Scholarship Donations

For over 30 years, the Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club has granted scholarships to women in undergraduate studies at Virginia Tech. The scholarship amount has grown over the years from $500 to $2,000. This year we plan to award scholarhsips to two female rising seniors.

In 2009 the scholarship funds were endowed with the Community Foundation of the New River Valley. The Foundation will invest the principal to insure a continuing income directed exclusively to our scholarships. The procedure and policies of selection of the award will be exactly the same as in past years and guided by the VTFWC scholarship committee.

2011-2012 Scholarship Recipients

The Scholarship Committee of the Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club has selected Amanda Griffin and Michelle Colandro as our 2011-12 scholarship winners. Each will receive a $2,000 scholarship.

2011-2012 VT Scholarship Winners with Mrs. Steger

Amanda Griffin is a senior psychology major from Alexandria, Virginia. She has worked as a crisis intervention volunteer at both the Raft Crisis Hotline and Women's Resource Center. At present she serves as an Emergency Advocate at the Resource Center and is completing an internship in Clinical Psychology at New River Community Services. She has been on the Dean's list and received the Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program Award. Her letter of recommendation stated she has the ability to seamlessly merge the academic and the applied, college life with a life of service. She plans to attend graduate school after graduation and become an educated and productive member of society.

Michelle Colandro is a senior biological systems engineering major from Centreville, Virginia. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Epsilon, and Alpha Phi Omega. She also has been on the Dean's List and received the George C. Vaughan Scholarship and the Vogler Award. She raised over $700 for children in Nicaragua through sponsorship of a bean and rice diet. Her letter of recommendation stated she is very inquisitive and has a good work ethic. She plans to join the Peace Corps following graduation.

To Make a Tax Deductible Gift

Donations must be made this way to be tax deductible.

Donor Recognition

Levels (Giving Societies) will be based on "historical firsts" associated with women at Virginia Tech: the first year women were admitted to VPI, the name of the first women's basketball team, the name of the yearbook for women when they were excluded from the Bugle, and the name of the first women's dorm.

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