VSCPA Educational Foundation Awards More Than $30,000 in College Scholarships
The VSCPA Educational Foundation recently selected its college scholarship recipients for the 2008–2009 academic year. The VSCPA Educational Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting business and accounting education, rewarding academic excellence and encouraging students to pursue promising careers.
This year, the VSCPA Educational Foundation awarded $32,500 to 19 accounting college students across Virginia. Awards were given in several scholarship categories, including undergraduate, minority and graduate. The Foundation also offered four $2,500 named scholarships, three of which were new this year. Joining the Goodman & Company Annual Scholarship are the H. Burton Bates Jr. Annual Scholarship, Thomas M. Berry Jr. Annual Scholarship and Yount, Hyde & Barbour Annual Scholarship. Applicants must be enrolled at a Virginia college or university, demonstrate academic excellence and be pursuing a career in accounting.
To qualify for a VSCPA Educational Foundation undergraduate or minority undergraduate scholarship, recipients must complete a minimum of three credit hours of accounting course work, be enrolled in three additional accounting credit hours and have an accounting GPA of 3.0. Graduate scholarship applicants must be currently enrolled or have been accepted in a graduate accounting program at a Virginia college or university. Other selection criteria for the awards include overall academic performance, entry essay, faculty recommendation(s) and community and/or extracurricular activities.
The 2008 scholarship recipients are:
Minority:
- Tamara Johnson of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Marian Millikan of Midlothian, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Shenelle Rogers of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University
Undergraduate:
- Lydia Chester of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech
- Travis Hawley of Radford, Radford University
- Donald Holzinger of Lake Mary, Fla., College of William & Mary
- Edward Lynch of Arlington, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Lydia Nilsen of Moyock, N.J., Lynchburg College
- Mary Parker of Chesapeake, Old Dominion University
- Deanna Sentman of Christiansburg, Radford University
Graduate:
- Michelle Kutcher of Freedom, Pa., University of Virginia
- Karl Menk of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Scott Pober of Fanwood, N.J., James Madison University
- Kelly Rainey of Ashland, University of Richmond
- Lacey Viar of Evington, James Madison University
Goodman & Company:
- Will Demere of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech
H. Burton Bates Jr.:
- Steven Freshour of Arlington, George Mason University
Thomas M. Berry Jr.:
- Nicole Harris of Glen Allen, James Madison University
Yount, Hyde & Barbour:
- Jennifer Clifton of Charlottesville , University of Virginia
The Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) Educational Foundation is the premier nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting business and accounting education, rewarding academic excellence and encouraging students to pursue promising careers. For more information on the VSCPA Educational Foundation, its scholarship and award programs or to make a tax-deductible donation, visit www.vscpafoundation.com, e-mail info@vscpafoundation.com or call (800) 733-8272.
The Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) is the leading professional association dedicated to enhancing the success of CPAs. Founded in 1909, the VSCPA has approximately 8,300 members who work in public accounting, industry, government and education. For more information, please visit the Press Room on the VSCPA Web site at www.vscpa.com, e-mail vscpa@vscpa.com or call (800) 733-8272. To search for a CPA in your geographic region, visit www.financialfitness.org and click on “Find a CPA."
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