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Kudos Bill Merchant receives Museum Association of New York Award of Distinction D&H Canal Historical Society was among 14 awards made in 2023 that celebrate unique leadership, dedicated community service, transformational visitor experiences, community engagement and innovative programs that use collections to tell stories of everyone who calls New York home. The award honors long-time Society staff member Bill Merchant, deputy director for collections, historian and curator, in the Individual Achievement category. The Individual Achievement Award honors a dedicated museum professional or volunteer that played a Merchant significant role in advancing their organizations. Award winners are selected for their valuable contributions to expanding audience reach, increasing the number and types of staff, successful campaigns for endowment or capital projects, or instilling financial stability at their organization. Nominations are accepted for a museum staff person or a museum trustee or volunteer. Merchant has been a mainstay at the D&H Canal Historical Society for 12 years, starting out as a volunteer, serving as board president, and then five years ago moving into a staff role as deputy director for collections. In addition to expanding audiences through outreach and virtual programs, his foresight, guidance and sweat equity brought the Society to its new home in the DePuy Tavern. Over seven years ago, Bill encouraged the Society to consider the acquisition of the DePuy Tavern, a National Historic Landmark building constructed in 1797 and located along the route of the D&H Canal in High Falls. Through his research, Merchant recognizes and shares the stories of historically marginalized peoples that were significant to the success of the D&H Canal. Additionally, he has broadened the reach of the Society through his work on the Society’s YouTube channel, D&H TV, which features over 100 videos sharing the history of the D&H Canal (https://www.youtube.com/@DandHTV). This engaging content includes a “Where Is Our Historian” series that features Merchant’s travels along the 108-mile route of the canal to explore existing remains and sites that might be lesser known to the public. So far, the channel has received almost 20,000 views since it was launched in spring 2020. D&H Canal Historical Society will be recognized at the
Sports from page 11 ideas regarding how to bring awareness, acceptance and inclusivity to sports, clubs and other school-related activities. The day was broken into three components, the upcoming Special Olympics event, inclusive youth leadership, and whole school engagement, which the Special
Museum Association of New York 2023 annual conference “Finding Center: Access, Inclusion, Participation, and Engagement” in Syracuse 12:30-1:30 p.m. Monday, April 17, at the Syracuse Marriott Downtown. “New York’s museums and museum professionals are reimagining and reinventing their roles within their communities, how they interpret their stories and collections, and the visitor experience,” said Natalie Stetson, executive director of the Erie Canal Museum and MANY Program Committee co-chair. “This year’s award winners are outstanding examples for the museum field.” “We were incredibly impressed with the quality and quantity of award nominations this year, which made the review process highly competitive,” said Clifford Laube, public programs specialist at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and MANY Program Committee co-chair. “Museums and museum staff across the state are demonstrating creative thinking and are inspiring institutional change.” “Bill Merchant is one of those rare individuals whose professional competency extends well beyond the parameters of his job description and who willingly takes on with great delight an extraordinary number of tasks usually performed by staff, consultants or contractors,” commended Jack Braunlein, executive director of the D&H Canal Historical Society. “Despite the seemingly impossible workload, Bill always presents a refreshingly positive attitude and cheerful demeanor that makes working with him a true pleasure.”
