The 2023 Hope Scholar Award Ceremony is at 5:30PM Tuesday, April 11 at the the Irondequoit Conference Center at I-Square in Irondequoit, NY.
We’ll be welcoming these students into the ranks of Tom Hope Scholars:
- Jenna Blakeslee — Monroe Community College
- Caleb Cohn-Blank — University of Rochester
- Olivia Fullerton — Finger Lakes Community College
- Jason Kagan — SUNY Geneseo
- Quamae Newsome — Rochester Institute of Technology
- Amanda Spencer — Roberts Wesleyan University
- Mitch Steedman — St. John Fisher University
As a special treat this year, 2022 Hope Scholar Rocio Ruiz will be our keynote speaker. She’ll tell us about her growth experiences in producing her grant-supported podcast series, 32/23: Remembering Kelsey and Matthew, which will debut soon on Spotify.
You can view her trailer, which was produced by 2020 Tom Hope Scholar Maddie Robbins, at https://youtu.be/tmV98RluVA0