Samantha Tyler Honored at Union College's Prize Day

2013 May 13

Samantha Tyler '14 of Hicksville, NY, was recently honored at Union College's annual Prize Day celebration.

Tyler was given the Harold and Ellen Nagorsky Memorial Prize, awarded to a junior premedical student who contributes the most to the Union College community through extracurricular activities. She also received the Ronald Obenzinger (1961) Prize, given to a premedical student who is selected for high academic merit and personal worthiness.

Union College, founded in 1795 as the first college chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, offers programs in the liberal arts and engineering to 2,100 undergraduates of high academic promise and strong personal motivation. Union, with its long history of blending disciplines, is a leader in educating students to be engaged, innovative and ethical contributors to an increasingly diverse, global and technologically complex society.