RV Honor Roll, Junior High Marking Period 2 Merit Roll Grade 7 Aliya Albert, Ayanna Brodhead-Wiggins, Adrienne Castro, Joseph Davies, Evan Fitzgerald, Jalyssa Garcia, Tanner Girau, Orion Gray, Logan Hasenflue, Daniel Koch, Michael Lightstone, Dillon Malenski, Christian Miller, Jayden Redding, Konrad Sawka Hamaguchi, Abigail Sciarrino, Lola Sherwood, Rita Warren, Violet Yonnetti Grade 8 Connor Beechel, Lucas Bowers, Adda Lee Braselmann, Logan Burkins, Carlos Camacho-Johnson, Kyla Carr, Rebecca Carroll, Frank Coddington IV, Shaun Dolan, Katrina Domitrovits, Alexis Dougherty, James Erichson, Isabel Gonzalez, Alyviah Green, Jack Jacobson, Madysen Kiersted, Taiyo Kizawa, Joshua LaPierre, Alana LeBlanc, Lola Malenski, Jonathan McMahon, Isaiah Mercado, Eli Olen, Andrew Quick, Maxwell Santiago, Emma Schwall, Adriana Slater, Jasmin Smith, Taraji St. Fleur, Ayden Towne, Karl VanValkenburgh, Madeline Williams, Payton Worden
Luke Johnson, Ada Martinez, Cora Martinez, Vivian McGuinness, Miles Molitoris, Ella Morse, Sophia Mykula, Oliver Nneji, Aiden Olivieri, Aidan Overbaugh, NovaLee Palmateer, Margaret Schatzel, Rowen Sickler Avery, Blake Suitter, Aliza Theetge, Bruce Ulrich, Morgan Vaughan, Graycie Walsh-Kompass, Shawna Whitaker, Jamison Wilhelm, Tesha Williams-Fein, Elinor Zalewski Grade 8 Ethan Allen, D’Landre Anson, Ava Barba-Andujar, Caydance Borruso, Bridget Boyd, Kylee Carlson, Aiden Carroll, Amara Catizone, Jessa Clark, Noah Cody, Chloe Cooke, Oscar DiDonato, Izaak Donnelly, Ruby Focarino, Aiden Freer, Cy Gray, Jillian Gundberg, Tyler Harned, Ryan Helm, Kailee Hicks, Kadi Holt, Alicia Jackson, Juliana Lunstedt, Antonio Mason, Jacob Mastrocola, Zachary Mickelson Jr., Lucas Millrood, Adrianna Moran, Ugo Nneji, Gage Nogue, Addison O’Donnell, Syler Padusnak, Ava Quick, Hunner Quick, Samantha Reyes, Jaden Rion, Oliver Roosa-Dunphy, Colin Rowdycz, Julian Santosky, Noah Schrader, Stephen Schwartz, Laszlo Sterling, Georgia Weinstein, Layla Worden
High Honor Roll Grade 7 Alaycia Coddington, Goldy Conlin, Madelyn Cowburn, Tobin Ermer, Emma Goodin, Stella Greco, Molly Hasenflue, Jacob Heyl, Peyton Kastanis, Lyla Lemister, Hokai Liu, Connor Murray, Waverly Rubin, Samantha Schneller, Ella Schoonmaker, Madison Shanley, Elouise Shea, Nathaniel Stupple, Isaac Tucker, Natalia Wisneski Grade 8 Hayden Bauer, Hannah Chapin, Lauren Ivan, Aubrey Jagodzinski, Yarema Kurkevych, Brooke Martire, Helena Molitoris, Hannah Nawrocki, Madison Pfaff, Penelope Roosa-Dunphy, Greta Sutherland-Roth, John Sweeney
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The following students were named to the dean's list at Rochester Institute of Technology for the fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year: Luke Studt, of Kerhonkson, who is in the physics program, and Will Wright of Stone Ridge, who is in the electrical engineering program. Full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for dean's list if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of "Incomplete", "D" or "F"; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours. Emerson College student Kylie Wright, of Accord, earned dean's list honors for the fall 2022 semester. Wright is majoring in communication disorders and is a member of the Class of 2025.The requirement to make dean's list is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for that semester. Silas M. Schwartz, of Rosendale, was named to second honors on the Clark University dean's list. This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the fall 2022 semester. Students must have a GPA of 3.8 or above for first honors or a GPA between 3.50 and 3.79 for second honors.
Olympics defines as “awareness and education activities that promote inclusion and which reach the majority of the school population.” The discussions carried out under each component were all rooted in the goal of promoting meaningful inclusion. The event taught students social and emotional learning skills, built character, and forged relationships among students from around the area. RVHS students Alex Deitch, Charlie Scully, Julia Deyo and Joana Kohler were in attendance, along with teaching assistants and Unified
Basketball coaches Marianne Hawryluk and Eliana Barnum. “The Rondout Valley participants were very impressive and well-spoken during the conference,” said Hawryluk. “They shared their experiences participating in Unified Basketball and Special Olympics, and a sense of belonging and acceptance was the resonating theme shared.” For more information, visit specialolympics-ny.org/ event/hudson.
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