2023 Hope Scholar Awards

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