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ROANOKE – The Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation announces that it awarded $231,191 in general scholarships to 152 students attending the spring 2024 semester at Virginia Western Community College. The recipients were honored April 24 at the Educational Foundation’s annual Scholarship and Awards Reception.
The event included a showing of “Work and School: Finding the Delicate Balance,” a short video that profiles five recent Educational Foundation scholarship recipients. Watch it at www.virginiawestern.edu/foundation.
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.
| Recipient | Spring 2024 Award(s) |
| Kaylana Alston | Barbara McKinney Watts Endowed Scholarship |
| Evelin Argueta | Connie Stephens May Scholarship |
| Yasir Babiker | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Erica Bain | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Vladimir Barrera Medina | Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Amanda Bayer | Brown & Sons Farm Annual Scholarship |
| Brie Beddingfield | The Neall Family Charitable Foundation Scholarship |
| Caleb Bennington | Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Otoniel Bobe Cummings | Educational Foundation General Scholarship & Prabhat Jain Engineering/Technical Scholarship (Virginia Transformer Corporation) |
| Jonathan Brewer | Trane Endowed 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 |
| Olivia Campbell | J.K. and Donna Speas Annual Scholarship |
| Teresa Carroll | Garnett E. and Patsy T. Smith Endowed Scholarship |
| Bailey Cassell | LewisGale Medical Center Endowed Scholarship & Barbara McKinney Watts Endowed Scholarship |
| Lena Chandler | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Lydia Christopher | Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Lesley Clarke | Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel Payne Endowed Scholarship |
| Alexis Cook | J. David and Mary Ann Wine Endowed Scholarship |
| Jennifer Correa | Michael E. Warner Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Jocelyn Correa | Linda French Cecil Memorial Scholarship & Walter Darnall Vinyard Endowed Scholarship |
| Levi Crouch | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Colby Cummings | LewisGale Medical Center Endowed Scholarship |
| Haley Cuthrell | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Kiera Davidson | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Kaitlyn Deeter | Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation Endowed Scholarship |
| Kerrianne Desai | SunTrust Community Service Endowed Scholarship |
| Tiffany Dodson | Employee Giving Annual Scholarship |
| Grace Eakin | Gerry Montgomery Meador Endowed Scholarship |
| Chloe Eckard | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Cheyanna Eller | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Autumn Engle | The Louise R. Lester Foundation Annual Scholarship |
| Andrew Estep | Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Ashley Fant | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Seth Fletcher | Al Pollard Memorial Foundation Scholarship for the Culinary Arts |
| Laura Fryzel | Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Bethany Fulp | Second Chance Annual Scholarship |
| William Fuqua | Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual 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 |
| Lorien Griffith | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Conner Gump | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Raychel Hahn | Dennis L. & Hazel Phillips Blalock Memorial Endowed Scholarship |
| Ella Hambrick | Fred Whitaker Company Annual Scholarship |
| Allen Harris | Construction Management Certificate Program Scholarship |
| Andrew Harshbarger | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Stephanie Henson | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Alicia Hibbs | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Latrice Hilton | Virginia Western BIPOC Annual Scholarship |
| Cara Hodge | Walter Darnall Vinyard Endowed Scholarship |
| Sean Hoey | Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Misty Irby | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Taylor Janney | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Bryce Johnson | Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Chanell Johnson | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Shamicka Joseph | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Rose Joy | John Morris Roslyn Educational Scholarship |
| Daniel Juilfs | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship & Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| David Kasperski | John Morris Roslyn Educational Scholarship |
| Jada Keene | Alice Becker Hinchcliffe Williams Endowed Scholarship |
| Audrey Keister | Employee Family Scholarship & Prabhat Jain Engineering/Technical Scholarship (Virginia Transformer Corporation) |
| Ashley Kendall | Educational Foundation General Scholarship |
| Haley Killian | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Nathan Kinzie | Walter Darnall Vinyard Endowed Scholarship |
| Karen Klink | Beverly Day Williamson, Jr. Endowed Scholarship |
| Sofia Kouser | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Lizaveta Kraslavska | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Andrew Kroese | Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Christopher Kunc | Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Aerowyn LaComa | Down Syndrome Association of Roanoke Annual Scholarship & Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Levi Lam | Stanard and Betty Lanford Endowed Scholarship |
