Samantha Caceres Honored by Hartwick College

Samantha Caceres of Lynnbrook, NY, was recognized with multiple awards during Hartwick College's Honors Convocation held on May 3.

Caceres was awarded the Edith M. Lacey Memorial Nursing Scholarship, which was established to memorialize Miss Edith M. Lacey, founder of the nursing program at Hartwick and its director for nearly 18 years. It provides a scholarship to a junior nursing student with demonstrated academic achievement and abilities, promise as a future nurse, personal deportment and other outstanding characteristics.

Caceres also received the Grace Jones Spain Scholarship, which was established as a memorial by her daughter, Joann S. Rasmussen. Mrs. Spain was a pioneer in nursing and an advocate for improved healthcare who dedicated much of her professional life to the settlement houses of New York City. The scholarship is awarded to a junior nursing or health professional major demonstrating academic achievement and financial need.

Hartwick has over 80 years of experience preparing nurses at the baccalaureate level. The broad liberal arts and sciences education that complements Hartwick's nursing program provides the communication, critical thinking, informed decision-making, and leadership skills the profession demands. Hartwick nurses are highly qualified, self-directed individuals who are able to thrive in both the present and a rapidly changing healthcare system of the future.