Ithaca College

Ithaca College students were awarded 6 of 22 scholarships given by the New York Women in Communications Foundation. 

This year's Ithaca College recipients are: Laura Amato, CMD '18; Katie Baldwin, TVR '18; Anna Gardner, Film, Photography, Visual Arts and Art History '19; Alison Hartley, CMD '18; Allison Latini, IMC '17; and Gabrielle Reese, IMC '17.  

These students will be recognized at the annual Matrix Awards—the communications industry event of the year, to be held on April 25, 2016 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City with more than 1,000 people from the industry expected to attend. 

They will have the rare opportunity to be recognized with a select group of peers during the notable event, which will be emceed by Andy Cohen and will feature Matrix Award winners and presenters including Lena Dunham, Gloria Steinem, Katie Couric, Liz Kaplow, Bonnie Hammer and Nancy Dubuc, to name a few.

“We are ecstatic to welcome these remarkable young women into our New York Women in Communications family,” said Linda Descano, President, New York Women in Communications Foundation. “Their accomplishments and determination to succeed is commendable and they are already well on their way to becoming the next generation of female leaders.”

The New York Women in Communications Foundation is the largest foundation for communications scholarships for women in the country, with denominations of monetary scholarships in total of more than $100,000. Since the Foundation’s formal establishment in 2000, it has issued close to $1.5 million in scholarship support. Scholarships are awarded annually based on academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, participation in school and community-service activities, honors and other awards or recognition, work experience, statement of goals and aspirations.