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Scholarship opportunities announced for future engineers, former Youth Tour winners

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) announced two scholarship opportunities for former Youth Tour winners and students pursuing careers in the rural engineering field. [4328220500]

"Scholarship opportunities include one $10,000 winner, a $2,000 winner and four $1,000 winners," said OEC Education and Outreach Programs Director Tory Tedder-Loffland. "In 2015, a 2012 OEC Youth Tour winner, Hayden Hefner from Bridge Creek, won the very first $10,000 scholarship! Youth Tour is more than just a speech contest — it opens doors like this one."

YOUTH TOUR ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS

The Glenn English Youth Tour Alumni Scholarship committee 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.

The deadline to apply is April 5.

ENGINEERS OF THE FUTURE SCHOLARSHIPS

The Glenn English Scholarship Committee partnered 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 fields. Applicants of the Engineers of the Future Scholarship are not required to be former Youth Tour participants.

Application portals are open for both scholarships and can be found at www.okcoop. org/scholarships. Interested future engineers must apply by May 14. Winners will be selected and notified in mid-July.

Visit www.okcoop.org/scholarships for complete lists of eligibility requirements and application instructions.