10 Under 10

Ten Who Are Making a Difference

Travel the Internet with the terms “millennial” and “stereotype” as your guide, and the message becomes pretty clear: The cohort born between 1980 and 2003 is perceived as entitled, lazy and high maintenance.

To get to know the Hope grads celebrated through the “10 Under 10 Awards” program is to learn otherwise. They are engaged, hard-working and thoroughly committed to service beyond self.

And it’s not that the college is hard-pressed to find recipients for the awards, people who are:

• emerging leaders making significant contributions by living out their calling;
• engaged in the local or global community through professional and/or volunteer involvement; and
• serving as an outstanding young role model for current and future students and alumni by showcasing the attributes of a graduate anchored in Hope.

In fact, the Alumni Association Board of Directors began the “10 Under 10” program last year because there were so many young grads leading (as per Hope’s mission) “lives of leadership and service in a global society” that honoring just one or two or even three annually wasn’t enough.

Recognized during the college’s Oct. 11-13 One Big Weekend: Homecoming and Family Weekend, this year’s award recipients spent time on campus with faculty and students participating in a panel discussion reflecting on their educational and professional journeys. Then they celebrated at CityFlats Hotel at the 10 Under 10 Soirée with family, friends and other members of the Hope community.