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Foundation Awards Program

Recognizing Leadership, Service, and Philanthropy

The Richard Bland College Foundation Awards program honors alumni, partners, and community leaders whose dedication strengthens the Foundation’s work in service to the College and its students.

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Honoring Leadership, Service, and Impact

Distinguished Alumni Award

Each year the College recognizes one to three alumni with this award. It is the highest and most prestigious honor that Richard Bland College can bestow upon its alumni. The purpose of recognizing distinguished alumni is to promote the public image of Richard Bland College by highlighting the achievements of successful alumni, to engage alumni for future service and giving opportunities, to encourage other alumni to become more active in support of RBC, and to provide students with role models of success.

Richard Bland Award

This award recognizes the commendable service of one person to Richard Bland College. The College chooses to use the namesake of Richard Bland because of the example of service in his many terms in the House of Burgesses, and as a delegate to the Continental Congress. Each year there are any number of faculty, staff, friends, alumni, business partners, etc. who unselfishly give their time and energies for the betterment of Richard Bland College.

Young Alumni Award

The purpose of this award is to inspire and engage young alumni to future service at Richard Bland College. One award is presented given to an individual that attended and completed at least one semester at Richard Bland College in the past ten years.

statesman/woman of the year to awards listed

The Statesman | Stateswoman Award is the newest Award of Distinction, established to acknowledge, appreciate and celebrate a College stakeholder who has championed and advanced RBC’s mission and strategic priorities. This award recognizes an individual whose advocacy, service, and/or leadership has significantly contributed to Richard Bland College’s success. One individual is recognized each year as the Richard Bland College Statesman or Stateswoman, spotlighting those who exemplify the qualities of a Statesman or Stateswoman.

2025 Award Winners

- Young Alumni Award: Amber Ange Salter ‘17
- Stateswoman of the Year Award: The Honorable Mamie E. Locke
- Richard Bland Award: The Herbert Miller Family
- Distinguished Alumni Award: Mark H. Stevens ‘75

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