Nearly 250 donors, scholarship recipients, foundation board members, family, faculty and staff attended the DSLCC Educational Foundation’s annual Donor-Scholar Reception at which donors and 2011 scholarship recipients were recognized. Among those attending were: Debbie Bennett; Kristen Bennett, recipient of the Martha Hudson Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Tina Dressler and Sarah Persinger, representing the Martha Hudson Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Tyler Gibson, recipient of a Carter Scholarship and the Josh Patterson Forestry Scholarship; Robin Long Gibson; Harriet Woodward, representing the Harry and Virginia Walton Memorial Scholarship; Leona and Monroe Patterson, representing the Josh Patterson Forestry Scholarship; Lilly Burns, the Patterson’s granddaughter. Not pictured: Amanda Burns.

DSLCC Honors Donors and Scholarship Recipients   Clifton Forge, November 21, 2011 — The DSLCC Educational Foundation recently honored scholarship donors and recipients at a reception on the College’s Clifton Forge campus. Nearly 250 donors, recipients, family members, faculty, and staff attended the annual reception. College President, Dr. Richard Teaff, welcomed the group and expressed his appreciation for the outstanding support donors continue to show towards the Educational Foundation and the College. “The academic programs at DSLCC are critical to the economic growth and improved quality of life in our region,” Teaff said. “The College remains committed to expanding access to education, improving student success, and being a major partner in economic development. DSLCC has had an impact on the lives of those here today in more ways than you realize,” he continued. “With the help of our donors, the College and the Educational Foundation are helping to change the lives of service-area citizens by enabling them to successfully pursue post-secondary education, achieve positive life outcomes, and to build brighter futures.” Educational Foundation President, Richard Crowder, introduced Foundation board members and thanked the donors for helping the Foundation in its mission to “Build Lives…Build Futures…Build Hope.” He noted that, since 1980, through the generosity of individuals, businesses and organizations, the Educational Foundation has awarded more than one million dollars in scholarships to students who have made DSLCC their college of choice and explained that, in addition to funding scholarships and purchasing classroom equipment, the Educational Foundation also seeks to facilitate opportunities for faculty members to broaden their expertise and enhance the curricula by awarding grants to full time faculty members. A highlight of the afternoon was the announcement of the recipient of the third annual William T. and Langhorne C. Wilson Cup for Character, Scholarship and Community Service. Established by Bill and Lang Wilson of Covington, the silver cup and monetary award is presented to a second-year student with at least 30 credit hours and a minimum 3.0 grade point average who exhibits outstanding character, scholarship, and service to his/her community. In the Wilson’s absence, Dr. Teaff presented the award to Brandon Wayne Walton of Covington. Following the introduction of donors and the 2011 scholarship recipients by Foundation Director, Lynda Thompson, student speakers, Taylor Barger, Ryan Hall, Guy Richards, and Courtney Whitehead told the group how happy they are with their decision to attend DSLCC and related how important the scholarships are to area students, stressing they likely would not have had the opportunity for post-secondary education without the Foundation’s help. A 2010 graduate of Parry McCluer High School, Barger is the recipient of the Dorothy Ayers Memorial Nursing Scholarship and is a first-year nursing student at DSLCC. Richards, recipient of the Ethel Mae Grimes Dorsey Memorial Nursing Scholarship, is a non-traditional student from Covington and is also in the first year of the DSLCC Nursing Program. Hall, a 2011 graduate of Covington High School is the recipient of the 2011 Robert F. and Vivian N. Sutphin Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship. Also from Covington, Whitehead is the recipient of the DSLCC Honors Scholarship and the Katherine V. H. Perret and Horace Perret-Gentil Scholarship for students who plan to teach math. In closing, Scholarship Chairman, Donna Vaughn, congratulated the recipients and