Tri County Electric Scholarship
Information about our program.
Tri county electric scholarship. We are among the largest cooperatives in kentucky and tennessee and provide a wide range of services to our 53 000 members owners. Homeworks tri county electric cooperative can help you attend an accredited utility technician training school with a 1 000 scholarship. Tri county electric cooperative s 2020 scholarship recipients have been selected. Each year tri county emc awards 10 000 in scholarships to students in the tri county service area.
Tri county electric tcemc serves all or part of the following counties. The government through the rural electric act of 1936 offered to lend not give money to electrify rural america many of your neighbors began working together and in november 1936 tri county rural electric cooperative was organized. Download a summary of the scholarship program. Download an application form.
The next scholarship will be available for enrollment starting in the fall term. Tri county electric cooperative 3906 w. Applicants must meet the following criteria. For more information about tcec s education programs please contact leslie kraich via email or call 580 652 2418 ext 128.
Allen cumberland metcalfe monroe adair barren clinton and warren in kentucky and macon clay trousdale sumner jackson overton and smith in tennessee. Must be a member or child of a tri county electric member or live in a home served by tri county electric or attend high school in our service territory southern wayne charles b. 250 scholarships awarded to students attending a community college junior college vocational or technical school. Almost everyone wanted electricity but the cost was out of reach.
The tri county electric cooperative energizing education scholarship has been made possible through the energizing education program in which tcec members elect to have their monthly electric statement rounded up to the next dollar and those cents set aside to fund scholarships with the mission to provide educational support for qualified. Applications are available from opsu s panhandle state foundation and golden spread electric cooperative as outlined below. Applications are available from high school counselors or at kaskaskia college. Deadline for application is generally around january 31st.
In 1936 few people in this area had electric service. Tcec members and their children may be eligible for the below scholarships.