The scholarship deadline is Friday, January 13, 2023.
Margaret Jones Irvin Scholarship Fund
Typical Grant $1,000
Fund provides higher education scholarship assistance to students pursuing an undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral degree.
- Be a Virginia resident.
- Enroll full-time in an accredited two- or four-year college or university.
Walter M. Otey, III Scholarship Fund
Typical Grant $2,000
Fund provides scholarships to talented and needy young men and women to obtain a college education. The Fund perpetuates Mr. Otey’s interest in Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Roanoke College’s Programs and Virginia Western Community College’s Nursing Program.
• Be a Virginia Resident.
• Be a graduating high school senior.
• Have a minimum high school GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
• Enroll on a full-time basis at one of the following accredited colleges/universities: Roanoke College, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech), or the Nursing Program at Virginia Western Community College.
• Demonstrate financial need.
• ESSAY TOPIC: (CHOOSE ONE) What are your reasons for seeking a college education and why are scholarship funds important? Why is it important for young people to volunteer their time helping others in the community? What are the two most serious challenges facing young people today and how would you address these challenges? (Maximum of three typed pages.)
Frances Parker Rupert Memorial Fund for Music and the Performing Arts
Typical Grant $2,500
Fund provides college scholarships to gifted students. Applicants will be considered based on their potential to develop an existing talent in music and/or the performing arts and their desire to enhance that ability. Evidence of usage of the applicant’s music and/or performing arts abilities and financial need will also be considered.
- Be a graduating senior from a high school in Alleghany County, Bath County, Covington, or Clifton Forge.
- Enroll full-time in an accredited two- or four-year college or university.
- Pursue a degree in music or the performing arts.
- ESSAY TOPIC: Explain how the grant will help you achieve your goals in music and/or the performing arts. (Maximum two double-spaced pages.)
Frank D. “Bo” Shrader Memorial Scholarship Fund
Typical Grant $850
Fund provides scholarships to deserving students for attendance and participation in vocational or mechanical education and training.
- Be a graduating senior from Bath County High School or a Bath County High School graduate living in Bath Co.
- Attend a program, college, or technical school in the vocational arts and desire to return to Bath County upon completion of those studies.
Eddie Simpson Scholarship Fund
Typical Grant $1,500
Fund provides higher education scholarship assistance to very deserving young men and women pursuing an undergraduate degree.
- Be a graduating senior from a high school in the Foundation’s service area.
- Enroll full-time in a two- or four-year college or university.
- Demonstrate the ability to successfully complete a college-level curriculum.
- Demonstrate financial need.
Joyce and Shad Solomon Family Scholarship Fund
Typical Grant $1,000
Fund provides higher education scholarship assistance to graduating seniors.
- Be a graduating senior from Bath County High School.
- Enroll in an accredited two- or four-year college or university in any field of study.
- Academic achievement, financial need, and participation in team sports will be considered.
John and Sue Trimble Family Scholarship Fund
Typical Grant $6,400
Fund provides higher education scholarship assistance to graduating seniors.
- Be a graduating senior from Bath County High School.
- Enroll full-time in a two- or four-year career or technical school, college, or university,
- Demonstrate the capacity to satisfactorily complete college-level studies.
Kenneth D. Twitchell Memorial Scholarship Fund
Typical Grant $2,500
Fund provides educational scholarships and charitable financial aid.
- Be a child of an employee of Branch Builds, Inc.
- The parent of the applicant must have worked full-time for the company for at least one year as of the date of the application for a scholarship.
- Demonstrate financial need.
NOTE: Family members of Kenneth Twitchell or of the company founders or executives are not eligible.
Dianne E. H. Wilcox Scholarship Fund
Typical Grant $1,000
Fund provides higher education scholarship assistance to students pursuing an undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral degree.
- Be a Virginia resident.
- Enroll full-time in an accredited two- or four-year college or university.
The scholarship deadline is Friday, January 13, 2023.
NOTE: The scholarship application will open the first week of November – please check back then.