The
Coachella Valley Alumnae Panhellenic (CVAP) met Thursday, May 13, 2021, via Zoom to distribute their annual scholarships to 18 area high school seniors. These young women were selected based on their academic, extra-curricular and volunteer activities and were awarded between $2,350 and $3,350 to assist them with their first-year college expenses.
Distributed annually since 1954, the goal of the
CVAP Scholarship Fund is to give outstanding graduating seniors some preliminary financial support to pursue and realize their college dreams.
The CVAP recipients will be attending universities throughout the country in the fall. Many have selected schools within the University of California system. They will be pursuing a wide variety of degrees and majors, including climate engineering, sports medicine, music industry management and immigration law. Most have completed advanced placement courses, which give them up to a half year of completed college requirements prior to their p