Hampton Roads Chapter

ASIST Scholarship Winners

At our May Chapter Meeting, we recognized our ASIST Scholarship winners, La Rae Steffan and Heather Fairchild.

La Rae, a Petersburg native is a student at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. As our top award recipient, we submitted her application to Corporate so that she can compete for the national level scholarship. La Rae is scheduled to graduate in May, 2007 and will be the first in her immediate family to complete a college degree. She has been working towards a degree in journalism for over 10 years as she has had to work while completing her education. Her goal is to become a journalist for a nationally recognized newspaper. She has tremendous drive and the ability to persevere in the face of adversity. As stated by La Rae, we will know her name as she is about to soar high and make an indelible mark on society through her literary work.

Heather, a child of a minister; mothering two sons is a true artist at heart. Throughout her childhood she explored and expanded her creativity through art forms such as cinematography, photography, drawing, sculpting costume design and acting just to name a few. In an effort to combine all of her talent she is focusing on developing quality media for elementary and middle school aged children at ECPI. Our scholarship will help her to pursue her dream and aid our society in bringing better images in multimedia for our kids and grandchildren.

As the scholarship chair it has been a true pleasure serving our chapter and having the opportunity to help another woman pursue her dream. Our goal is to change one life at a time and give a gift that will keep on giving. We wish our winners the best in their endeavors and we know that our gift will grow in them and soon they will bear seeds. Thanks to the committee members, judges and our President in making this scholarship process a success.

Cheryl Mack
Director-at-Large - Scholarships
Bank of America