The scholarship deadline is Friday, January 13, 2023.
The Alphin Family Scholarship Fund
Typical Grant $TBD
Fund provides higher education scholarship assistance to deserving young men and women pursuing an undergraduate degree. The Donor’s intent is to provide financial incentive and support to those students who are most worthy of help and who will make the best use of the scholarship funds in pursuing their educational goals.
- Be or have been a graduating senior from Rockbridge County High School.
- Enroll or be enrolled in an accredited two- or four-year college or university.
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.)
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.