4-H Educators Receive Recognition

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties’ 4-H Youth Development educators, Margaret Smith and Andrew Randazzo, have each been recognized with state and national awards that were presented at the recent New York State Association of Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H Educators annual conference as well as the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents annual conference.

Andrew was recognized with the state Special Service Award. This award recognizes members of the professional association who have developed a new technique in programming, worked successfully with new audiences, and/or have been innovative in utilizing resources, people and situations.

Margaret (Maggie) Smith has been honored with awards at the state, regional and national level. She was recognized at the regional level as part of a team who created the 4-H Safe Space logo in the Communicator Awards category of Promotional Piece Team. Maggie was also part of the team recognized at the state level in the Specialty Awards category of Excellence in Teamwork for the Capital District Tractor Safety Certification Program.

Last updated November 19, 2018