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Fauquier Business and Professional Women Scholarship for High School Seniors

The Fauquier Business and Professional Women (FBPW) organization awards one scholarship to a graduating female senior, planning to go on to college to continue her studies, from each public high school in Fauquier County.

Each scholarship is a one-time award of $500 presented in the Spring of the student’s senior year.

Applicants must complete a short Scholarship Application form, consisting of four questions, and write a brief essay in response to a specific question listed on the application form.

Applicants should write their names only on the cover sheet of the Scholarship Application form, not on the question page or their essay page(s).

Completed Scholarship Applications forms with essays attached must be returned to FBPW by April 23, 2007. Applicants should have all materials in to the Career Center by April 20, 2007.

If selected as the winner, the applicant must agree to have her essay published in the FBPW newsletter, to attend an FBPW meeting to read her essay to the membership, and to write one follow-up letter to the FBPW newsletter during the course of her first college year.

Fauquier Business and Professional Women's Scholarship for a LFCC Student

Available through Lord Fairfax Community College for a student currently enrolled. For more information, please contact the Advancement Office or Student Services Office at LFCC or visit LFCC Scholarships List .

Winchester Business and Professional Women Scholarship Application Information

Winchester BPW awards two $500 scholarships annually:

            Winchester BPW Memorial Foundation Scholarship for recent high school graduates
            Marie D. Prosser Scholarship for returning adult students

Applicants must be a resident of Winchester or Frederick County and be either a graduating senior, a candidate for a higher education degree, returning to school to prepare for a new career or in a program to upgrade proficiency in a present career.

Applicant may be at any level of education/year of study to be considered. Application forms are available from local high school guidance offices, local college financial aid offices, or the Winchester BPW Scholarship Committee Chair. The application deadline is April 1, 2008.

The following schools have application forms:
                                    John Handley High School
                                    James Wood High School
                                    Millbrook High School
                                    Sherando High School
                                    Shenandoah University
                                    Shenandoah Valley Christian Academy
                                    Lord Fairfax Community College

Applicants must submit a completed application form by the deadline. Three written references from non-relatives should be attached to the application. The scholarship committee will select three or four finalists in each category to interview. The winners are asked to make a brief presentation of their educational and career plans at the June BPW meeting.

The scholarship may be used toward any education related expenses. The scholarship is sent directly to the college/trade school the applicant is attending after August 1, 2008.

Send completed application and three references to:

            Selma Harter
            BPW Scholarship Committee
            173 Skirmisher Lane
            Middletown, VA 22645

Deadline is April 1, 2008

VA BPW Foundation   Scholarships

• Career Advancement Scholarship
• Women’s Educational Scholarship
• Career Education Scholarship
• Science & Technology Scholarship
• Scholarship For First Year College Students

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