New Trustee Appointment: Albert Jay Richardson

Posted on December 27, 2017 by AlstonP

As of November 2017, we welcome Alston-Pleasants Scholar Mr. Albert Jay Richardson as a new Alston-Pleasants Post-Graduate Scholars Fund Trustee!

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Albert Jay Richardson: Alston-Pleasants Post-Graduate Scholars Fund Trustee

November 4, 2017. Hon. Lisa F. Blalock, Clerk of the Warren County Superior Court, has appointed Albert Jay Richardson to serve for a three year term as a Trustee of the Alston-Pleasants Post-Graduate Scholars Fund…

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Blackburn and Howard Receive Postgraduate Awards to Pursue Advanced Degrees

Posted on November 22, 2016 by AlstonP

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November 18, 2016

Congratulations to Allison Blackburn (c/o 2013) and Meghan Howard (c/o 2012) for being awarded scholarships to support their postgraduate studies!

Allison is a member of the Occupational Therapy Class of 2018 at the Medical University of South Carolina, and was recently elected President of her OT class. Meghan is pursuing her doctoral studies at Stanford University’s Mordecai Lab, which investigates how climate, species interactions and global change drive infectious disease dynamics in humans and natural ecosystems.

Read Allison’s press release here.

Read Meghan’s press release here.

New Trustee Appointment: Dennis Organ

Posted on October 3, 2015 by AlstonP

We are thrilled that Mr. Dennis Organ was appointed in September as a new Alston-Pleasants Post-Graduate Scholars Fund Trustee!

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Alston-Pleasants Post-Graduate Scholars Fund Trustee Appointed

September 18, 2015. Hon. Rebecca C. Spragins, Clerk of the Halifax County Superior Court, has appointed Dennis W. Organ, an Alston-Pleasants Scholar and 1966 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), to serve as a Trustee of the Alston-Pleasants Post-Graduate Scholars Fund…

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