ROANOKE – The Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation announced last week that it awarded $223,358 in general scholarships to 114 students attending the fall 2023 semester at Virginia Western Community College.
“Letter to My Future Self” is a seven-minute video that profiles nine recent Educational Foundation scholarship recipients. Watch it at https://www.virginiawestern.edu/foundation/letters/
For information on donating to or establishing a scholarship at Virginia Western, contact Philanthropy Director Amanda Mansfield at (540) 857-6962 or amansfield@virginiawestern.edu.
Fall 2023 Recipient | Scholarship Award(s) |
Chloe Eckard | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Ella Hambrick | Fred Whitaker Company Annual Scholarship |
Hannah Thompson | Developmental Math Scholarship & Sallie and Elsie Williamson Endowed Scholarship |
Brie Beddingfield | The Neall Family Charitable Foundation Scholarship |
Olivia Campbell | J.K. and Donna Speas Annual Scholarship |
Hollie Carter | George T. Wade Memorial Annual Scholarship |
Lena Chandler | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Kerrianne Desai | SunTrust Community Service Endowed Scholarship |
Seth Fletcher | Al Pollard Memorial Foundation Scholarship for the Culinary Arts |
Lorien Griffith | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Audrey Keister | Employee Family Scholarship & Prabhat Jain Engineering/Technical Scholarship (Virginia Transformer Corporation) |
Joseph Manello | Bridging the Gap Endowed Scholarship |
Kiana Watt | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
Jennifer Wood | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Grace Eakin | Gerry Montgomery Meador Endowed Scholarship |
Autumn Hutchison | Dr. Donna Harpold Memorial Annual Scholarship |
Sadie McAllister | Alice Becker Hinchcliffe Williams Endowed Scholarship & Delta Dental Annual Scholarship for Dental Hygiene |
Erica Bain | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Lisa Szczesniak | Al Pollard Memorial Foundation Scholarship for the Culinary Arts |
Amanda Bayer | Brown & Sons Farm Annual Scholarship |
Jade Bennett | Lorraine Pleasants Memorial Annual Scholarship |
Teresa Carroll | Garnett E. and Patsy T. Smith Endowed Scholarship |
Evan Carwile | Appalachian Power Endowed Scholarship |
Conner Gump | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Stephanie Henson | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Taylor Janney | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Nicolas Leon Guzman | Foot Levelers Endowed Scholarship |
Cameron Meredith | The BLUHF Project Annual Scholarship for Skilled Trades |
Jenna Nunn | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
Hayley Rea | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Jennifer Correa | Michael E. Warner Memorial Annual Scholarship |
Jocelyn Correa | Linda French Cecil Memorial Scholarship & Walter Darnall Vinyard Endowed Scholarship |
Allen Harris | Construction Management Certificate Program Scholarship |
Haley Killian | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Haley Cuthrell | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Kaylana Alston | Barbara McKinney Watts Endowed Scholarship |
Colby Cummings | LewisGale Medical Center Endowed Scholarship |
Ashley Fant | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Raychel Hahn | Dennis L. & Hazel Phillips Blalock Memorial Endowed Scholarship |
Cara Hodge | Walter Darnall Vinyard Endowed Scholarship |
Daniel Juilfs | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Nathan Kinzie | Walter Darnall Vinyard Endowed Scholarship |
Karen Klink | Beverly Day Williamson, Jr. Endowed Scholarship |
Levi Lam | Stanard and Betty Lanford Endowed Scholarship |
Ali Mahdinezhad | John Morris Roslyn Educational Scholarship |
Fatemeh Mahdinezhad | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Nicholas Maiolo | Fralin & Waldron, Inc. Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Craig E. Via |
Daniel Murphy | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Rahimullah Nazari | Stanard and Betty Lanford Endowed Scholarship |
Negina Rasoli | Refugee and Immigrant Scholarship & Michael Smith Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship |
Irish Roessel | Michael E. Warner Memorial Annual Scholarship |
Adriana Sanchez-Popoca | Dr. J. Andrew Archer Memorial Annual Scholarship |
Alexis Spradlin | American Sign Language Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Laura Knight Schowe |
Briana Wood | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
