Shenandoah Valley Organic has established the $5,000 annual scholarship, which will provide funds for tuition, books and fees to one student per academic year pursuing an Associate Degree in Agriculture. The goal is to help boost the shrinking industry and draw a new generation of… Continue Reading Shenandoah Valley Organic creates scholarship to support agriculture studies Continue Reading Shenandoah Valley Organic creates scholarship to support agriculture studiesRead More

The Virginia Western Educational Foundation and the Virginia Western Alumni Association are calling for nominations for the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award.  The annual recipient or recipients will receive the award at a special Scholarship Awards Ceremony in the spring, and a plaque will be placed… Continue Reading Virginia Western 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Call for NominationsRead More

Virginia Western’s Community College Access Program (CCAP) is making college possible, tuition-free, this fall for 494 recent graduates of Roanoke Valley high schools. That number represents a 12 percent increase from the prior academic year’s enrollment. The number of first-year students alone jumped up 13… Continue Reading CCAP scholarship awards grow 12 percentRead More

The Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation announces that it awarded scholarships to 89 students attending the Fall Semester 2020 at Virginia Western Community College. Read more for complete list. Continue Reading Educational Foundation announces fall scholarship recipientsRead More

When spring classes at Virginia Western Community College were abruptly moved online last spring, many students found themselves unequipped to continue learning. Many didn’t have personal computers or internet service, and they didn’t have the finances to pay for these new necessities. That was the… Continue Reading Pandemic increases student emergency needs at Virginia WesternRead More

After a successful pilot year, the Virginia Western Community Educational Foundation expanded the Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship program, doubling the number of recipients for 2020-21. Twenty-six students were named to the 2020-21 Fralin Scholars cohort and will receive financial and academic resources to assist them… Continue Reading Virginia Western announces new cohort of Fralin Futures STEM-H scholarship recipientsRead More