{"id":1979,"date":"2026-04-03T13:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/aapaan\/?p=1979"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:33:46","slug":"congratulations-to-our-scholarship-awardees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/aapaan\/2026\/04\/03\/congratulations-to-our-scholarship-awardees\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to our Scholarship Awardees!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AAPAAN is thrilled to share that our Scholarship Committee has chosen the recipients for our four $5,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/aapaan\/aapaan-scholarships\/\">AAPAAN Scholarships<\/a>! We seek to present these awards to those who have demonstrated merit, academic achievement, leadership in their communities, and a strong interest in studying and promoting Asian cultures.<\/p>\n<p>Here are our 2026 AAPAAN Scholars:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jolina Dong (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201927)<\/strong> &#8211; Yee Family American Dream Scholarship<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vy Nguyen (<abbr title=\"School of Engineering and Applied Science\">Engr<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201927)<\/strong> &#8211; Jack T Chen Scholarship<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mustafa Baryal (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201928)<\/strong> &#8211; AAPAAN Scholarship<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vaqas Qudus (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201928)<\/strong> &#8211; AAPAAN Scholarship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit our website to <a href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/aapaan\/aapaan-scholarships\/recipients\/\">learn more about our scholars<\/a> and the fantastic work they do on Grounds and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/aapaan\/aapaan-scholarships\/recipients\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1980 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/aapaan\/files\/aapaan-2026-scholarship-winners.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/aapaan\/files\/aapaan-2026-scholarship-winners.webp 1200w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/aapaan\/files\/aapaan-2026-scholarship-winners-300x63.webp 300w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/aapaan\/files\/aapaan-2026-scholarship-winners-1024x213.webp 1024w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/aapaan\/files\/aapaan-2026-scholarship-winners-768x160.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our judging panel for their unwavering commitment and diligence in reviewing all the applications.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jamie Rim (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201993)<\/strong> Scholarship Committee Chair<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deeksha Joshi (<abbr title=\"Darden School of Business\">Darden<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201909)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kapil Dev Bansal (<abbr title=\"Darden School of Business\">Darden<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201920)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tyler Nguyen (<abbr title=\"Darden School of Business\">Darden<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201903)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Anoop Dhakad (<abbr title=\"McIntire School of Commerce\">Com<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201993)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joyce Li (<abbr title=\"School of Engineering and Applied Science\">Engr<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201903)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Adam Luo (<abbr title=\"Graduate School of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Grad<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201920)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Alex Chiou (<abbr title=\"McIntire School of Commerce\">Com<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201911, <abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201911)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAPAAN is thrilled to share that our Scholarship Committee has chosen the recipients for our four $5,000 AAPAAN Scholarships! We seek to present these awards to those who have demonstrated merit, academic achievement, leadership in their communities, and a strong interest in studying and promoting Asian cultures. Here are our 2026 AAPAAN Scholars: Jolina Dong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aapaan-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Congratulations to our Scholarship Awardees! - Asian and Asian Pacific American Alumni Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/aapaan\/2026\/04\/03\/congratulations-to-our-scholarship-awardees\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kiki McLaughlin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/aapaan\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/03\\\/congratulations-to-our-scholarship-awardees\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/aapaan\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/03\\\/congratulations-to-our-scholarship-awardees\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kiki McLaughlin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/aapaan\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/56e4d4887754d111218b120270d4033e\"},\"headline\":\"Congratulations to our Scholarship Awardees!\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-03T17:03:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/aapaan\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/03\\\/congratulations-to-our-scholarship-awardees\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":153,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/aapaan\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/aapaan\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/03\\\/congratulations-to-our-scholarship-awardees\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/aapaan\\\/files\\\/aapaan-2026-scholarship-winners.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"AAPAAN News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/aapaan\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/03\\\/congratulations-to-our-scholarship-awardees\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/aapaan\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/03\\\/congratulations-to-our-scholarship-awardees\\\/\",\"name\":\"Congratulations to our Scholarship Awardees! 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