Aug. 27, 1998
Contact: Rebecca Arrington
	 (804) 924-7189



CHARLOTTESVILLE RESIDENT RECEIVES FIRST SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWED BY U.VA.
EMPLOYEES

	ÒTickled pinkÓ is how Wayne Ashby described his daughter
when she learned that she'd received a $2,000 scholarship from the
University of Virginia.
	It was springtime, and "I was doing yard work," recalled Ashby,
director of office automation and microcomputers for U.Va.Õs
Development Office. "Angela ran outside, letter in hand, to tell me
she'd received the award."
	Angela Ashby is the first recipient of U.Va.'s new, need-based
undergraduate scholarship, a unique endowment established in January
1997 and funded largely by U.Va. employees as part of the University's
Faculty and Staff Campaign. 
	A June graduate of Charlottesville High School, Ms. Ashby plans
to major in math and get her master's in teaching through U.Va.'s Curry
School of Education. She said her math teachers at CHS have already
invited her to join their ranks when she completes her degree. For now,
though, she's earning her keep as a swim instructor and lifeguard at a
children's day camp in southern Albemarle.
	The scholarship will enable Ms. Ashby to focus more on her
studies and student service interests and less on the pressures of
financing her education, she said. The former CHS Student Council
president hopes to volunteer at Madison House and serve on the First
Year Council at U.Va. this coming year.
	Thirty-five children of U.Va. employees applied for the
scholarship, according to James Ramsey Jr., associate director of
financial aid. The scholarship is based first on the applicants'
financial need and then academic and extra-curricular criteria. The
information is provided by the Admissions Office, said Ramsey, who
called Ms. Ashby's record "stellar."
	For now, the scholarship is a one-time award, but students have
the option to reapply, Ramsey said. Larger or greater numbers of awards
will be made as the endowment grows. It currently stands at just over
$77,200.
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	Since the scholarship was created, it has received the full
support of U.Va. President John T. Casteen III. He has pledged that the
University will match, dollar for dollar, up to $100,000 contributed by
employees for the scholarship. 
	Noting that many other colleges have long offered tuition relief
to employees' children, Casteen said this new scholarship program "helps
assure the opportunity is there for those who have grown up in this
community."

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	For additional information contact Angela and Wayne Ashby at
(804) 296 8567. Mr. Ashby can also be reached at 924-3932.

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