CFG ScholarBank

Bruce Kay Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies: Scholarships are awarded to selected undergraduate college students based on an expected interest in pursuing a career in the insurance and risk management industry. Consideration will be given based on academic and extracurricular achievements and application responses. Eligible students must be an undergraduate student enrolled in an accredited Virginia two or four-year college or university with an intent to enroll or currently enrolled in a business degree program with an interest in pursuing a career in the insurance and risk management industry.

High School Scholarship: Scholarships are awarded to selected college-bound high school seniors based on an expected interest in pursuing a business degree. Consideration will be given based on academic and extracurricular achievements and application responses. Eligible students must be graduating high school seniors who reside in the Greater Richmond Region and intend to continue their education at a Virginia two or four-year college or university with the intent to enroll in a business degree program.

Electronically submitted Application Packet must include:

• • Copy of high school transcript
  • One non-relative community reference letter
  • One school reference letter
  • Answer the essay question – “An innovator is defined as a person who introduces new methods, ideas, or products. Please detail how, if chosen to be recipient of the Chris Jones Innovator Award, you will utilize your education to positively impact your community and how do you think churches and faith communities can innovate how they carry out their mission?”

Essay length between 500 and 1000 words

Applicants to the Dominion Energy Educational Equity Scholarship Program must:

• Be historically underserved students who self-identify as Black/African American; Hispanic or Latino; America Indian or Alaska Native; Asian; or Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.
• High school seniors or graduates or current college undergraduates residing in one of the following states:
  • CT, OH, WV, VA, MD, NC, SC, ID, WY, UT
• Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.
• Have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent).

This award is available for a Hanover student with a desire to experience an opportunity such as
workshop, a summer school class, an afterschool program, or a fieldtrip that might
not be available to them without additional funding. This experience needs to
support, encourage, and recognize excellence in the student’s education.

Timber Works scholarship applicants must:

• Be citizens or legal residents of the United States
• Be a college or university student enrolled in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university for the entire upcoming academic year.
• Pursue an urban forestry related major or career (e.g. Urban Forestry, Plant Sciences, Agriculture, Horticulture, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Environmental Science and Biology as it relates to plant science).

In 1996-97 Hanover County Public Schools, supported by a grant from the Virginia Department of Education, began a program called Serve & Learn. The program’s purpose was to encourage and acknowledge the importance of volunteer service to the community. With the goal of annually rewarding the community service commitments of Hanover students, the Serve & Learn program, now sponsored by Hanover Education Foundation, awards a $1,000 scholarship to ONE senior in each high school who successfully fulfills a 100 hour commitment to community service in ONE location commencing in junior year.  Contact guidance counselor for more information.

The Mid-Atlantic STA Foundation is dedicated to the needs of students of business, finance, and economics and is proud to offer our Annual Scholarship Awards. This year the Foundation intends to award two $2,000 scholarships for high school seniors who have participated in Stock Market Game (one from MD and one from VA) for their first year of college, and two $5,000 college/university scholarships to candidates selected from our member jurisdiction of Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.  The scholarship winners will be announced in August, with monies forwarded to the respective schools on behalf of the recipients prior to the Fall semester.

Scholarships available for LPN and RN programs.  To be considered for a Mary Marshall Nursing Scholarship, an applicant must meet the following criteria:

1.  Residency in VA for at least 1 year,

2.  Enrollment or acceptance to VA nursing school program,

3.  Maintain a 2.5 GPA in required courses,

4.  Demonstrate financial need

This scholarship is awarded to a Richmond Public Schools graduating senior who has been active in the band throughout high school and has received the endorsement of their band director.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Applicant must be 19 years or younger when applying.

Applicant must have attended Richmond Public Schools for at least 1 year.

Applicant must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 or higher.

Applicant must currently attend an RPS high school and will graduate during 2020.

Applicant must be accepted into an accredited college/university/community college before graduation.