From left to right, front row, are Jacob Byer, Averiana Stewart, Mya Looney, Sidney Robinson, Kelsey Ailstock, Kayla Mailliard, Emmie Myers, Emily Karn; Back Row (L to R) – Taazha Kincaid, Rebekah Morgan, Natalie Griffith, Alivia Morgan, Regan Meadows, Morgan McClung, Kelsey Moses, Hannah Leitch, Dylan Gibson, Alex Caruthers. Not pictured: Brandon Caldwell, John McLear, IV, Bailey Taylor, Montana Travis.

23 AHS Students Receive DSLCC Foundation Scholarships   Clifton Forge, VA (June 13, 2019) - The DSLCC Educational Foundation has awarded 162 scholarships totaling nearly $160,000 to 124 area residents, including 23 graduating seniors from Alleghany High School. The students were presented their scholarships totaling $30,000 at the AHS awards ceremony on May 1. The AHS scholarship recipients include: Kelsey Ailstock, Carter Scholarship; Jacob Byer, Jesse A. Wright Memorial Scholarship; Brandon Caldwell, Christopher Baker Memorial Scholarship; Alex Caruthers, Helen F. Dickson Scholarship; Dylan Gibson, Merle Weaver Reid Scholarship and WestRock Scholarship; Natalie Griffith, Carter Scholarship and Tim Backels Scholarship; Kolby Hiner, Ovella Worsham Educators’ Scholarship; Emily Karn, Curtis A. Smith, 116th Infantry, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 1033 Scholarship; Taazha Kincaid, Helen F. Dickson Scholarship; Hannah Leitch, Highlands Community Bank Scholarship; Mya Looney, Helen F. Dickson Scholarship; Kayla Mailliard, Merle Weaver Reid Scholarship; Morgan McClung, Merle Weaver Reid Scholarship; John McLear, IV, Helen F. Dickson Scholarship; Regan Meadows, Helen F. Dickson Scholarship; Alivia Morgan, Deborah Carol Lockhart and Mark Wayne Lockhart Memorial Nursing Scholarship and Lancaster Scholarship; Rebekah Morgan, Mamie B. Hall Scholarship for Prospective Teachers and Ovella Worsham Educators’ Scholarship; Kelsey Moses, Covington Hot Springs Rotary Club Scholarship and Merle Weaver Reid Scholarship; Emmie Myers, Carter Scholarship; Sidney Robinson, Carter Scholarship and Shentel Foundation Scholarship; Averiana Stewart, Marion and Cecil May Scholarship; Bailey Taylor, Colin P. Ferguson Honorary Scholarship; and Montana Travis, George R. Goode Memorial Scholarship. The DSLCC Educational Foundation warmly congratulates all 2019-2020 scholarship recipients. Since its inception in 1980, the Foundation – due to its most generous donors – has awarded nearly 1,500 student scholarships, worth more than $2.2 million, to students from Alleghany, Bath County, Covington, James River, Parry McCluer, and Rockbridge County high schools, as well as non-traditional and continuing students at DSLCC. Established as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, the Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Educational Foundation exists solely to support and promote Dabney S. Lancaster Community College. The Educational Foundation’s primary focus is to keep education affordable through the awarding of student scholarships and to provide students the support they need to achieve their goals. The Foundation also supports the college through the purchase of enhanced technology and classroom equipment and assists in funding innovative programming. For more information regarding the Foundation or to make a donation, please contact Foundation Director, Rachael Thompson at 540.863.2837 or via email at rthompson@dslcc.edu.

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