Sustaining Their Success

Funded by donors like you, scholarships awarded to the high school graduates who successfully complete our Valley Scholars program ensure that these first-generation college students can attend JMU all four years.

Your contribution to the Valley Scholars Scholarship Expendable Fund means financial support is immediately available to today's students.

Your donation to the Valley Scholars Scholarship Endowment provides financial support in perpetuity, ensuring that future cohorts of Valley Scholars continue to receive this essential aid.

Begun in 2014, the Valley Scholars program at JMU identifies first-generation students in our local area who are leaders in their classrooms and communities. They are mentored as middle schoolers and receive academic coaching as high schoolers.

A decade in, the need is greater than ever.

More than 200 students are in the program currently, looking ahead to the promise of a JMU scholarship upon graduation. Your generosity continues

• college-readiness workshops,
• AP and dual enrollment courses, as well as
• engaging opportunities for connections with their peers through team-building and collaboration so they can develop the soft skills they’ll need in college and beyond.

These 200+ students are counting on you!

Give to Valley Scholars Scholarships.