To date, more than $90,000 has been awarded to students through the competition. Scholarships totaling $8,500 will be presented as cash awards to the top designs, including $3,000 for First Place, $2,000 for Second Place, $1,000 for Third Place and $2,500 for the Sapa Sustainable Design Scholarship Award.

NOVA is leading a consortium of U.S. colleges in an innovative partnership with the Brazilian government.

NOVA was the first Virginia community college to receive the 4011 certification and is currently the only Virginia community college certified on both standards.

The tax credit is equal to 65 percent of the donation, with an annual cap of $25 million from the state. The legislation goes into effect on July 1.

He is the sixth NOVA student in the last seven years to receive the scholarship. Previous recipients are Dan F. Nechita (2006), Jean-Blaise Ognong (2007), Edward Sawyer (2009), Karima Ben Ayed (2010) and Kyle Stevenson (2011).

This year’s graduating class will be NOVA’s largest, with more than 7,700 degrees and certificates expected to be awarded.

The Virginia Press Association holds one of the largest news contests in the nation, annually attracting more than 5,000 entries.

Marjan Ramaraju, a student at the Medical Education Campus of Northern Virginia Community College, was one of only 50 medical laboratory technician students in the United States to receive the prestigious Siemens-ASCP $1,000 scholarship.

Historic Mount Vernon selected future Northern Virginia Community College graduate student Matthew Jongema as the recipient of its inaugural John F. and Emma B. McDonnell Memorial Scholarship.

On May 20, Washington actors Sarah Marshall, Jennifer Mendenhall, Kim Schraf, Craig Wallace, MaryBeth Wise and Deidra Starnes will perform in readings of new plays by favorite Washington playwrights Ari Roth, Norman Allen, Ally Currin, David Emerson Toney, Renee Calarco, Elizabeth Pringle, Pamela Leahigh and Keith Bridges to raise money to send kids to theatre camp.