Through their work with the Big Red Buddies program, Alexa Plancher ’24 and Angelina Tang ’24 hoped to fill a need they saw in their shared community.
“Ithaca is a beautiful place filled with lovely people, and we as college students should take the opportunity to recognize and support that,” Tang said.
Plancher and Tang, who are co-presidents of the student-led Big Red Buddies and volunteer with other health and education community groups around Ithaca, received the 2024 University Relations Campus Community Leadership Award during a virtual ceremony May 16 while their parents, siblings and mentors watched via Zoom. Each year, University Relations recognizes one or more graduating senior for engagement with and service to the greater Ithaca area.
Big Red Buddies is a student-run program of the Einhorn Center.
