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Yale, New Haven honor those strengthening town-gown ties with Seton Elm-Ivy Awards

April 27, 2017

2017 Seton Elm-Ivy Award recipients

Yale President Peter Salovey and Board of Alders President Tyisha Walker presented the awards.
Photo by Michael Marsland

Seton Elm-Ivy Awards are presented each spring to individuals and groups from Yale and New Haven who have helped to strengthen and expand town-gown ties — with Elm Awards going to those from the city and Ivy Awards to those from the university.

This year, three individuals from New Haven received Elm Awards, three individuals and one graduate student group from Yale received Ivy Awards, and one organization received both Elm and Ivy awards because its members hail from both the university and the city.

The Seton Elm-Ivy Awards were established in 1979 through the inspiration and support of Fenmore (Class of 1938) and Phyllis Seton, who established an endowment at the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven to support the awards ceremony. The first Elm and Ivy Awardees were named in 1980. A list of previous recipients and other information about the awards can be viewed at www.onhsa.yale.edu/elmivy .

“Today we are honoring the strong relationship between Yale and New Haven that has been established over many years through deep collaboration and partnership,” said Lauren Zucker, Yale’s associate vice president for New Haven Affairs, in her opening remarks at the ceremony. “And as a result, today, New Haven and Yale stand-out for the size, duration and success of that partnership, including the most supportive fiscal relationship — and a longstanding community investment program by Yale. … This year’s awardees exemplify that partnership between New Haven and Yale University. The results build a healthier and safer community, foster economic development and local job creation, and inspire and educate our youth.”

This year’s winners were honored at a ceremony held April 19 in the Presidents Room at the Schwarzman Center. Yale President Peter Salovey and Board of Alders President Tyisha Walker presented the awards.

Submitted by Rachel Horsting on April 27, 2017

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Carla Horwitz, Ivy Award

If you work in the field of early childhood education, Carla Horwitz’s name is certainly one with which you are familiar. A critical leader in the field for over 40 years, much of it as Director of the Calvin Hill Daycare Center, a model educational preschool program, that provides high quality, developmentally informed, affordable child care and education for the children of Yale and New Haven families. She is also a beloved teacher to countless generations of Yale students, Carla has made an enormous contribution to Yale and New Haven and her name should be ubiquitous beyond her field of expertise.

During her tenure at Calvin Hill, Carla focused on bringing the Yale and New Haven communities together in many ways, including in the classroom. She implemented practicum placements, where Yale students learned the joy of working with children (in addition to skills and knowledge about early childhood education). The children benefited from interacting with a diverse group of committed students who brought new ideas and energy to the classroom. Many of these Yale students have then gone on to other posts in New Haven, bringing the knowledge they gained at Calvin Hill to the broader community.

In the spirit of always embracing the community, Carla has organized numerous visits and fellowships for early childhood educators. These programs have inspired and fueled generations of advocates and educators working for quality childcare in New Haven and beyond.

In recognition of her influence on the spectrum of child care and education programs in New Haven by bringing together Yale resources and a passion and commitment to early education, President Salovey and Board of Alders President Tyisha Walker present Carla Horwitz with an Ivy Award.

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