Educational Foundation

The Educational Foundation has awarded 28 scholarships to accomplished and deserving accounting students around the Commonwealth! Thank you to everyone who donated. Your contributions help protect the pipeline of the CPA profession and provide a lifeline for many students to pursue accounting careers. Visit https://www.vscpa.com/ef-donation today to contribute to next year’s winners.

VSCPA’s Past President’s/Chair Scholarship ($2,000) Youjin Lee, University of Virginia

VSCPA Minority Scholarship ($1500-2,000) Trinity Burton, Virginia State University Simranjeet Kaur, Virginia Commonwealth University Rebecca Le, Christopher Newport University Stephen Nkrumah, George Mason University Darrell Pacheco, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Nigel Stewart, Virginia State University Ryan VanHorn, Old Dominion University

VSCPA Undergraduate Scholarship ($1,500) Angela Blair, Liberty University Kristen Hoberg, Old Dominion University Olivia Tillett, Virginia Tech Thomas M. Berry Jr. Scholarship (three awards at $2,000 each) Nebiyat Endale, George Mason University Hector Luna, Virginia Commonwealth University Esayas Temesgen, Virginia Commonwealth University

Verus Financial Partner Scholarship ($3,000) Ainsley Duff, Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech Doctoral Scholarship ($3,000) Karneisha Wolfe, Virginia Tech

WEC Scholarship ($3,000) Ethan Paitsel, Roanoke College

YHB Scholarship ($3,000) Jeffrey Kum, Virginia Commonwealth University

Curtis C. Duke and Dr. Ruth Coles Harris Scholarship ($2,000) Indacia Turner, Virginia State University

CST Group Scholarship ($3,000) Alina Ponomarenko, George Mason University

DHG Scholarship (two awards at $2,500 each) Madeline Duggan, Virginia Tech Julia Warshauer, Virginia Tech

H. Burton Bates Jr. Scholarship ($2,250) Jordan King, Radford University

Michael E. Mares Scholarship (two awards at $2,250 each) Amanda Baker, Old Dominion University Justin Seymore, Virginia Tech

MJW Scholarship (two awards at $2,500 each) Natalie Nguyen, George Mason University Mariam Farzayee, Virginia Tech WOW! Our efforts to promote diversity are working! This year, we expanded the number of minority scholarships offered by 25%. The number of minority applicants grew by 147% and the number of Black applicants by a whopping 320%!

Samuel A. Derieux, CPA, Memorial Scholarship ($1,500) Carla Quinteros, Virginia Commonwealth University