Press Release - 2005 Graduate Ja'Nyla Green Receives Scholarship Check
Published on May 20, 2025
County Presents #Vaccinate Prince Edward Scholarship Check to 2025 Graduate
Ja’Nyla Green to Attend Hollins University in Fall
Prince Edward County, Va. (May 19, 2025) – Prince Edward County helped celebrate the Class of 2025 of Prince Edward County High School by participating in the Senior Showcase program on May 15th and presenting a #Vaccinate Prince Edward Scholarship to graduating senior Ja’Nyla A.L. Green.
Ja’Nyla is the daughter of Ms. ShaNequa Scott of Farmville and will attend Hollins University in the fall, where she plans to study mathematics and data science. She was presented a $2,000 scholarship check by Board Chair Bill Jenkins and County Administrator Doug Stanley.
“It is always an honor to celebrate the promise of our young people,” said Board Chair Bill Jenkins. “On behalf of the entire Board of Supervisors, I offer my heartfelt best wishes to Ja’Nyla and all of her classmates as they step into the next exciting chapter of their journey.”
In June of 2021, the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors established the #Vaccinate Prince Edward Scholarship program with $5,000 in local funding to focus the community’s vaccination efforts on the future and to encourage students to get vaccinated. Local institutions and businesses and a Prince Edward County High School alumnus immediately stepped forward to support the effort and help expand the number of scholarships. The additional $15,000 of sponsorship funding enabled the County to increase the scholarship awards to $2,000 for each of the 10 winning students.
The contributors to the #Vaccinate Prince Edward Scholarship are:
Centra Health $5,000.00
Farmville Cares $1,000.00
Hampden-Sydney College $2,000.00
Longwood University $2,000.00
Luck Stone $1,000.00
Mid-Atlantic Irrigation $1,000.00
Jim O’Conner (PECHS graduate) $1,000.00
Piedmont Senior Resources $2,000.00
Prince Edward County $5,000.00
In July of 2021, the County drew the names of the ten student scholarship recipients from the pool of eligible applicants. The $2,000 scholarships is paid out in the form of a check written jointly to the student and a post-secondary educational institution (college, university, community college, apprenticeship, training program, etc.). For younger students, scholarships are being held by the County until each scholarship recipient graduates from high school.
“Ja’Nyla is our fourth scholarship recipient since 2021, and Prince Edward County is proud to play a small role in supporting her educational ambitions,” said Doug Stanley, County Administrator.
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