Samantha Bedell of West Sand Lake Honored for Academic Excellence at Hudson Valley Community College

2015 May 29

Samantha Bedell was recently honored for excellence by an academic department at Hudson Valley Community College.

Each year, high-achieving students from the more than 75 academic programs at the Troy, NY college are chosen for special recognition.

Bedell was given the Award for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Service in Gallery Studies in Memory of Renee Capeless, which is given to a graduating student in the Fine Arts program who has excelled in the gallery studies coursework. The honor is given in memory of former student Renee Capeless. The awarded is handed out by the Fine Arts, Theatre Arts and Broadcast Communications Department.

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.