February Deadlines
February Deadlines
JMU Centennial Scholars Program
The Centennial Scholars Program (CSP) is a scholarship that provides financial assistance and a multi-level academic support network for Pell Grant eligible students. Students-take advantage of this opportunity. It has the potential to be life changing.
VBA Bank Day Scholarship Program
What is Bank Day?
The third Tuesday in March was declared Bank Day by the Virginia General Assembly in 1991. Through this program, high school seniors learn about banking, financial services, career opportunities within the banking industry and the vital role banks play in their communities. From their experience, the students are required to write essays on their experiences. Thirteen scholarships will be awarded on the basis of the essays.
First Bank and Trust Company will also be hosting students in person on March 19th , 2025 for an opportunity to learn more about our bank, the banking industry in Virginia, and how we support our community. This Bank Day gathering will be at our local branch at 150 Peppers Ferry Rd.
Christiansburg, VA 24068 . Lunch will also be provided to the students. More details about this gathering will be shared with students upon registration.
Students will also have access to a VBA-created Bank Day resource webpage during the month of March that houses relevant information that students will need to research in order to complete their essays for a chance to win college scholarships.
How much scholarship money is available?
A total of $28,500 will be awarded to twelve students across the Commonwealth.
· Six honorable mention winners, each winning a $1,000 scholarship.
· Six regional winners, each winning a $2,500 scholarship.
· One of the regional winners will be named the statewide runner-up winner, earning an extra $2,500 scholarship for a total of $5,000 in college scholarships.
· One of the regional winners will also be named the statewide winner, earning an extra $5,000 scholarship for a total of $7,500 in college scholarships.
How can your students participate? In order to participate, students must be currently enrolled as seniors in a Virginia high school with cumulative GPAs of 3.0 or higher. Interested students must register online by February 28th , 2025 through the VBA using the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/SgdDztqqxq.
VHSL Scholarship Opportunities
The Virginia High School League (VHSL), in partnership with its corporate sponsors, offers scholarships for college bound seniors. Through these scholarships, the VHSL is committed to supporting and investing in Virginia’s youth. Students must be nominated by their school.
For a description of the various scholarship opportunities visit:
https://www.vhsl.org/scholarships/
VHSL Achievement Award: Nineteen $1,500 scholarships are awarded each year honoring nineteen high school seniors representing all parts of the state with the VHSL Achievement Award, the highest honor given by the VHSL to students who have excelled in the classroom and in athletic and academic activities.
Savedge Scholarship Award: Each year the VHSL awards $500 to one college-bound senior who has participated and excelled in school publications (magazine, newsmagazine, newspaper and yearbook), and for at least two years has demonstrated outstanding personal qualities such as leadership, writing, proficiency, design aptitude, creativity, teamwork and character.
Vito Perriello Citizenship Award: Two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded during the school year, honoring student-participants who demonstrate outstanding traits of citizenship in their high school career. Only students graduating from a VHSL member school will be eligible for these awards. Each VHSL member school may nominate one student. Students must have previously participated in one or more VHSL activities which can include serving as an athletic training student aide (ATSA) with a Virginia licensed athletic trainer within that school to be eligible for the award.
If you would like to be considered as a nominee for one of these scholarships you must email Mr. Cox at chadcox@mcps.org by February 20.
FRIENDS of the Blue Ridge Founder Lynn Davis Scholarship
FRIENDS of the Blue Ridge recently created the FRIENDS Found Lynn Davis Scholarship to honor Lynn, the driving force behind FRIENDS. Each chapter will award 1 $2000 scholarship to an eligible student who is planning to pursue a degree/career in science, environmental or cultural studies.
To learn more about the scholarship, eligibility, and for the application visit: https://blueridgefriends.org/resources/
Blacksburg Community Band 2023 Founders Scholarship
The Blacksburg Community Band will again present the 2023 Founders Scholarship to a high school band student. This $500 scholarship is for either for college tuition, music lessons, or purchase or repair of their instrument.
More info to come.
DEADLINE: February 2024
Black American Engineering Scholarship
To apply to the Black American Engineering Scholarship, students must be:
– Black American
– Incoming college freshman/current high school senior, or a student transferring from a two-year program into a four-year program
– Eligible for Federal Pell Grant funding
– Able to show proven financial need
– A U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident
– In good academic standing
– Enrolling in an accredited, not-for-profit four-year institution
– Pursuing a degree in civil, electrical, mechanical, or chemical engineering, including any subfield of those disciplines
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Roanoke Chapter of Girl Friends Scholarship
The Roanoke Chapter of The Girl Friends, Inc. is part of a national organization of approximately 1500
professional women in forty-eight chapters across the United States. The mission of the organization is to
exhibit friendship through networking projects across America and to support community, cultural and
educational agendas. The Girl Friends, one of the oldest organizations of African American women in the
United States, was founded in 1927 in New York during the creative period of the Harlem Renaissance.
Attached is information on the three (3) scholarships that are being offered to high-achieving, African
American students from the following areas - Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Lynchburg, Roanoke City,
Roanoke County, Botetourt, and Salem. Below is a summary of each scholarship.
1. The Girl Friends Memorial Scholarship is to assist a student at a community college or a
four-year accredited institution. The $750.00 scholarship will assist a student with the cost of
tuition, books and/or other mandatory fees. The $750.00 Girl Friends Memorial application (fillable form)
should be completed online and emailed to thelmahaynesworth@gmail.com . The official transcript should be sent to:
Thelma T. Haynesworth at 6510 Fairway Forest Drive, Roanoke, VA 24018.
2. The $1000.00 Roanoke Chapter’s Girl Friends Scholarship is to assist a student who
plans to attend an accredited four (4) year college or university with the cost of tuition and/or
fees. The $1000.00 Roanoke Chapter of Girl Friends application (fillable form) should be completed
online and emailed to elegantdst17@gmail.com. The official transcript should be sent to Tanisha
Nash at 2844 Embassy Drive, Roanoke, VA 24019
DEADLINE: February 1, 2025