CVEA Scholarships

Each year the CVEA scholarship program is funded with unclaimed capital credits that have escheated back to the Cooperative. 

 

$9,500 in CVEA Scholarships Will Be Awarded in 2008

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.

                             CVEA General & Electrical                       Community College 

                                                   Scholarship Application                      Scholarship Application

 

 

CVEA Youth Rally Scholarship is back!!

The Board has authorized two Idaho Youth Rally scholarships for 2008.  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, July7-12, 2008.  This is an experience like no other and it is waiting for YOU!!

 

                                              Idaho Youth Rally                          Idaho Youth Rally

                                          Scholarship Application                   Ruralite Article

 

**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 15, 2008**

 

For more information, please contact Sharon Crisp at 835-4301 or 822-3211 or email crisp@cvea.org.

 

$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

               

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

         $500                       $500                         $500                           $500                        $500                      $1000

 

Valdez   

                 

    Elise Sorum           Jessica Colbert     Kelsey Wakefield       Andrew Backau        Mei-Lani Bixby          Sheila Spader         Tessa Johnson

        $500                        $500                     $500                       $500                       $500                       $500                       $500

 

Kerstin Cullen

Alternative Energy Scholarship

$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.

 

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