The Yargus Family Foundation gave $105,000 to the university to establish the scholarship, which will help students who graduate from Lake Land College and transfer to Indiana State University.
The newly renovated and expanded Dental Hygiene Clinic opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony on October 14, 2026.
The lab will educate the students in the university’s new Medical Laboratory Science bachelor degree program and represents a regional workforce partnership with Baptist Health, Norton Healthcare, and UofL Health.
The two separate grants come from the Institute of Citizens and Scholars Campuswide Immersion and NASA’s West Virginia Space Grant Consortium.
The college’s Early Access program allows high school students to earn college credits before graduating from high school. The new scholarships will provide financial assistance to Early Access students who continue taking classes at WVNCC after high school graduation.