Gabe Weintraub of Needham Earns Academic Recognition at Skidmore College

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (06/27/2012)(readMedia)-- Gabe Weintraub, a member of the Class of 2012 at Skidmore College, earned academic recognition at the college this spring.

He is the son of Mordie Weintraub and Amy Gerber of Needham.

Weintraub earned a B.S. degree at Skidmore's 101st commencement in May.

During his Skidmore career Weintraub was elected to the Skidmore Periclean Honors Forum, which recognizes academic achievement and promotes intellectual and creative activity as well as citizenship and civic engagement. He also received a grant from the Jeffrey and Cynthia Treuhaft Fund for Art Technology, which provides technology in support of student opportunities to work with faculty in new and innovative ways in any art form or medium.

Founded in 1903, Skidmore College is a coeducational, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. The college grants the bachelor's degree in some 60 majors, including both traditional liberal arts disciplines and preprofessional programs. Skidmore also awards the master of arts in liberal studies degree.