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.
Marion Senior High School Memorial Scholarship Fund for Music, Art, the Performing Arts, and Education
Typical Grant $500
Fund provides undergraduate higher education scholarships to gifted Marion Senior High School graduates based on their potential to develop an existing talent in music, art, the performing arts, and their desire to enhance that ability. Education majors will be considered on their potential to develop skills in the field of teaching or research and their desire to enhance that ability.
- Be a graduating senior from Marion Senior High School.
- Enroll full-time in an accredited two- or four-year college or university.
- Pursue a degree in music, art, the performing arts, or education.
- Have a minimum GPA of 2.5.
- Demonstrate the capacity to complete college-level studies.
- Show evidence of usage of the applicant’s music, art and/or performing arts abilities.
- Demonstrate financial need.
- ESSAY TOPIC: Explain how this grant will help you achieve your goals in music, art, performing arts, and/or education.
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 scholarship application.
- 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.