Bob Rubendall Moves to SUNY Cortland
May 28, 2010
Letter to the Editor Rubendall moved to SUNY Cortland
My good friend, Robert L. Rubendall, is leaving our Monadnock region today on his way to his new post as Executive Director of Environmental and Outdoor Education at SUNY Cortland in New York. A graduate of Amherst College with his Masters degree from Boston University, this move is a natural and timely extension of an already distinguished career. The importance of environmental education has never been more evident than it is today.
Rob’s move to Cortland follows fourteen years as Executive Director of the Boston University Sargent Center in Peterborough and Hancock that ended operations here in 2009. His move to Rindge and Peterborough and to the Sargent Center in 1995 followed twenty years in outdoor, educational and recreational work in Massachusetts and Wisconsin and affiliation with the Association for Experiential Education in Boulder, Colorado.
The programs and services provided by the Boston University Sargent Center have been appreciated by many, young and old, for several generations. They were important locally, but also for others from near, Boston and beyond. It was a sad day when these services ended here last year. Environmental and outdoor education services at SUNY Cortland are used by several thousand students each year so this is a fine opportunity for Rob and we wish him well in this next chapter in his career.
Rob chaired the Education Committee of the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce where scholarships and other excellent programs to connect students with area businesses are ongoing. He has been a founder and key member of the ConVal Community Scholarship Foundation Dollars for Scholars (CVCSF), a 2006 initiative that provides scholarships and mentoring to ConVal graduates who might otherwise not have postsecondary education opportunities. This week he helped select the six students in the ConVal High School Class of 2010 whose scholarship and mentoring awards will be announced soon.
John Vance, ConVal Community Scholarship Foundation.
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