The Virginia Society of CPAs Educational Foundation announced its college scholarship recipients for the 2021–22 academic year.
The foundation awarded a total of $59,250 in undergraduate, graduate and doctoral scholarships this year to 26 accounting college students across Virginia. The foundation also awarded a VSCPA Minority Scholarship this year, bringing the total number awarded to four.
Virginia Tech student Elizabeth Michalowicz also received the inaugural Samuel A. Derieux, CPA, Memorial Scholarship this year. Derieux, who passed away March 8, 2020, was a Richmond-based retired CPA who was a VSCPA past president and longtime member, as well as the only CPA to serve as both president and chair of the AICPA.
The 2021–22 scholarship recipients are:
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 ($2,500 each)
- Tyler Spiers of Stony Creek, Virginia Tech
- Kelsey Watlington of Glen Allen, Virginia Commonwealth University
H. Burton Bates Jr. Scholarship ($2,250)
- Tristan Savage of Herndon, College of William & Mary
Kearney & Company Scholarship ($2,500 each)
- Mariam Farzayee of Fairfax, Virginia Tech
- Camryn Tinsley of Glen Allen, Christopher Newport University
Michael E. Mares Scholarship ($2,250 each)
- Sarah Rackoski of Chantilly, Virginia Tech
- Justin Seymore of Roanoke, Virginia Tech
MJW Scholarship (two awards at $2,500 each)
- Jordan King of Wytheville, Radford University
Tatiana Montes of Virginia Beach, College of William & Mary
- Samuel A. Derieux, CPA, Memorial Scholarship ($1,000)
- Elizabeth Michalowicz of Glen Allen, Virginia Tech
Thomas M. Berry Jr. Scholarship ($3,000 each)
- Cindy Ly of Fredericksburg, University of Mary Washington
- Carol Pham of Springfield, George Mason University
Verus Financial Partners Scholarship ($3,000)
- Chad Antosik of Elizabeth, Pa., College of William & Mary
Virginia Tech Doctoral Scholarship ($3,000)
- Delia Valentine of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech
Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer Scholarship ($3,000)
- Michael Viola of Suffolk, College of William & Mary
Yount, Hyde & Barbour Scholarship ($3,000)
- Christian Kessinger of Covington, Virginia Tech
A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, the Educational Foundation looks to promote "business and accounting education, rewarding academic excellence and encouraging students to pursue promising careers as [CPAs]." Foundation scholarship applicants must be currently enrolled or have been accepted in an accounting program at a Virginia college or university. Other selection criteria for the awards include overall academic performance, entry essay, faculty recommendation(s) and community and/or extracurricular activities.
For more on the Educational Foundation, head to the VSCPA's
