2009 SWCC News

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Jimmy W. Welch (far right), Executive Director of the Credit Bureau of the Virginias Foundation, Inc., presents Dr. J. Mark Estepp, President of Southwest Virginia Community College, with a gift for scholarship assistance. The Credit Bureau of the Virginias Foundation Scholarship program grants four $1000 scholarships annually to students from the southwest Virginia/southern West Virginia counties bordering the Bluefield area. Students may receive the scholarship as long as they are successfully enrolled in a program at SWCC pursuing a diploma, usually for two years. Students targeted to receive these scholarships should have a grade point average of 2.0 to 3.0 and maintain that average to continue receiving the scholarship. Students receiving the scholarships for 2009-2010 are: Leanna Mullins, Jolo, WV; Jackson Martin, Bluefield, VA; Stephanie Owens, Pounding Mill, VA; and Teresa Bothwell, Richlands, VA. Danny Coulthard (second from left), board member of the Credit Bureau of the Virginias Foundation and Mary W. Lawson, Executive Director of the SWCC Educational Foundation join in the presentation. For SWCC scholarship information, or to support the scholarship program, call 276.964.7348 or 276.964.7286.