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VSCPA Educational Foundation awards $59,250 in scholarships

The VSCPA Educational Foundation has awarded 26 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/donatefoundation today to contribute to next year’s winners.

VSCPA Past President’s/Chair Scholarship ($2,000) Jamie Underwood, Virginia Tech

VSCPA Minority Scholarship ($1,500–2,000) Jonathan Balan, George Mason University Jelani Herard, George Mason University Carissa Malone, Virginia Tech Melanie Osorio, University of Virginia

VSCPA Undergraduate Scholarship ($1,500) Virginia Anderson, Christopher Newport University John Buckwalter, Virginia Tech Allison Gray, Virginia Tech Sarah Philips, Virginia Tech

CST Group Scholarship ($3,000) Divya Kumaran, University of Virginia

DHG Scholarship (two awards at $2,500 each) Tyler Spiers, Virginia Tech Kelsey Watlington, Virginia Commonwealth University

H. Burton Bates Jr. Scholarship ($2,250) Tristan Savage, College of William & Mary

Kearney & Company Scholarship (two awards at $2,500 each) Mariam Farzayee, Virginia Tech Camryn Tinsley, Christopher Newport University

Michael E. Mares Scholarship (two awards at $2,250 each) Sarah Rackoski, Virginia Tech Justin Seymore, Virginia Tech

MJW Scholarship (two awards at $2,500 each) Jordan King, Radford University Tatiana Montes, College of William & Mary

Samuel A. Derieux, CPA, Memorial Scholarship ($1,000) Elizabeth Michalowicz, Virginia Tech Thomas M. Berry Jr. Scholarship (two awards at $3,000 each) Cindy Ly, University of Mary Washington Carol Pham, George Mason University

Verus Financial Partners Scholarship ($3,000) Chad Antosik, College of William & Mary

Virginia Tech Doctoral Scholarship ($3,000) Delia Valentine, Virginia Tech

Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer Scholarship ($3,000) Michael Viola, College of William & Mary

Yount, Hyde & Barbour Scholarship ($3,000) Christian Kessinger, Virginia Tech

FIRST SAM DERIEUX SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED

Elizabeth Michalowicz, a senior at Virginia Tech, receives the first Samuel A. Derieux, CPA, Memorial Scholarship. VSCPA past president and long-time member Samuel Derieux, CPA, died March 8, 2020. Derieux was a tireless champion of the accounting profession who helped shape the modern face of the VSCPA and American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). To learn more about Sam or donate to his scholarship, visit vscpa.com/news/vscpa-remembers-samderieux-cpa.