| Sean Laughlin | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| David Le | Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Ellen Lee | J. David and Mary Ann Wine Endowed Scholarship |
| Katherine Lee | Educational Foundation General Scholarship |
| Nicolas Leon Guzman | Foot Levelers Endowed Scholarship |
| Jaiden Lige | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Jarod Lim | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Callie Link | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Hayley Linke | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Robert Linsenman | Accounting Annual Scholarship for Adult Learners |
| Ezekiel Luebeck | Fred Whitaker Company Annual Scholarship |
| Shemara Mack | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Abina Magar | Educational Foundation Textbook 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 |
| Joseph Manello | Bridging the Gap Endowed Scholarship |
| Shawn Mantey | Elisabeth “Liz” Reed Carter Educational Annual Scholarship |
| Hannah Martin | Al Pollard Memorial Scholarship for the Culinary Arts |
| Sadie McAllister | Alice Becker Hinchcliffe Williams Endowed Scholarship & Delta Dental Annual Scholarship for Dental Hygiene |
| Kathryn McConchie Carter | Martha and William Adams Trust Scholarship |
| Alexis McGuire | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Melanie Meador | Second Chance Annual Scholarship |
| Mishawn Merchant | The Charlotte Woolwine Scholarship for Sole Caregivers of Minor Dependents |
| Emily Mize | J. David and Mary Ann Wine Endowed Scholarship |
| Deepak Monger | Martha and William Adams Trust Scholarship |
| Nouzar Moniriarani | Beverly and Leon Harris Teaching and Nursing Annual Scholarship |
| Daniel Murphy | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Max Myers | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Rahimullah Nazari | Stanard and Betty Lanford Endowed Scholarship |
| Robert Nejad | LewisGale Medical Center Endowed Scholarship |
| Aayusha Neupane | Martha and William Adams Trust Scholarship |
| Nargis Noorzad | Martha and William Adams Trust Scholarship |
| Jenna Nunn | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Evan Odson | Martha and William Adams Trust Scholarship |
| Kevin Oliver | Michael E. Warner Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| McKayla Panza | Martha and William Adams Trust Scholarship |
| Krish Patel | Dr. J. Andrew Archer Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Nathan Patrick | The Louise R. Lester Foundation Annual Scholarship |
| Sierra Peters | Mabeline Walker Williams & John E. Williams, Sr. Memorial Annual Healthcare Scholarship |
| Benson Pietrzyk | Virginia Western to Virginia Tech Start Up Scholarship |
| Ariana Pineda | Martha and William Adams Trust Scholarship |
| Kaitlyn Pressley | Business, Technology & Trades Annual Scholarship in honor of Deborah A. Yancey |
| William Pugh | Fred Whitaker Company Annual Scholarship |
| Hannah Puskar | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Negina Rasoli | Refugee and Immigrant Scholarship & Michael Smith Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship |
| Sheila Rigney | Roanoke Master Gardener Association Annual Scholarship at Virginia Western |
| Christopher Robertson | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Irish Roessel | Michael E. Warner Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Adriana Sanchez-Popoca | Dr. J. Andrew Archer Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Anderson Schemm | Gordon C. and Jean Willis Memorial Endowed Scholarship |
| Enaas Shawkat | Pearman Annual 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 |
| Haden Smith | Prabhat Jain Engineering/Technical Scholarship (Virginia Transformer Corporation) |
| Harrison Smith | Appalachian Power Endowed Scholarship & ITT Exelis Endowed Scholarship |
| Alexis Spradlin | American Sign Language Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Laura Knight Schowe |
| Marissa Stover | Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Kaile Surrell | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship & The Elizabeth and Harry Sellers Annual Scholarship |
| Chandler Sutphin | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Lisa Szczesniak | Al Pollard Memorial Foundation Scholarship for the Culinary Arts |
| Nickole Toler | African-American Railroad Heritage Annual Scholarship & Continental Societies Endowed Scholarship |
| Sara Trent | The Charlotte Woolwine Scholarship for Sole Caregivers of Minor Dependents |
| Justin Underwood | Hal & Lorraine Jones Memorial Annual Scholarship |
| Hailey Vanover | Educational Foundation General Scholarship |
| Gracie Walker | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Kiana Watt | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Connor Weeks | Beverly Day Williamson, Jr. Endowed Scholarship |
| Devonte Wiley | Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship |
| Katelyn Wissinger | Beverly Day Williamson, Jr. Endowed Scholarship |
| Briana Wood | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| Jennifer Wood | Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship |
| David Yemey | Nicholas E. Janney Memorial Endowed Scholarship |
| Whitney Young | Martha and William Adams Trust Scholarship |
| Zhou Zhuang | Martha and William Adams Trust Scholarship |
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