Local Student Eleanor Wood of Waban Earns Academic Recognition at Skidmore College

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (06/28/2012)(readMedia)-- Eleanor Wood, a member of the Class of 2015 at Skidmore College, earned academic recognition at the college this spring.

She is the daughter of Richard Wood and Deborah Garnick of Waban.

Wood was one of three students to receive the Candace Carlucci Backus '66 First-Year Experience Prize, named in honor of a Skidmore alumna who served as alumni affairs director and awarded to students who submit exceptional scholarly or artistic work from their Scribner Seminar, a course required of all first-year Skidmore students.

In addition Wood 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.

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.

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