Harold Horace of Albany` Honored for Academic Excellence at Hudson Valley Community College

2014 Jun 19

Harold Horace of Albany` was recently honored for excellence by an academic department at Hudson Valley Community College.

Each year, high-achieving students from each of the more than 70 academic programs at the Troy, NY college are chosen for special recognition.

Horace was given the following honor/s:

The Professional Service and Values in Chemical Dependency Counseling Award, which is given to a student from the graduating class who shows outstanding character and professional values related to the Chemical Dependency Counseling field.

Students are selected for honors by faculty and departmental administrative staff.

Founded in 1953, Hudson Valley Community College offers more than 75 degree and certificate programs in four schools: Business; Engineering and Industrial Technologies; Health Sciences; and Liberal Arts and Sciences; and workforce and academic preparation programs offered through the Educational Opportunity Center. One of 30 community colleges in the State University of New York system, it has an enrollment of nearly 13,000 students, and it is known as a leader in distance learning initiatives and worker retraining. Hudson Valley has more than 75,000 alumni.