Congratulations, Andrea
Morrison!
Scholarship Winner 2009-2010!
The Houston VTAA Chapter has awarded another
scholarship to an incoming freshman from a Houston area high school. The 2009 scholarship, in the amount of $2,000,
was awarded to Andrea Morrison of Kingwood High School. Andrea, whose interests include music and sports,
plans to major in Interior Design and will participate in the University Honors Program.
We congratulate Andrea and extend our best wishes to all fourteen of the
incoming freshmen from the Houston area for much success during their Virginia
Tech years.
The Virginia Tech
Foundation administers the Houston Chapter scholarship fund. The Admissions Office distributes application
information for the chapter scholarship to all Houston area students along with
their offers of admission. The main
criteria for the scholarship are academic excellence, leadership,
and strong extra-curricular activities. The Scholarship Committee is comprised of six local alumni
members: Mike Strickler (Chairman), Fred Gibson, Bart Hatfield, Sneed Adams,
Mike Hoffmann, and Wendi Sudhakar. Each
member is responsible for thoroughly reviewing all of the application
materials, providing feedback and a ranking of each applicant, and selecting a
recipient by statistical ranking and a final vote. The committee members are all working or retired professionals
with experience in recruiting in their respective fields. If you know of any Houston area students
that may be considering Virginia Tech, please make them aware of our chapter
scholarship.
We are very proud that this is the sixth year that the Houston Chapter has
awarded at least one scholarship. Here
is a list of the previous winners:
|
Year
|
Student
|
School Attended
|
|
2003
|
Alec Luong
Matthew Lund
|
Strake Jesuit College Prep
Klein Oak High School
|
|
2004
|
Elizabeth Byrum
|
Klein Oak High School
|
|
2005
|
Hunter Haeberle
|
Klein Collins High School
|
|
2006
|
Jamie Lehmann
|
St. Agnes Academy
|
|
2008
|
Matthew Heitzer
|
Clements High School
|
|
2009
|
Andrea Morrison
|
Kingwood High School
|
Are you interested in supporting future young Houston Hokies? Please consider a tax-deductible
contribution to the Houston chapter scholarship fund through the Virginia Tech
Foundation so we can keep our tradition of giving going into the future. Important note: Donations to
the Virginia Tech Foundation qualify for most company matching programs!
To make a donation, please make a check for any amount payable to "Virginia
Tech Foundation"; include "Houston Chapter Scholarship
Fund" on the memo line, and mail to the following address:
Virginia Tech Annual Fund
201 Pack Building (0336)
Blacksburg, VA 24061