Military Education Scholarships

VA Mortgage Center.com has been proud to offer ten yearly $1,000 scholarships in conjunction with our Military Education Scholarship Program. The process and purpose is simple - many college students currently struggle to meet the financial requirements of pursuing their education, even with the help of financial aid and other scholarship programs.

Stay Up to Date for our 2011 Contest

Our next contest, launching in September of 2011, will run through our Facebook page. We will be awarding ten scholarships of $1,000 each. Like us on Facebook below and view our scholarship tab today for more information.

Questions About Future Contests?

If you'd like more information about future contests, eligibility or for any other questions, please send an email to our scholarship coordinator.

Congratulations to our Fall 2010 Winners!

Hats off to Brandon Hahn, Leslee Moon, Christine and Jim Cookingham (for their daughter Tatiana), Kevin Sudbeck (for his son Charles), and Brian Frampton. Winners will be notified via email, and the winning essays will be posted on this site. Read more about our Fall 2010 winners here.

A Message From One of Our Winners

 On behalf of my daughter Emily and myself, please accept and pass along to your staff our sincerest appreciation for selecting my entry as one of your prize winning essays. I'm sure you received several noteworthy submissions, and I'm humbled that mine was chosen.

 We would also like to express our gratitude to the many employees of the VA Mortgage Center who support the Military Education Scholarship Program. So often we see signs that promote "Support the Troops", but your program actually transforms that slogan into tangible action. I cannot emphasize enough how important that support is to our men and women in uniform. I urge you and your co-workers to continue regardless of your political affiliation or your opinion of the current world situation.

 Finally I've often been the recipient of salutes throughout my career; however in this case, please allow me to salute your organization for all your contributions to our military community.

Past Contests

We began awarding students our Military Education Scholarships back in May of 2007. Since then, over 1,200 students have applied and we've passed out nearly $30,000 directly from our employee contributions. Read about our past winners below.

May 2010

Over 200 essays were submitted and received again for the Spring 2010 Military Education Scholarship. Thanks again for all the applications and congratulations to the spring 2010 winners. Best of luck to all of you in your academic and professional careers!

November 2009

Another great contest wrapped up in the fall of 2009. Congratulations to the winners! Read about the fall 2009 winners and view their essays.

May 2009

We received over 200 essays for the spring 2009 contest. With so many compelling essays, it was again difficult to select just 5 scholarship recipients. Congratulations to the winners! Read about the spring 2009 winners and view their essays.

November 2008

The fourth semi-annual scholarship contest was another good one. Read about the November 2008 scholarship winners and view thier essays. We were also able to present one of our winners with her check in person.

May 2008

The third semi-annual scholarship contest was a great success. It is always hard for our staff to pick only 5 winners, and this contest was no exception. Check out the May 2008 scholarship winners and read their compelling essays. If you were not selected as a winner, remember you can always enter again in the next round. Good luck to everyone!

November 2007

The second semi-annual scholarship contest received another great response. With the many essays we received from across the country, it was hard to narrow the winners down to only five. Here is a look at the November 2007 scholarship winners. As always, thanks to all who entered and congratulations to the winners.

The staff at VA Mortgage Center.com would like to wish everyone who entered good luck in your pursuit of higher education.

May 2007

The first VA Mortgage Center.com essay contest was completed in May 2007. Here is a look back at the May 2007 winners. Due to the overwhelmingly positive response we received, our employees have decided to continue the scholarship program as a bi-yearly offering for students. Additionally, we are now offering five scholarships instead of three, and each is worth $1500.

Thanks again to all those who have applied and helped make this a success! In May, there were many excellent essays, and selecting the winners was a very tough decision. We look forward to the continuation of the program and reading more and more great essays.

More About VA Mortgage Center.com

VA Mortgage Center.com is a leading provider of VA Loans and other VA lending products in association with the VA Home Loan Program. Our VA Home Loan Specialists understand VA Loan Requirements and work with thousands of new and existing home owners who are VA Eligible to secure the best home loan solutions for them each year.

As mentioned, our Scholarship Program is 100% funded by the employees of our company. Just as we work with active-duty military and veteran individuals and their families every day, we hope through awarding the scholarships that we may help make a difference in the pursuit of higher education for our customers and the servicemember community.

All applicants should be sure to read the scholarship program terms and conditions.