Grace Wooldridge '50 Scholarship

Scholarship Information

In the early 1940s when Wooldridge, a divorced mother of three, stepped onto then Radford College’s campus, she had one thing in mind, she wanted to be a teacher. She and her family sacrificed to make her dream become a reality. The Wooldridge children lived with their grandparents in Buchanan County while Wooldridge lived on campus. Following her first year as a full-time student, a principal in Buchanan County asked if she could please start teaching. In subsequent years, she returned to Radford during the summers, and in 1950 she received her undergraduate degree. She taught in Buchanan Counties Garden High School for 32 years, she dedicated herself to promoting in her students a sense of their own worth. Many of her former students, along with her friends and family members, returned the favor by establishing a scholarship in her name to help Buchanan County students attend Radford University.

Scholarship Criteria

• Candidate must be a student from Buchanan County, VA.
• Must demonstrate financial need.