{"id":16400,"date":"2024-04-12T10:30:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T14:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=16400"},"modified":"2024-04-12T12:37:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T16:37:01","slug":"elizabethtown-college-celebrates-educate-for-service-service-to-humanity-award-recipient-at-annual-ware-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/elizabethtown-college-celebrates-educate-for-service-service-to-humanity-award-recipient-at-annual-ware-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Celebrates Educate For Service – Service To Humanity Award Recipient at Annual Ware Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College honored the 2023-24 Educate for Service \u2013 Service To Humanity Award recipient, Jess Hayden ’78 at the institution\u2019s annual Ware Lecture on April 11.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hayden was presented with the award, which is among the most distinguished given to alumni of the College who demonstrate a commitment to the institution\u2019s motto, Educate for Service, to open the event in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. An Education major while at Etown, Hayden was also recognized in a <\/span>celebratory video.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cJess\u2019s impact on the community is profound and inspiring,\u201d Elizabethtown College President Betty Rider said. \u201cShe has carried our Educate for Service motto with her throughout a successful career as an educator and non-profit leader, serving as an extraordinary example of our Blue Jays using their Elizabethtown College education in the service of others.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hayden is the former Executive Director of the Susquehanna Folk Music Society (SFMS) where she led the organization for over 20 years before retiring in 2021. During her tenure, she established the Susquehanna Folk Festival, a summer celebration of the arts known locally, nationally, and internationally. Hayden grew the SFMS to more than triple its size and expanded it from its roots in Harrisburg by adding events in York and Lancaster Counties through key partnerships with York County Libraries and The Ware Center.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat permeated from my time at Elizabethtown College, especially in the Education Department, was the sense that now is our time to develop our skills, develop our abilities, and then to go out into the public and do something really worthwhile,\u201d Hayden explained. \u201cAnd so that\u2019s what I\u2019ve thought about my whole career, whether as a teacher or Executive Director of the Susquehanna Folk Music Society, is, \u2018How can I use my education to make a mark in the community?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hayden earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in education from Elizabethtown College and a master\u2019s degree from Penn State Harrisburg. She taught in the West Shore School District for 11 years and was an active SFMS volunteer and board member before becoming the Society\u2019s Executive Director.<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented annually since 1966, the Educate for Service awards recognize alumni who exemplify the foundation of the Elizabethtown College spirit and legacy of education. The awards are categorized in three unique areas which include, Service Through Professional Achievement; Service to Humanity; and Service to the College. <\/span>Learn more about Elizabethtown College\u2019s Educate For Service Awards.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College honored the 2023-24 Educate for Service \u2013 Service To Humanity Award recipient, Jess Hayden ’78 at the institution\u2019s annual Ware Lecture on April 11.\u00a0 Hayden was presented with the award, which is among the most distinguished given to alumni of the College who demonstrate a commitment to the institution\u2019s motto, Educate for Service, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":16411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,774,775],"tags":[309,197,1350,2233,2232],"class_list":["post-16400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-arts-and-culture","category-campus","tag-educate-for-service","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","tag-susquehanna-folk-festival","tag-susquehanna-folk-music-society","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16401,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16400\/revisions\/16401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}