On Tuesday he completed a huge milestone, competing in his first varsity level cross country race. I think he s a real inspiration for anyone out there with a disability, said his mom Bethany Golebiewski.
Hudson has autism, but that doesn t stop him.
The Union Endicott Junior has found a family in the Tiger s Cross Country team and the coaches that push him everyday. He s a heck of a kid and we couldn t be happier to have him on the team, said head coach Daniel Bertoni, He comes to practice, he does everything we ask, he s a leader.
Hudson began running daily at the start of the pandemic.
March 17, 2021
As a recent grad during the 2008 economic downturn, Hadassah Mativetsky ’07, MS ’12, worked as a server at a banquet hall in downtown Binghamton.
The Binghamton University Alumni Association held an event there during one of her shifts, and Mativetsky saw how the University honored distinguished graduates as well as young up-and-comers who were making a difference for their alma mater. The evening’s key messages and convivial atmosphere stoked her Binghamton pride which, it must be noted, was already pretty high.
“I’d be standing on the sidelines waiting to refill people’s water and watching the speeches,” she said. “I had a realization that alumni can be really engaged and have an impact on the University.”