At today's weekly meeting, members of the Oneonta Rotary Club were reminded once again of one of the reasons why Oneonta is such a great place to live--a vibrant, cultural atmosphere fostered by the presence of two wonderful institutions of higher education-Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta. Today's speaker, Dr. Robert Bensen, English Department, Hartwick College, presented information on the Hartwick College NEH Visiting Distinguished Professorship in Humantities program "Four Writers Who Changed the World." Over the next eight months, Hartwick College will present four renowned writers in the arts, sciences and humanities: Billy Collins, U.S. Poet Laureate, NEA Fellowship, NYFA Fellowship; David Sloan Wilson, SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence; Guggenheim Fellow, National MS Society Book Award; Derek Walcott, Nobel Prize for Literature and numerous other awards; and Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize, PEN/Ernest Hemingway Award, National book Critics Circle Award, LA Times Book Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction. Members of the Oneonta community will have the opportunity to hear and meet each of these highly accomplished, thought provoking and widely read individuals. We are incredibly fortunate to have access to opportunities of this caliber-one of the reasons that Oneonta is such a great place to live!