thanked the donors for their outstanding contributions to the service area communities in providing affordable access to an education that is vital to an individual’s success and an area’s success. “As you look around the local communities, you will see many former DSLCC students who have built rewarding and successful careers right here at home,” said Vaughn. “We see them every day—as the owners/operators of successful local businesses and the CEOs, vice presidents, and managers of area banks. They’re our high school and elementary school principals, teachers, and guidance counselors; they are the nurses in our hospitals and they play a large role in many of our local industries; they are, in short, people who have made and are continuing to make a positive difference in our local communities,” Vaughn concluded.      Scholarship recipients recognized included: Michael Ailstock, L. Paul Wiggins Memorial Scholarship; Esther Allman, DSLCC Educational Foundation Board of Directors Scholarship and the Mamie B. Hall Scholarship for Prospective Teachers; Steven Andrews, Alleghany Highlands Chamber of Commerce Scholarship; Alisa Armentrout, Kay Reynolds Ray Memorial Scholarship for Non-Traditional Students; Kathy Atkins and Shannon Staton, Vaughn Family Scholarships; Taylor Barger, Dorothy Ayers Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Emily Bartley, BARC Electric Co-Operative Scholarship; Kristen Bennett, Martha Hudson Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Courtney Brown, Carter Scholarship and Dabney S. Lancaster Memorial Scholarship; Logan Bryant, Carter Scholarship; Ashley Burr, Helen F. Dickson Scholarship; Chelsie Cahoon, Tim Backels Scholarship; Frances Carrillo-Kuenzer, Lois W. Morgan Memorial Nursing Scholarship and Walter L. & Marie P. Johnson Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Jodi Clark and Nicholas Foust-Meyer, Elizabeth Cook Memorial Scholarships; Ashley Dameron, Helen F. Dickson Scholarship and Curtis A. Smith, VFW Post 1033 Scholarship; Nathan Demchak, Regional Literacy Scholarship; Stephen Demma, Bubbles, Bands & Brunch Scholarship for Continuing Students; Emily Depriest, Mark W. Lockhart Memorial Scholarship; Laura Dowdy, Raymond L. Claterbaugh, Sr., Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Hilleary Downer and Guy Richards, Ethel Mae Grimes Dorsey Memorial Nursing Scholarships. Also, Logan Figgers, Merle Weaver Reid Scholarship and Curtis A. Smith, VFW Post 1033 Scholarship; Virginia Fitzgerald, master Trooper Jerry L. Hines Scholarship; Rosa Foster, News-Gazette Scholarship for Practical Nursing; Alex Fry, Highlands Community Bank Scholarship; Joshua Gardener, Bank of Botetourt, H. Watts Steger, III Scholarship and Elizabeth Cook Memorial Scholarship; Tyler Gibson, Carter Scholarship and Josh Patterson Forestry Scholarship; Ryan Hall, Robert F. and Vivian N. Sutphin Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship; Carolina Hartley, Martha P. and Clyde E. Griffith Memorial Nursing Scholarship and Betsy P. Saville Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Ashley Haynes and Austin Irby, Marion and Cecil May Scholarships; Jordan Hayslett, Merle Weaver Reid Scholarship; Keith Herald and Victoria Twitty, Jesse A. Wright Memorial Scholarships; Frances Hicks, Carolyn B. Nettleton Scholarship for Business and Linda Rose Memorial Scholarship; Kimberly Howard, Mae S. Tucker & Raymond E. Tucker Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Daniel Humphries, Helen F. Dickson Scholarship; Shanice Laws, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Davis Memorial Scholarship; Alissa Morgan, George N. Chucker & Edith Raab-Chucker Nursing Scholarship and Ferguson-Proffit Nursing Scholarship; Michelle Moses, Thomas N. Warren Scholarship; Ryan Newmarker, Teenie & Warren Kegley, B. A. Rupert Real Estate, Bubbles, Bands & Brunch Scholarship for Continuing Students; Taylor O’Connor, Edward Pennell Brooks OCC Scholarship and Central High School Lucy Gleason Scholarship; Matthew Paxton, Shentel Bubbles, Bands, & Brunch Scholarship for Continuing Students; Phillip Redman, Louise Kern Lemon Memorial Nursing Scholarship and W. A. Stone, Jr. & Madeline G. Stone Nursing Scholarship; Monja Robertson, MGW Communications Scholarship; Ryan Schneider, Carter Scholarship; Mathew Seldomridge, Barry Hillsman Forestry Scholarship and Virginia Firefighters Foundation Scholarship; Courtney Simpson, Carter Scholarship for Continuing