time MagazineQuality Dealer Award. He is also a director emeritus of Wilber Bank,now Community Bank.A generous supporter of the College for 50 consecutive years, Davisserved 16 years the College’s Board of Trustees, including terms astreasurer and vice chair. He has been recognized with the AlumniAssociation’s Meritorious Service Award and the Hartwick CitizensBoard’s Outstanding Citizen Award. President Philip Wilder presentedDavis with the President’s Medal in 2005.Business owner, world traveler, andequestrian Sally Griffiths Herbert ’88served nine years on Hartwick’s Boardof Trustees. She chaired both theFacilities Committee and the StudentAffairs Committee. Practical, insightful,loyal, and lighthearted, she brings thesequalities and more to all aspects of her participation in the Hartwickcommunity. With her husband, Tim, she is the owner of the 300-acreRing Brook Farm in New Hampshire.The Herberts are avid supporters of her alma mater. Their mostrecent major gift named Hartwick’s Griffiths Center for Collaboration& Innovation. Their generous gifts to The Campaign for HartwickStudents included an endowed fund for J Term study and the namingof the Sally Griffiths Herbert ’88 Aquatics Center in Binder.“What a privilege it is to bestow this honor on Bill Davis ’49 and Sally Griffiths Herbert ’88.They may have graduated nearly 40 years apart, but they share a deep appreciation for the power ofa Hartwick education and an abiding sense of gratitude to this great College.”—President Margaret L. Drugovich P’126 The Wick Magazine

Ongoing Innovation:Nursing SimulationSimulated learningeffectively supplementsoff-campus hospital,rehabilitation center,psychiatric unit, and longterm care facility clinicaltraining. Research documents,and Hartwick studentsexperience, the benefits.Hartwick’s simulated nursing initiatives areexpanding. Complementing the power of thenew Clark Simulated Nursing Lab in SmithHall, an adjacent wing will be converted toreplicate a hospital floor.The space will be structured to allow theflexibility essential in nursing. “At differenttimes we might want it to be a six roomcardiac step down unit, a medical/surgicalfloor, or a closed Alzheimer’s unit,” saysNursing Department Chair Patricia Grust.“We might want to use it as a hotel floor andlobby for disaster drills. Or we might need tomeet multiple learning needs by using oneroom for pediatrics, one for OB, one for ICU,and another for PACU.”Simulated nursing education at Hartwickbegan with the skills-based simulation lab ofJohnstone Science Center. Last year, upperclass students logged well over 1,000 hoursof supervised and videotaped practice in thissimulation environment. That lab, whichwas underwritten by The Clark Foundation,is now known as Phase 1 of simulatedlearning in Hartwick nursing.A longtime supporter of Hartwick’snursing program, The Clark Foundationprovided major funding for Phase 2 of thesimulated learning initiative and The ClarkNursing Simulation Laboratory openedthis fall. Eleven hospital beds in one openarea can represent an emergency room,recovery suite, or intensive care unit.First year students practice skills neededfor bedside care. A raised nursing stationenables students to learn from their peersand instructors to observe and evaluatetechniques. The added capability ofvideotaping selected student skills enhanceslearning.Building on this success, Phase 3 ofadvancing simulated nursing initiatives isunderway. A replicated hospital unit willfeature single-bed patient rooms wherestudents will practice hospital situations.Between every two patient rooms will be avideotape control room with an observationwindow for students and instructors. Anursing station with videotaping capabilitywill oversee the patient rooms. Laundry andstorage facilities will allow students to learnproper techniques for infection control whenhandling soiled linens, as well as how toinventory equipment and supplies.“This versatility is exciting,” Grust says ofthe initiatives. “We are meeting our goal ofsupporting student learning in ways thatwill foster an even higher level of confidencein their ability to address a variety of issuesin diverse practice areas.”Simulated nursing education aligns with the Hartwick225 objectiveof advancing innovation in learning. The George I. Alden Trust ofMassachusetts has posed a challenge to Hartwick: raise 125,000for the replicated hospital floor and the Trust will make a grantof another 125,000. Plans include naming opportunities at manylevels of this third phase of nursing simulation at Hartwick. Pleasecontact Lisa Iannello at 607-431-4061 or iannellol@hartwick.edufor information.

