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November 2009 Foundation Newsletter
Foundation President Jerry Reynolds welcomed three new members to the SVCC Foundation Board of Directors during the October Annual Meeting. Joining the Board are Pat Bickel of Cumberland, Scott Neher of Warfield and Linda Shepperd of South Boston. [Click here to read the full newsletter.]
October 2009 Foundation Newsletter
Virginia Center for Onsite Wastewater Management. Don Alexander and Carrie Schmidt tour SVCC’s Virginia Center for Onsite Wastewater Management’s demonstration site at Pickett Park. Carrie is Rural Development’s Community Programs Director with the United... [Click here to read the full newsletter.]
September 2009 Foundation Newsletter
Mr. Reid Wrenn, retired President of Lawrenceville Brick, recently donated copies of his book, Brickmaking - Mudcakes to Skyscrapers to Southside Virginia Community College. After decades of leading Lawrenceville Brick, one of America’s outstanding brick manufacturers, Mr. Wrenn felt ... [Click here to read the full newsletter.]
August 2009 Foundation Newsletter
Pond Named SVCC Outstanding Alumnus. Douglas R. Pond, Mayor of Lawrenceville, is the recipient of the first Outstanding Alumnus Award given by the Southside Virginia Community College... [Click here to read the full newsletter.]
July 2009 Foundation Newsletter
Robert G. Patton Memorial Middle College Scholarship Announced. Robert Patton dropped out of high school to help support his family. He began by sweeping floors at a local grocery store in Galax, VA. He... [Click here to read the full newsletter.]
June 2009 Foundation Newsletter
The Second Annual SVCC Foundation Scholarship Golf Classic was held on June 3rd at the Lake Gaston Golf Club. Twenty-one teams competed in the captain’s choice event. [Click here to read the full newsletter.]
May 2009 Foundation Newsletter
Philanthropy leaders from across the commonwealth were honored on April 21, 2009 at the Country Club of Virginia, as part of the fourth Annual Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy. [Click here to read the full newsletter.]
April 2009 Foundation Newsletter
The Southside Virginia Community College Foundation recently announced the establishment of the Tom and Sandra Tanner Advanced Life Support (ALS) Scholarship. This scholarship will be awarded to a Mecklenburg County high school graduate who...[Click here to read the full newsletter]
March 2009 Foundation Newsletter
Meet Gene Thomas: W. E. “Gene” Thomas is a member of the SVCC Foundation Board of Directors and has been since its inception in 1983. Mr. Thomas is a native of Brunswick County and a graduate of The University of Richmond. He is owner of Brunswick Insurance Agency...[Click Here to read the full newsletter]
February 2009 Foundation Newsletter
Remember the cookbook we partnered with Community Memorial Healthcenter to publish and sell? Remember the big SVCC – CMH Cook-Off We held at the Best Western in South Hill? Proceeds from this cookbook and event still provide scholarship assistance to our students ....[Click here to read the full newsletter]
January 2009 Foundation Newsletter
December 19, 2008 was a big day in Keysville! Prior to the annual faculty-staff
Christmas luncheon, a lovely granite plaque was unveiled commemorating the John H.
Daniel Campus Charter Faculty and Staff Members who worked for the college at
least 5 years...[Click here to read the full newsletter]
December 2008 Foundation Newsletter
With proceeds generated from the first annual heavy equipment rodeo, the Richmond Area Municipal Contractors Association has officially established and funded a scholarship for students in SVCC’s Heavy Equipment Program...[Click Here to read the full newsletter]
November 2008 Foundation Newsletter
Chase City’s Estes Community Center was filled with excitement and activity on Friday, October 24 as friends and supporters celebrated ten years of success at the center and learned of plans to assure a well-maintained and equipped future at 316 N. Main Street. The theme of the evening, “Preserving the Opportunity….Maintaining the Dream,” is representative...[Click Here to read the full newsletter]
Tobacco Scholarships Available
Scholarships continue to be available for tobacco growers or their immediate family members, tobacco quota holders or their immediate family members and tobacco workers to attend Southside Virginia Community College.
Southside Virginia Community College received funding from the Virginia Tobacco Commission in order to assist the college in outreach educational programs for the tobacco-producing region of Southside Virginia.
The scholarships will pay for tuition and fees and textbooks as approved by the SVCC Foundation, Inc., the administrator of the program for the college. An eligible student must be a resident of Virginia as defined by SVCC, and must reside within the SVCC service area, which includes the counties of Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward and the city of Emporia. Students must be program placed with SVCC and complete a financial aid form (FAFSA) along with the SVCC Foundation scholarship application.
For more information, contact the SVCC Foundation Office at 434-949-1051 or the SVCC Financial Aid office toll free at 1-888-220-SVCC.
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