Award Presentation Returns to an In-Person Format; 645 Students in Grades 6-12 Recognized
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. – SUNY Orange announces that a total of 645 students in grades 6-12 attending Orange County high schools will receive 2024 Sojourner Truth Awards on:
Friday, March 8 at 6 p.m. in the Physical Education Center.
The College’s Sojourner Truth Awards Program honors students who have been nominated by school guidance counselors and principals for having demonstrated excellence in areas such as athletics, citizenship, creative arts, diversity, English language arts, foreign languages, perseverance/effort, sciences, and technology. In place for 34 years, the program aims to promote education in a positive manner and to motivate students to consider college as a viable and attainable goal.
Hailed as one of the most distinguished and highly regarded women of the 19th Century, Sojourner Truth, for whom the program is named, lived in the mid-Hudson Valley after escaping slavery. Born around 1797 in Hurley, N.Y., she was named Isabella Bomefree (later spelled Baumfree). Until about ten years old, she spoke low Dutch and never learned to read or write. She was sold four times before being given her freedom in 1828, along with her daughter. In 1843, she changed her name to Sojourner Truth to reflect a literal tie to her mission of traveling to show people their sins and tell them what is true. Truth is one of the most effective and powerful speech-makers of her time.
In addition to recognition as a 2024 Sojourner Truth Award winner, four students will be selected to receive a $2,500 SUNY Orange Foundation Sojourner Truth Awards Scholarship to study at SUNY Orange.
To learn more about this program, visit SUNY Orange’s Sojourner Truth website at www.sunyorange.edu/stap or call the Office of Student Services at (845) 341-400.
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