10 Under 10 Alumni Award Recipient | Meredith Busman ’14

After graduating from Hope College in 2014 with a degree in biology, Meredith Busman continued her education at Wayne State University. She received her Doctor of Medicine in 2018 and then took the role of an emergency physician at Corewell Health. Additionally, Meredith is a sub-elite marathoner, having completed several marathons across the globe. Meredith …

10 Under 10 Alumni Award Recipient | Emily Armbruster ’13

After graduating from Hope College in 2013 with degrees in biology and chemistry, Emily Armbruster pursued a Ph.D. at the University of Missouri. While she was there, Emily researched the structure and dynamics of the 70S E. coli ribosome using single molecule biophysical techniques. From 2017–2019 she was a recipient of a Go! Fellowship with …

10 Under 10 Alumni Award Recipient | Megan Altieri ’13

After graduating from Hope College in 2013 with a degree in art, Megan Altieri became an art educator at Wellspring Preparatory High School in Grand Rapids. Additionally, in 2020, Megan started her own small business, Sonder Articles. Megan is very involved in the West Michigan community and has given an Artist Talk at Grand Valley …

Savannah Warner ’24 | Early Elementary and Early Childhood Education Major

Savannah Warner has guardian angels, but they are made of real flesh and bone. “I don’t know how to put it into words,” said the senior from Ann Arbor. “People who are kind enough to provide my scholarships are my guardian angels. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for them.” Not only wouldn’t she …

Caden Brainard ’25 | Mechanical Engineering Major

Being a student-athlete and a mechanical engineering major has been much tougher than Caden Brainard thought, but he wouldn’t want to be at any other school than Hope College. An endowed scholarship is one of the biggest reasons the junior from Muskegon is at Hope. “I thought I wasn’t going to come to Hope because …

Quinn Kennedy ’24 | Political Science and English Major

Quinn Kennedy thought he might have to take a gap year before returning to campus his senior year so he could earn enough money to pay for tuition. Hope endowed scholarships saved the day. “I was in disbelief. I didn’t think it was real,” said Quinn, describing what it was like when he opened the …

Nay Say ’26 | Sociology and Business

Nay Say’s endowed scholarship means she can attend Hope College and become a social worker, a career inspired by her personal experience living in a refugee camp. “I want to help refugee families,” said Nay, who is originally from Myanmar. “My family emigrated to the U.S. through a church sponsorship program in 2013. I was …

Jake Peterson ’24 | Psychology and Computer Science Major

Jake Peterson would not have been able to pursue his passion as a student-athlete if he had not received an endowed scholarship from Hope College. “I had the ability to fully commit to the swim team and my majors,” said Jake, who is captain of Hope’s swim team and a dual psychology and computer science …

Celebrating Shared Beginnings | Like Coming Home

For twenty-four people who visited Tunnel Park on August 26, 2023, driving by that spot again will never be the same. Those twenty-four stepped out of their cars, and back fifty years into friendships that had begun on Move-in Day at Hope College, in 1973! While Graduation Day is a celebration of the end of …

Introducing the 10 Under 10 Alumni Award Recipients for 2023

I think my colleagues in Alumni Engagement are going to get sick of me saying: “This is such a great group of 10 Under 10 recipients!” You’d think we’d have hit a dud year by now. We haven’t. When the 10 Under 10 Award Program began in 2018, I already had a vague understanding of …