David Yemey | Nicholas E. Janney Memorial Endowed Scholarship |
Yasir Babiker | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Annabelle Brown | Laurens Sartoris Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship for Nursing Students & Peter and Roseta Skelly Endowed Scholarship |
Abigail Cairns | Dr. Elizabeth W. Payne Endowed Scholarship |
Bailey Cassell | Barbara McKinney Watts Endowed Scholarship & LewisGale Medical Center Endowed Scholarship |
Lesley Clarke | Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel Payne Endowed Scholarship |
Cheyanna Eller | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Autumn Engle | The Louise R. Lester Foundation Annual Scholarship |
Shellie Falls | The Neall Family Charitable Foundation Scholarship |
Jayden Glass | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Destinie Griffin | Beverly and Leon Harris Teaching and Nursing Annual Scholarship & Laurens Sartoris Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship for Nursing Students |
Andrew Harshbarger | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
Alicia Hibbs | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Misty Irby | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Lizaveta Kraslavska | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Aerowyn LaComa | Down Syndrome Association of Roanoke Annual Scholarship & Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
Jarod Lim | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Ezekiel Luebeck | Fred Whitaker Company Annual Scholarship |
Melanie Meador | Second Chance Annual Scholarship |
Mishawn Merchant | The Charlotte Woolwine Scholarship for Sole Caregivers of Minor Dependents |
Max Myers | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Robert Nejad | LewisGale Medical Center Endowed Scholarship |
Kevin Oliver | Michael E. Warner Memorial Annual Scholarship |
Nathan Patrick | The Louise R. Lester Foundation Annual Scholarship |
Courtney Perdue | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Kaitlyn Pressley | Business, Technology & Trades Annual Scholarship in honor of Deborah A. Yancey |
Gary Proctor | Valley Bank Endowed Scholarship |
William Pugh | Fred Whitaker Company Annual Scholarship |
Hannah Puskar | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Katherine Richards | Beverly Day Williamson, Jr. Endowed Scholarship |
Anderson Schemm | Gordon C. and Jean Willis Memorial Endowed Scholarship |
Emily Shockley | Rita Halsey David Radiography Endowed Scholarship |
Kelly Silva | Al Pollard Memorial Foundation Scholarship for the Culinary Arts |
Alicia Slawson | Beverly and Leon Harris Occupational/Technical Annual Scholarship |
Annie Stevens | Fred Whitaker Company Annual Scholarship & The William Bernard Alphin Annual Scholarship |
Kaile Surrell | The Elizabeth and Harry Sellers Annual Scholarship & Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
Nickole Toler | African-American Railroad Heritage Annual Scholarship & Continental Societies Endowed Scholarship |
Gracie Walker | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Katelyn Wissinger | Beverly Day Williamson, Jr. Endowed Scholarship |
Robert Linsenmen | Accounting Annual Scholarship for Adult Learners |
Brittany Hoover | Orrin Clifton Annual Scholarship |
Otoniel Bobe Cummings | Prabhat Jain Engineering/Technical Scholarship (Virginia Transformer Corporation) |
Sophia Graves | Al Pollard Memorial Foundation Scholarship for the Culinary Arts |
Alexis Hammersley | Deborah L. Petrine Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship |
Rose Joy | John Morris Roslyn Educational Scholarship |
Sean Laughlin | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Logan Milton | VFCCE Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship |
Krish Patel | Dr. J. Andrew Archer Memorial Annual Scholarship |
Anthony Pinkney | Employee Giving Annual Scholarship |
Nicholas Powers | Friendship Annual Scholarship |
Christopher Robertson | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
Haden Smith | Prabhat Jain Engineering/Technical Scholarship (Virginia Transformer Corporation) |
Harrison Smith | Appalachian Power Endowed Scholarship & ITT Exelis Endowed Scholarship |
Chandler Sutphin | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
Connor Weeks | Beverly Day Williamson, Jr. Endowed Scholarship |
Jada Keene | Alice Becker Hinchcliffe Williams Endowed Scholarship |
Hayley Linke | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
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