Awards

IUPUI Maynard K. Hine Medal - 2022

About Virginia K. Washington

Virginia K. "Ginny" Washington, BS’79, MS’82, is associate director of student success initiatives and graduate school liaisons in the IUPUI Office of Student Financial Services. She joined the staff in 1975 as a federal work-study student. Now, 47 years later, she continues to help under-resourced students fund their futures. While ensuring that students are able to work toward their own educational goals, she earned both a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University and a master’s degree from IU. With one degree from each university, she says she feels “equally balanced” to work and serve all IUPUI students.

Washington takes personal pride in IUPUI and displays her 40-year service pin daily at work. She has received many credentials and awards from IUPUI and from numerous professional associations. In addition, she has served as co-chair of the IUPUI Black Faculty and Staff Council, as well as its secretary. She has also served as speaker, moderator, and presenter at more than 300 gatherings of financial aid administrators, students, and parents at the national, regional, and state level.