Experts Add InsightEvery time a guest speaker or visiting artist comes to campus,students benefit.Charles S. Crow ’72 will present the 2019 LESLIE G. RUDE MEMORIAL LECTURE. Anattorney, Crow will speak on “Justice, Philanthropy, and Luck.” Specifically, he will share his volunteerwork with Centurion Ministries, the first innocence project dedicated to exonerating wronglyimprisoned individuals. Board Chair Francis Landrey P’06 will be the respondent. A recently retiredattorney, Landrey has spent decades working pro bono on behalf of a death row inmate in Florida.THE LESLIE G. RUDE MEMORIAL LECTURE honors a longtime faculty member and administrator. It was endowed with gifts fromhis widow and his colleague, Norma Hutman. Twenty years later, the Les Rude endowed lecture continues to welcome prominentspeakers with political expertise about timely political issues.Burton Wilcke ’69, PhD will present the inaugural DR. E. ROBERT BURNS ’61 ENDOWEDBIOLOGY LECTURE. A consultant with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),the World Health Organization (WHO), and The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL),Wilcke is the recently retired chair of Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences at the University ofVermont. He will address “Global Health Challenges: The Role of Laboratory Science.”Increasingopportunitiesfor studentsto engage withexperts is apriority in theHartwick225strategic plan.With funding, an AlumniSpeakers Series will hostgraduates whose careerscross humanities andbusiness and the GriffithsCenter for Collaboration& Innovation will inviteleaders to address theCollege community onrelated topics. Pleaseconsider making a gift tocreate these experiences;contact Susanne Jones ’95 atjoness3@hartwick.edu or 607431-4432.THE DR. E. ROBERT BURNS ’61 ENDOWED BIOLOGY LECTURE was established in 2013 by E. Robert Burns ’61, PhD, to bringleaders to campus to share ideas about emerging topics pertinent to the field of biology. Burns is a professor of anatomy andinterdisciplinary toxicology at the University of Arkansas College of Medicine.Do Something Different this SummerOnlineSummerSessionsGO TO WORK (of course). FITIN A VACATION (hopefully). AndADD SOME INTELLECTUALSTIMULATION THIS SUMMER.Hartwick’s summer online courses areopen to Hartwick and other collegestudents, parents, and alumni.Each course will be taught by a member of theCollege’s accomplished faculty. Earn creditstoward your degree, fulfill requirements, pursuea special interest, or continue your education. Allfor only 290 per credit hour (and 100 depositat registration).The consecutive summer sessions will runJune 3 – June 28, July 1 – July 26July 29 – August 238 The Wick MagazineRegistration for Summer Sessions 2019 is now open!Register online @ www.hartwick.edu/summeronlineOffice of Academic Affairs at 607-431-4400 or acadaff@hartwick.edu.COURSE OFFERINGS INCLUDE:ART & MUSIC Smartphone Photo & VideoRock Music History Learning About Music Country MusicSCIENCES Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II PathophysiologyThe Search for Life in the Universe Energy, Climate & SocietyBUSINESS RELATED Human ResourcesIntroduction to Business Business Writing Sports MarketingCRIMINAL JUSTICE & SOCIOLOGY Controversial Social IssuesIntroduction to Criminal Justice Introduction to SociologySexual Behaviors & Sex Crimes Sociology of Religion 21st CenturyHEALTH RELATED Healthcare Ethics Medical TerminologyMoral Psychology Fitness for WellnessGender, Culture & Health Introduction to HikingAND MORE! International Relations Introduction to GlobalStudies Introduction to Women & Gender StudiesInternships & Career Planning Algebra Review

Innovation strategist Meg Luce ’14 consults withFortune 500 companies and now Hartwick College.She is pictured meeting with students and leading aworkshop for faculty and staff.Coming Back to Move AheadMeg Luce ’14 is both comfortablyfamiliar and remarkably different.Poised and professional, sheshows no sign of the Collegecommunications work studyassistant who doubted her talent.Now based in New York City andworking for an international designfirm, it seems long ago that aJ Term course in South Africa tookher abroad for the first time. Armedwith a dual degree in studio artand business administration, it’sno surprise that she next earnedan MBA from a design school(California College of the Arts).The student has become the teacher. Backon campus for two days this winter, Luceconducted a “Design Thinking vs. DesignDoing” workshop for faculty and staff, leda Teaching Table for faculty, and made apresentation to students titled “DesignThinking: Why do Art and Business GoTogether?” Small group sessions includedconsulting on a Griffiths Center forCollaboration & Innovation E-Hub projectand collaborating on a New York CityInnovation Link experience for Hartwickstudents this spring.Now a strategy designer with BusinessModels, Inc., Luce reports landingher position through networking. Theglobal strategy and design company hasheadquarters in Amsterdam and officesin San Francisco, New York City, Taiwan,and Brisbane. Their clients include Toyota,Microsoft, Deloitte, and Heineken; Luce iscurrently consulting with Boeing.“We’re redesigning businesses and the waythey work, creating results with teams fromall different perspectives,” she explains.“This is a creative, iterative, and practicalprocess that has to be grounded.”Luce offered powerful insights duringher campus sessions including “Businessas usual is dead.” “There is no singleright solution to your problem.” “Testassumptions.” And “Have a point of view.”Her point of view is informed by the joyLuce finds in her work and the fondness shehas for her alma mater. “I love being back atHartwick,” she shares, smiling as always. These works were created by Hartwick studentsusing the 3D printing equipment that College donorshelped fund. Now what’s needed is a dedicatedFab Lab space. This Innovation Station and otherinitiatives within the Griffiths Center for Collaboration& Innovation are a priority in Hartwick225. To getinvolved, please contact Sue Ferris at ferriss@hartwick.edu or 607-431-4021.Winter / Spring 20199

