Laurie Buitrago of Albany Receives Academic Honor at Hudson Valley Community College

2013 May 23

Laurie Buitrago of Albany was among those recently recognized for academic excellence at the end of the 2012-2013 year at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY.

Buitrago was the recipient of the Outstanding Professional 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.

Founded in 1953, Hudson Valley Community College offers more than 70 degree and certificate programs in four schools: Business; Engineering and Industrial Technologies; Health Science; and Liberal Arts and Sciences; and an Educational Opportunity Center for academic and career training. One of 30 community colleges in the State University of New York system, it has an enrollment of more than 13,250 students, and is known as a leader in distance learning initiatives and workforce training. Hudson Valley has more than 75,000 alumni.