Microsoft offers scholarships
Published 12:47 pm Wednesday, July 25, 2018
- Microsoft scholarship recipients recognized recently are pictured, from left, front row, Kashawn Hilliard, Jermaine Jackson, Sandra Sanders, Neal Brown, Hailey Walker, Salvador Hernandez-Gonzalez; back row, Susan O’Shea, Hassan Davis, Brenda Cross, Shanell Toone, Christian Jackson and Abdulah Bell. Not pictured, Darrick Hearns and Kansas Morrison.
Microsoft Datacenter Scholarships were recently awarded to 14 students making it possible for them to take classes in Information Technology. The recipients of these awards were recognized with a ceremony and dinner held at the Estes Community Center June 11. Students take classes through Southside Virginia Community College’s Center for Information Technology Excellence (CITE) at the Lake Country Advanced Knowledge Center in South Hill and the IT Academy (ITA) of the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center in South Boston.
