CVEA Community Foundation Scholarships

The CVEA Community Foundation scholarship programs are funded with unclaimed, escheated capital credits and voluntary donations from CVEA members, like you.. 

$14,500 in CVEA Community Foundation Scholarships were awarded in 2010. Congratulations to all of our scholarship winners!

Copper Basin Scholarship Winners

Sydnee Faulkner $500 Sara Jones $500 Rachel Stumpf $500
Ryan Williams-Cudo $500 Hannah Rosenkrans $500
Josh Lorence $1,000 Ronald Boeddeker $1,500 Daniel Leahy Youth Rally

Valdez Scholarship Winners
Colbi Hill $500 Colin Irish $500 Kelsey Lematta $500
Shelby Saylors $500 Quinn Verfaillie $500 Brett Wells $500
Sheila Mann $1,500 Forest Masters Youth Rally

The 2010 Foundation scholarship program is better than ever. $13,500 will be awarded to local students for the 2010-2011 school year!

The CVEA Community Foundation Board of Directors would like to make the Foundation scholarship program more inclusive, giving as many students as possible an opportunity to apply. In 2010, CVEA membership will no longer be an application requirement. Applicants, his/her parent(s), or legal guardian(s) need only reside in a dwelling served by CVEA during the school year.  This will make it easier for students in unique situations to apply.

In 2010, the CVEA Community Foundation will award eight $500 General scholarships for high school seniors, four in each district.  These scholarships are awarded for vocational, technical, and apprenticeship training or a college degree program.

High school seniors interested in the electrical industry are eligible for a $1,000 Electrical scholarship if they intend to pursue a field of study that contributes to the development and improvement of the electrical industry.  One will be awarded in each district.

CVEA will award two Community College Scholarships, one in each district, to a returning PWSCC student or PWSCC students seeking continuing education and other opportunities for career advancement. This scholarship is not available to graduating seniors..  The $1,500 Community College scholarships are designed to assist students with the costs to attend PWSCC in the Valdez or Copper Basin service areas.

CVEA Youth Rally Scholarship

The Board has authorized two Idaho Youth Rally scholarships for 2009. The Idaho Youth Rally scholarship provides an opportunity for sophomores and juniors attending high schools in our service area and allows students to practice leadership, teamwork, and communication skills while learning about electric utility issues. 

The Idaho Youth Rally provides an all expense paid week of travel, educational sessions, meeting new people, summer games of challenge and field trips.  The week long summer camp will be held at Albertson College in Caldwell, Idaho, in July.  This is an experience like no other and it is waiting for YOU!!

**All applications and supporting documentation may be hand-delivered, in a sealed envelope, to either CVEA office or mailed to P.O. Box 45, Glennallen, AK  99588 and must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Friday, February 12, 2010**

For more information, please contact Sharon Crisp at 835-7005 or 822-5506 or email crisp@cvea.org .

$11,500 in CVEA Scholarships Were Awarded in 2009

Copper Basin Scholarship Winners

Katya Rempel $500 Dillon Sondergaard $500 Scott Yahr Jr. $500
Adrina Knutson $500 Gerald Mills Jr. $500 Chantelle Davey $500
Ashley Hicks $1,500 Keaton Shepherd Idaho Youth Rally

Valdez Scholarship Winners
Annaliese Hazlett $500 Genevieve Murphy $500 Lindsey Roberts $500
Britni Ezell $500 Alex Wegner $500 Sarah Gussert $500
Marche Bender $1,500 Quin Verfaillie Idaho Youth Rally

 

 

$9,500 in CVEA Scholarships Were Awarded in 2008

Copper Basin Scholarship Winners

Chris VanWyhe $1000 Mark Henspeter $500 Katherine Hannan $500
Daniel Hjortstorp $1,500
Alex VanWyhe - Youth Rally

Valdez Scholarship Winners
Travis Shiell $1,000 Heidi Kuchin $500 Ashley Tanner $500
Michelle Beyer $1,500
William Cullen Youth Rally

The 2008 Scholarship program is better than ever with two new Scholarship Opportunities!!

Four $500 General scholarships are available for high school seniors, two in each district.  The scholarships are awarded for vocational, technical, and apprenticeship training or a college degree program.

High school seniors interested in the electrical industry are eligible for a $1,000 Electrical scholarship if they intend to pursue a field of study that contributes to the development and improvement of the electrical industry.  One will be awarded in each district.

CVEA will award two Community College Scholarships, one in each district, to a member planning to attend Prince William Sound Community College.  These new $1,500 Community College scholarships are designed to assist students with the costs to attend PWSCC in the Valdez or Copper Basin service areas.

$7,500 in CVEA Scholarships Were Awarded in 2007

In 2007, $7,000 was awarded in scholarships to graduating high school seniors whose parents are members of CVEA. In the Copper Basin District, five seniors were awarded $500 general scholarships and one was awarded a $1000 Electrical Industry Scholarship.  Eight $500 scholarships were awarded in the Valdez District.

Copper Basin Scholarship Winners

Alex Gearhart $500 Emily McCarthy $500 Kari Odden $500
Philip Baur $500 Weston Davey $500 Spencer Jones $1000

Valdez Scholarship Winners  
Elise Sorum $500 Jessica Colbert $500 Kelsey Wakefield $500
Andrew Backau $500 Mei-Lani Bixby $500 Sheila Spader $500
Tessa Johnson $500

Alternative Energy Scholarship Winner

Kerstin Cullen $500

Kerstin completed and presented a science project researching the possibility of wind energy on Thompson Pass. CVEA awarded Kerstin a one-time Alternative Energy Scholarship to recognize and reward her for her efforts on this very important and timely subject.