Lakesha Butler named 2009 Janet Harvey Trivette Scholarship winner

Miss Lakesha Butler, a rising senior in the Department's radiation therapy program, was name the 2009 winner of the Janet Harvey Trivette Memorial Scholarship.

The scholarship was created in memory of Janet Trivette, the wife of George Trivette, M.D., a local radiation oncologist. Dr. Trivette along with Drs. Judy L. Chin, Taryn G. Torre and Jo Anne D. Walker — all local radiation oncologists — endowed the scholarship.

The scholarship rewards a rising senior radiation therapy student who shows exemplary clinical aptitude and has maintained at least a 3.2 departmental grade point average. The scholarship will fund Butler's tuition, fees and books for both senior semesters, based on in-state tuition costs.

The Department of Radiation Sciences will present Lakesha with the award at the VCU Gamma Chi (Radiologic and Imaging Sciences Honor Society) Fall Meeting. The date and location are yet to be determined.