Rotary Club of Alexandria Awards Scholarships To 2 Students

From the Rotary Club of Alexandria: The Rotary Club of Alexandria held its weekly meeting on June 4th, 2019. The event was held at Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria, VA. Attended by over 100 people, the program featured a speech by Professor Grace Wyngaard. She is a professor of biology at George Mason University, and she presented her speech on “Aquatic Ecosystems & Their Impact On Our Lives”.

The program on June 4th was the Annual Career and Technical Education Scholarship Award Luncheon. The Rotary Club of Alexandria awards scholarships to deserving local students from Alexandria schools. The program was created in 1991 as our club’s commitment to Vocation. It encourages career and workforce development for our local, regional and national business communities.

The Rotary Club of Alexandria awarded $2,500 each to two deserving graduating Alexandria High School students. Divine Tsasa Nzita is a graduating senior at T. C. Williams High School and has completed a sequence of courses in the Jr. ROTC program. She will pursue a career in the military and focus her studies in International Relations Psychology after studies at Northern Virginia Community College and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Also receiving a $2,500 scholarship was Sammy Bonilla. Sammy is now a graduate of Edison Academy. He has already accumulated credentials in Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning thru the Edison Academy, as well as his work in the family business and Toll Brothers. Sammy plans to attend Radford University in the fall, where he will study business management.