Students; Matthew Smith, Bubbles, Bands & Brunch Scholarship for Continuing Students; Sarah Smith, Elizabeth Cook Memorial Scholarship and Ferguson-Proffit Nursing Scholarship; Victoria Sorrels, Madonna Hepler Nursing Scholarship and Harry and Virginia Walton Memorial Nursing Scholarship; James Statham, T. Kenneth and Karin R. Ellis Scholarship and Covington-Hot Springs Rotary Scholarship; Joseph Stull, MWV Scholarship; Hunter Suthers, Carolyn B. Nettleton Scholarship for Business and Rockbridge Arts Guild Scholarship; Ashby Taylor, GAMI Scholarship; Vicki Tremblay, DSLCC Honors Scholarship; Melissa Unroe, Caperton Scholarship for Non-Traditional Students and Carolyn B. Nettleton Scholarship for Business; Brandon Walton, Carolyn B. Nettleton Scholarship for Business; Jane Webb, Elizabeth Cook Scholarship for Practical Nursing; Courtney Whitehead, DSLCC Honors Scholarship and Katherine V. H. Perret & Horace Perret-Gentil Scholarship; Erick Williams, Colin P. Ferguson Honorary Scholarship and Virginia Firefighters Foundation Scholarship. Donors or scholarship representatives in attendance were: Brenda Lemons, Special Projects Coordinator, Alleghany Highlands Chamber of Commerce Scholarship; David Ayers, Terry Brackman, Donna Salyers, Dorothy Ayers Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Jamie Lowry, BARC Electric Co-Operative Scholarship; Dr. & Mrs. John Backels, Tim Backels Scholarship; Michelle Crook and Duaine Fitzgerald, Bank of Botetourt H. Watts. Steger, III Scholarship; Bill & Nancy Caperton, Caperton Scholarship for Non-Traditional Students; Barbara McCarthy, Carter Scholarships; Colin Ferguson, Colin P. Ferguson Honorary Scholarship and Ethel Mae Grimes Dorsey Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Billy & Bonnie Lockhart, Mark W. Lockhart Memorial Scholarship; Robert & Vivian Sutphin, Robert F. & Vivian N. Sutphin Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship; Helen Jean Fitzgerald, Helen F. Dickson Scholarships; Warren & Teenie Kegley, the Warren & Teenie Kegley, B. A. Rupert Real Estate Bubbles, Bands, and Brunch Scholarship for Continuing Students and the Covington Hot Springs Rotary Scholarship; Also, Donna & Steve Vaughn, Ferguson-Proffit Nursing Scholarships and Vaughn Family Scholarships for Non-Traditional Students and Clydette & Tom Lobred and Patti & Hezekiah Spinner, Martha P. & Clyde E. Griffith Memorial Nursing Book Scholarship; H. C. Rhodes & Kathy Bryant, Highlands Community Bank Scholarship; First Sargeant Mike King, Master Trooper Jerry L. Hines Scholarship; Tina Dressler & Sarah Persinger, Martha Hudson Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Memorial Scholarship; Ron Smith, MGW Communications Scholarship; Mark George and Dawn Sales, MWV Scholarship; Linda Marquardt, Lois W. Morgan Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Monroe & Leona Patterson and Amanda Burns, Josh Patterson Forestry Book Scholarship; David Reynolds & Susan Sponaugle, Kay Reynolds Ray Memorial Scholarship for Non-Traditional Students; Meade Snyder, Merle Weaver Reid Scholarships; Nova Wright, Linda Rose Memorial Scholarship; Norma Ellis, Betsy P. Saville Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Jim Cady, Shentel Bubbles, Bands, & Brunch Scholarship for Continuing Students; Col. Paul Linkenhoker, Curtis A. Smith, 116th Infantry, VFW Post 1033 Scholarships; Jean Kenny, Leigh Ann, Gary & Tucker Keener, Mae S. and Raymond L. Tucker Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Karyn Warren, Thomas N. Warren Scholarship; Harriett Woodward, Harry and Virginia Walton Memorial Scholarship; Incorporated in 1980 as a non-profit organization, the Foundation each year invites students from high schools in the College’s service area—Alleghany, Bath, northern Botetourt, and Rockbridge Counties, and the cities of Buena Vista, Covington, and Lexington—to apply for merit scholarships. Scholarships also are available for continuing students who have completed at least 24 credit hours at DSLCC and for the non-traditional student who did not seek to pursue post-secondary education immediately upon graduation from high school but now wants to enroll in college to gain marketable job skills, facilitate career enhancement or successfully change career paths. For more information, please contact Foundation Director, Lynda Thompson by phone at 540-863-2837 or by email at lthompson@dslcc.edu.

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