Patrick Allen Duff Memorial Endowed Scholarship

This memorial scholarship was established in 2021 by English professor Dr. Brent L. Kendrick to honor his soulmate and life partner of 20 years and to support future generations of Laurel Ridge CC students who are enrolled in a health sciences program.
Allen’s friends, family and colleagues have also contributed to this scholarship, which is a fitting tribute to a man who not only took great pride in his career as a Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) but also encouraged, mentored and taught many others who were new to the field.
Allen earned his CST degree at Jupiter Medical Center (Jupiter, FL) and always celebrated and remembered one of his professors there because she nudged him onward and upward.
From 2016 to 2020, Allen worked at Valley Health’s Shenandoah Memorial Hospital in Woodstock, VA. Before joining Valley Health, he served as the Director of the Surgical Technology Program at Piedmont Virginia Community College (Charlottesville), and he distanced-taught the first Surgical Technology classes offered at the Laurel Ridge Community College (Middletown and Warrenton).
Additionally, he served as a Certified Surgical Technologist at Augusta Health (Fishersville, VA), and during his prior years as a traveling Surgical Technologist, he distinguished himself at Geneva General Hospital (NY), at St. Vincent’s Hospital Emergency and Trauma Center (Green Bay, WI), and at Stonewall Jackson Hospital (Lexington, VA).

The scholarship award may be applied toward tuition, fees, and/or books and will be divided equally between two semesters. Satisfactory academic progress must be maintained in order for the recipient to receive the award for the second semester. To be eligible to receive the award for the spring semester, you must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the fall semester.

The following criteria must be met to be eligible for the scholarship:

• Be enrolled as a full- or part-time student at Laurel Ridge Community College
• Complete the Foundation scholarship application and the federal aid application (FAFSA)
• Preference given to students enrolled in the surgical technologist program, if none, be enrolled in a health sciences program.
• Preference will be given to students who demonstrate financial need as determined by the financial aid office
• Preference will be given to first generation college students