Virginia Printing Foundation awards 2010 scholarships

The Virginia Printing Foundation is pleased to announce the following scholarship awards for 2010:

Student Scholarship Winner: Walter Alvarado has been awarded $750 toward his college education. A student at CS Monroe Technology Center and Park View High School, he has served an internship with ColorCraft of Virginia in pre-press, press and bindery. Walter has competed in SkillsUSA, earning a 6th place in the 2010 Virginia Graphic Communications contest, a 2nd place in the 2010 Virginia Advertising Design competition post-graduate level, and also received a 3rd place in the Virginia 2010 tee shirt design competition. Walter plans to attend college in the fall of 2010, and plans to pursue a degree in graphic communications/printing technology.

This student scholarship is funded by the Virginia Printing Foundation.

Educator Scholarship Winner: These scholarships are funded by Progress Printing, Lynchburg, Virginia, and Worth Higgins Associates, Richmond, Virginia. For the first time ever, the Virginia Printing Foundation has awarded both of these scholarships to one recipient, Pam Smith, in the total amount of $1500:

The Progress Printing Education Scholarship

and

The E. Worth Higgins, Jr., Print Educators’ Scholarship

Pam Smith, Graphics Communications Instructor, Monroe Technology Center, will use her scholarship for further education classes toward her Associate in Printing Management, and to buy software and computer equipment for her classroom.