The SUNY Empire State College Foundation has announced 14 recipients of the 2019 Adirondack Trust Co. Scholarship, totaling $24,900 in awards.
The scholarships aim to expand educational opportunities for students in the greater Capital Region.
This year’s recipients include a disaster recovery specialist, a graphic designer, an aspiring mental health professional, an aspiring counselor, two teachers and one aspiring teacher, a human resource specialist, a restaurant manager, an aspiring photographer and an aspiring museum curator.
Adirondack Trust established the scholarship to provide need-based aid to undergraduate or graduate students who reside in Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Montgomery, Saratoga, Washington, Fulton, Schoharie, Greene or Columbia counties. The endowment is currently valued at more than $530,000.
“Thanks to the generosity of The Adirondack Trust Company, so many SUNY Empire State College students have been able to complete their degrees and, in turn, realize their dreams and achieve their personal, professional and academic goals,” said SUNY Empire President Jim Malatras. “The Adirondack Trust scholarship is just one of so many ways the bank supports the community and I am very grateful for the bank’s long-standing and generous support of our students.”
“Like so many students who have come before them, this year’s Adirondack Trust Company Scholarship recipients inspire all of us at the bank by their hard work and determination to complete their SUNY Empire State College degree,” said Adirondack Trust Company Executive Vice President Charles V. Wait, Jr., a former member of the Empire State College Foundation board of directors. “Supporting neighbors seeking to better themselves, their families and the communities where we all live and work is a privilege and a pleasure for all of us at the Adirondack Trust Company. On behalf of the Bank, I offer best wishes for continued success as the students advance their education and complete their college degrees.”
The scholarship recipients are:
• Jordan Daley of Glens Falls, studying to complete her Master of Arts in teaching, concentrating in adolescence education.
• Angelo Amato of Cairo, studying to complete his Bachelor of Arts in multidisciplinary studies.
• Taylor Tobias of Halfmoon, studying to complete her Bachelor of Arts in cultural studies and her Master of Arts in teaching concentrating in adolescence education and English.
• Tara Michaels of Mechanicville, studying to complete her Associate of Arts in the arts.
• Brenna Brown of Delmar, , studying to complete her Associate of Arts in the arts.
• Terence Cumberbatch of East Greenbush, studying to complete his Bachelor of Science in human development.
• Deborah Ingles of Scotia, studying to complete her Bachelor of Science in business, management and economics.
• Tjesa Jacobs of Schenectady, studying to complete her Bachelor of Science in community and human services.
• Amanda Leaseburge of Hudson, studying to complete her Associate of Arts in the arts.
• Alexandra Mosquera of Albany, studying to complete her Bachelor of Arts in the arts.
• Lisa Smith of Gloversville, studying to complete her Master of Arts in teaching concentrating in adolescence education and English.
Three additional scholarship recipients wished to remain anonymous.
More information about scholarships through the Empire State College Foundation can be found at www.esc.edu/suny-empire-state-college-foundation/scholarships.
