Gamma Iota Boule awards $11,000 scholarships for excellence
This year's ceremony embodied the theme 'Cultivating and Celebrating Excellence' — recognizing young, outstanding scholars in the community.
News 8's Theresa Marsenburg was a presenter at the event again this year as students in the Rochester community were awarded scholarships totaling $11,000 contributed by local businesses, foundations and donors.
'This is a community interested in growing and improving a part of our vision is to make Rochester an outstanding place to live and this is one of the steps we take to make that vision a reality,' Gamma Iota Boule Foundation Chairman Matthew Augustine said.
Dr. Frederick Jefferson Jr. received the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. At 90, Dr. Jefferson just retired from the University of Rochester in December.
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