Last Chance for Scholarship Applicants

One $10,000 scholarship, two $2,000 scholarships and four $1,000 scholarships are up for grabs from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), and the deadline to apply is April 1.

The Glenn English Youth Tour Alumni Scholarship committee offers one $10,000 scholarship and four $1,000 scholarships to former Youth Tour participants. It is proud to have awarded over $100,000 to Youth Tour alumni since starting the program in 2014. To be eligible, applicants must — among other criteria — be a U.S. citizen, have participated in Youth Tour and be working on completing his/her first undergraduate degree. A former OEC Youth Tour winner, Hayden Hefner from Bridge Creek, won the $10,000 scholarship in 2015.

The interest and success of the Youth Tour Alumni scholarship inspired the Glenn English Scholarship Committee to partner with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Rural Electric Power Conference (IEEE-REPC) to add an additional opportunity: The Next Generation Rural Engineering Scholarship.

Each year, the committee awards two $2,000 scholarships to college students seeking a career in the rural electric engineering field. Applicants of the Next Generation Rural Engineering Scholarship are not required to be former Youth Tour participants.

Application portals for both scholarships are open until April 1. Visit www.okcoop.org/ scholarships to apply.