
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, September 22, 1994                   TAG: 9411030011
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: E12   EDITION: METRO 
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IN SCHOOL

VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE has received an Integration grant from the Virginia Campus Outreach Opportunity League.

The college awarded seven $500 scholarships and two $250 scholarships with the funds. Local recipients are: Tonya Blankenship of Troutville in the early childhood development curriculum; Steven Bowman, Tsion Tewolde and Randy Cook, all of Roanoke, in the science curriculum; Charles Crush of Roanoke in the accounting curriculum; Jeffrey Welch of Roanoke in the nursing curriculum; and Patricia Steahly of Vinton in the mental health curriculum.

The league is a network of higher education institutions in Virginia which promotes and empowers campus-based community service. Its funding comes from the Corporation for National and Community Service.

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