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The Education Committee strives to provide a conduit for prospective students in the Triangle Area to learn more about the University of Virginia. The Education Committee also oversees the Scholarship Fund.
- Thank you! With your contributions this past year, we were able to raise our Annual Scholarship to a $1,000 scholarship. As always, we'll be awarding the scholarship at our Annual Student Send-Off Picnic this summer, which will be held Saturday, August 8th at 2 p.m. in Lake Crabtree.
- Time to apply for the Annual Scholarship! Applications must be postmarked by July 8th. The winner will be introduced at the Annual Summer Picnic and Student Send-Off on August 8th. Download Scholarship Application Form.
If you would like to join the Education Committee, assist in any one of the goals below, or have any feedback, please contact us at: education@trianglehoos.org.
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Education Committee
Chair:
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Tarek Azhari, CLAS 2000
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The short-term goals of the Education Committee:
- To organize and recruit volunteers for the fall college fairs and UVA Night (October 2006).
- To build a network with area school counselors to establish more open lines of communications between our alum and area high schools and students.
On-going goals of the Education Committee:
- To increase awareness of the scholarship fund through mailings, newsletter highlights, membership marketing, etc.
- To recruit prospective students through participation in area college fairs and through sponsoring the UVA (Admission) Night in the Raleigh/Durham area.
- To offer students accepting UVA's offer of admission a forum for networking with other area Wahoos through our Summer Picnic and Student Send-off.
- To provide above students with the opportunity to compete for our local scholarship. Tasks include assigning an essay topic and rating the essays received to decide the winner.
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