NRVHBA Rick Whitney Memorial Scholarship Archive

NRVHBA awards scholarships to Blacksburg and Giles High School students in 2010

The New River Valley Home Builders Association, a professional trade organization dedicated to being the respected voice of the residential building industry, recently presented its Richard S. Whitney Memorial Scholarship checks to this year’s winners. President Chris Pfohl met personally with Zachary Price of Blacksburg High School and Timothy Chad Robertson of Giles High School to distribute the scholarships of $1,000 each, which the association awards annually to graduating seniors from New River Valley high schools who are interested in entering the building profession. The mission of the NRVHBA Scholarship Committee is to promote the future growth of the construction industry by providing aid to deserving students enrolled in construction-related studies at Virginia’s colleges, trade schools, and within working internships.

HBAV awards scholarship to Christiansburg High School student in 2009

The New River Valley Home Builders Association, a professional trade organization dedicated to being the respected voice of the residential and commercial building industry, has awarded its annual Richard S. Whitney Memorial Scholarship to Juilan D. Iford of Christiansburg High School. The association presents a scholarship of $1,000 to a graduating senior from a New River Valley high school who is interested in entering the building profession.

HBAV awards scholarships to Virginia Tech students in 2008

The Home Builders Association of Virginia awarded two $2,500 scholarships to students enrolled in the Building Construction Program at the Myers-Lawson School of Construction at Virginia Tech.

On Friday, Nov. 16, 2008 HBAV Educational Foundation Chairman Doug Fahl visited Virginia Tech to present Ryan Althizer of Mechanicsville and Nicholas Pauley of Bland with their awards before they returned home for the Thanksgiving holiday. Fahl was accompanied by James Oliver and Ed Tuchler of the New River Valley Home Builders Association.

The two young men were selected from 26 third-year students who applied for the scholarships.They were chosen based on their academic record, community and campus involvement, and their desire to pursue a home building-related career in Virginia after graduating from Virginia Tech.

The HBAV Educational Foundation was formed in 1991 to enhance industry professionalism and to invest in the Commonwealth’s future leaders of the home building industry.Students enrolled in housing-related studies at Virginia’s colleges and universities are eligible to receive financial assistance from the foundation.

(From left) Nicholas Pauley and Ryan Althizer proudly display the checks they received from the HBAV Educational Foundation, represented by Ed Tuchler, current President of New River Valley HBA; Doug Fahl, foundation chairman; and James Oliver, HBAV Region I vice president.