Scholarship

  • Shane Smith Named Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar

    Shane Smith Named Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar

    Virginia Peninsula Community College student Shane Smith has been named a 2024 Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar and will receive a $1,250 scholarship. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola…

  • VPCC Open House, First Step to a Bright Future

    VPCC Open House, First Step to a Bright Future

    Virginia Peninsula Community College (VPCC) invites the community to its 2024 open house. Set for April 13 at the Historic Triangle Campus in Williamsburg and April 20 at the Hampton…

  • College Receives $99,000 From Sentara Health

    College Receives $99,000 From Sentara Health

    Virginia Peninsula Community College is pleased to announce a generous contribution of $99,000 from Sentara Health to assist with providing affordable education in health-related fields. The donation from Sentara will…

  • Rotarians Enjoy Helping Students Through Scholarships

    Rotarians Enjoy Helping Students Through Scholarships

    Charles Glazener, a member of the Rotary Club of James City County, is blunt when explaining why the organization donates to the Virginia Peninsula Community College Educational Foundation. “Education is…

  • Wyatt Scholarship Offers Help To Non-Traditional Student

    Wyatt Scholarship Offers Help To Non-Traditional Student

    John Wyatt described his son as tall, good-looking, and a hard worker. “He liked people. He had a good personality,” John said of Mark, who died in an auto accident…

  • VPCC Educational Foundation Holds Appreciation Reception

    VPCC Educational Foundation Holds Appreciation Reception

    Nearly 100 people, including scholarship donors and recipients, attended the Virginia Peninsula Community College Educational Foundation’s annual appreciation reception on Nov. 14 at the Holiday Inn Newport News. Tracy Ashley,…

  • Education and Service Go Hand in Hand for Southall

    Education and Service Go Hand in Hand for Southall

    Charles Southall has an enduring connection to Virginia Peninsula Community College. In an association that spans decades, he remains dedicated to the College where he gained the footing for a…

  • Former Student Gives Back with Scholarship

    Former Student Gives Back with Scholarship

    Ryaan Boyd is a successful federal contractor working in the nation’s capital. He has a master’s in business administration from American University and a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship from Norfolk…

  • Grad Went Out on a High Note

    Grad Went Out on a High Note

    Priya Patel closed out her final year of community college on a high note. The 2022 graduate, who earned an associate degree in science, was a semifinalist for the prestigious Jack…

  • Scholarship Recipients Show Appreciation to Donors

    Scholarship Recipients Show Appreciation to Donors

    For the first time in three years, Thomas Nelson Educational Foundation scholarship winners were able to mingle with donors who made it all possible. The more than 40 people on…