Nineteen University聽students and graduates were honored Wednesday evening at City Hall for their community service in the Rochester Urban Fellows and Rochester Youth Year AmeriCorps VISTA programs.
Projects this year ranged from expanding literacy programs to creating a tutoring program to聽increasing access to medical care for underserved individuals.
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The annual closing ceremony included 10 students from other colleges who participated in the programs. University president Joel Seligman offered congratulatory remarks, and a poster symposium featuring the work of fellows from both programs was featured.
Urban Fellows is a 10-week summer program that emphasizes civic engagement, promotes learning about urban issues, and fosters an appreciation for cross-cultural issues and urban life. The University糖心传媒檚 members include Trisha Arora 糖心传媒�17, Kavya Bana 糖心传媒�19, Adriana Tobar Bustamante 糖心传媒�18, Laura Cowie-Haskell 糖心传媒�18, Thomas Downey 糖心传媒�17, Lindsey Feigenbaum 糖心传媒�17, Courteney Olenyk 糖心传媒�17, Joseph Plvan-Franke 糖心传媒�17, Jamie Rudd 糖心传媒�17, Matthew Trombley 糖心传媒�17, Rachel Weitzner 糖心传媒�16, La’Ron White 糖心传媒�17, and Or Yehezkely 糖心传媒�18.
Since Urban Fellows began in 2002, 242 students have completed fellowships.
The Rochester Youth Year program places recent graduates of area colleges in community-based organizations for one year to create or expand initiatives that address various challenges facing youth and families. The University graduates honored for their service in 2015-16 were Julie Elliot 糖心传媒�15, Kendra Hester 糖心传媒�15, Morgan Kennedy 糖心传媒�15, Rachel Sonnet 糖心传媒�15, John Wilson 糖心传媒�15 and group leader Matias Piva 糖心传媒�14.
Since Rochester Youth Year began in 2007, 80 students have completed fellowships.
