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For immediate release:
7/7/2009

Brian Thomas
VCU School of Engineering Foundation
804-828-0067
bsthomas@vcu.edu

VCU Engineering Announces Neighborly Gift

Residents of The Prestwould, a 1920s-era luxury condominium building located across Monroe Park from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering, have established the Prestwould Scholarship for Engineering Excellence and Community Service.

The scholarship, renewable for up to four years, will recognize engineering students “for their excellent academic achievements; dedication to community service; and commitment to research that fosters innovative and global changes in technology and medicine that positively impact local, national, and international communities.”

"The Prestwould Scholarship signifies the community's ongoing support of the School of Engineering and its commitment to our students' success,” said Russell D. Jamison, Ph.D., dean of the VCU School of Engineering. “The scholarship will help generations of engineering students pursue their studies at the school, and for this, we are deeply grateful for the generosity shown by our friends across Monroe Park."

About VCU and the VCU Medical Center:

Virginia Commonwealth University is a major, urban public research university with national and international rankings in sponsored research. Located on two downtown campuses in Richmond, VCU enrolls more than 32,000 students in 205 certificate and degree programs in the arts, sciences and humanities. Sixty-five of the programs are unique in Virginia, many of them crossing the disciplines of VCU’s 15 schools and one college. MCV Hospitals and the health sciences schools of Virginia Commonwealth University compose the VCU Medical Center, one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers. For more, see www.vcu.edu.

 

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