FACULTY NEWSJob Well Done!At its most recent meeting, the Board of Trustees endorsed President Drugovich’s recommendation to promote fourprofessors and grant tenure to two. This act follows the thorough vetting of candidates by the Faculty Committee onAppointments, Tenure, and Promotion and Provost Tannenbaum’s subsequent recommendations to the President.Assistant Professor of Art Richard Barlow, MFA, has beengranted tenure with simultaneous promotion to the rank of associateprofessor. Barlow is a visual artist and musician who teaches drawing,painting, and two-dimensional design. In 2017, he was chosen as a NewYork State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)/New York Foundation for theArts (NYFA) Fellow. He is pictured with students in the painting studio ofAnderson Center for the Arts.Assistant Professor of Political Science James Buthman, PhD,has been granted tenure with simultaneous promotion to the rankof associate professor. Buthman has expertise in public policy andAmerican government with an emphasis on environmental and energypolicy. He has led J Term classes to study sustainability in the AmericanSouthwest. He is pictured with some of his State and Local Governmentstudents at Oneonta Mayor Herzig’s State of the City address.Associate Professor of Chemistry John Dudek, PhD, has beenpromoted to the rank of professor. A physical chemist who specializes inlaser spectroscopy, Dudek is known for frequently engaging students inhis research. He is pictured in Germany with Yury Chernyak ’20, the thirdHartwick student to join Dudek in research at the Cologne Institute forAstrophysics.Associate Professor of Computer Science Howard Lichtman hasbeen promoted to the rank of professor. The chair of Hartwick’sDepartment of Computer Science, his areas of expertise include computersecurity and his interests include robotics. He is pictured problem solvingwith students in the Johnstone Science Center.10 The Wick Magazine

An Extraordinary ActMary Ann Zook, a devoted member of Hartwick’s music and music educationfaculty for 25 years, touched the lives of many students before retiring as atenured professor in 1988. More than 30 years later, she continues to benefitstudents in ways that may never be measured.When Zook passed away last December, Hartwick learned she had made generous provisions inher estate plan to benefit the College, its students, and the music program. A modest outrightbequest to the music library was supplemented by a major gift of more than half a milliondollars. Zook had designated Hartwick College as beneficiary of her entire TIAA retirementaccount.“Professor Zook’s bequest makes realwhat so many of us know — that therelationship between a teacher and astudent can be powerful. She madea lasting impression on the studentsshe taught and will now influenceso many Hartwick students whomshe will never know. Mary Ann ZookJ Term Scholars will rememberher for generations to come. For acommitted teacher what could bebetter than that?”—Margaret L. Drugovich P’12Powerful Partners: Professor, Student, AlumnaHow one economics professor took an Honors Seminar to the next level by engaging alumni.“We’ve connected students with alumniinformally before, but never with this kindof structure in a class,” says AssociateProfessor of Economics Kristin Jones, PhD,co-chair of Hartwick’s Honors Program.“Adding mentors working in their fieldof interest allowed the students to morethoroughly understand economic material.”and analyzed employment and wage data.The alumni partners were able to provideinformation about the skills necessary forparticular jobs and the daily nature of thework, as well as their views of how theirfield has been (and will continue to be)affected by recent market shifts such aschanging technology. This perspective is“Adding mentors working in their field ofinterest allowed the students to more thoroughlyunderstand economic material.”— Associate

BREAKTHROUGH A field of remarkable, multidirectional, and interdisciplinary integration, translational biomedical research is the ultimate pursuit by mankind for better health and longer and more fulfilling lives. Arguably the most complex applied research niche today, translational biomedical research teaches us that gathering information was