FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Contact:  Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
 

Southern West Virginia students awarded Chafin Scholarships

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Two southern West Virginia high school students have been awarded scholarships to attend Marshall University beginning this fall thanks to the generosity of Sen. H. Truman Chafin and his wife, Letitia Neese Chafin.   This is the first time the one-year, $5,000 scholarships have been awarded.

Aaron Wellman of Tolsia High School in Wayne County and Alyson Altizer of Burch High School in Mingo County were selected from more than a dozen outstanding students from the southern West Virginia area.  

The Marshall University Foundation, Inc. established the scholarship through the efforts of the Chafins and the Foundation for the Tri-State Community.

Incoming freshman students who live or attend high school in designated areas of West Virginia Senate District 6, which is represented by Sen. Chafin in the West Virginia Legislature, are eligible for the annual awards. Those areas include McDowell County, Mingo County and parts of Mercer, Wayne and Wyoming counties.

Letitia Neese Chafin is a member of Marshall University’s Board of Governors.

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