Hartwick Hawks


Motto	Ad Altiora Semper "Ever Upwards"
Type	Private
Established	1797
President	Dr. Margaret L. Drugovich
Academic staff	187 faculty members; 104 are full-time
Undergraduates	1,615
Postgraduates	0
Location	Oneonta, New York, United States
Campus	Main academic campus: 425 acres (1.72 km²) Environmental campus: 920 acres (3.7 km²)
Colors	Wellesley Blue and White
Athletics	Division III, (Division I: men's soccer and women's water polo)
Nickname	Hawks
Mascot	Swoop
Website	www.hartwick.edu

Hartwick College is a non-denominational, private, four-year liberal arts and sciences college located in Oneonta, New York, in the United States. The institution's origin is rooted in the founding of Hartwick Seminary in 1797 through the will of John Christopher Hartwick. In 1927, Hartwick Seminary moved to expand into a four-year college and was offered land by the city of Oneonta to move to Hartwick College's current location. The school has 1,500 undergraduate students from 30 states and 22 countries, 187 faculty members and the student-faculty ratio is 11-1.

Hartwick Seminary 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. His dream of establishing an institution of higher learning became a reality shortly after his death, with the founding of Hartwick Seminary in 1797. In 1816, the New York State Legislature incorporated the new school—the first Lutheran seminary in America—as a classical academy and theological seminary in Hartwick, near Cooperstown. The school moved to its present location in Oneonta in 1928, when Hartwick was incorporated as a four-year college. The land for the campus was donated by the City of Oneonta. Bresee Hall, today the oldest building on campus, was designed by noted architect John Russell Pope and built in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The college's ties to the Lutheran Church ended in the 1960s and it now carries no religious affiliation. Following the elimination of 18 jobs in the summer of 2015, faculty voted "no confidence" in the college president.

Hartwick College offers 31 majors leading to a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. In addition, it offers 11 minors, pre-professional programs in law, medicine, engineering and allied health professions; and five cooperative programs in engineering, law, business, and physical and occupational therapy. Students can also choose a concentration within their major.

Hartwick’s three-year bachelor's degree program allows qualified students to receive a degree in three years, as opposed to the traditional four. Since its launch in 2009, the program has sparked national interest for cost savings and quality. 11

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