Contact: NOVEC Public Relations, , [email protected]
MANASSAS, Va. – Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative and Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives are accepting applications for higher-education scholarships from high school and home school seniors who receive electricity from electric cooperatives. Applications for NOVEC’s scholarships are due by the close of business on March 13, 2017, and the VMDAEC applications are due Feb. 10, 2017.
NOVEC Scholarship Program
The NOVEC Scholarship Program will award $1,500 scholarships to qualified graduating public high school students in NOVEC’s service territory in Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford counties, and the City of Manassas Park. An additional $1,500 scholarship will go to a student in NOVEC’s service territory who either attends private school or is home schooled.
From the scholarship winners, selection committees will choose the overall outstanding student for the $1,500 J. Manley Garber Scholarship. The recipient of this scholarship will receive a total of $3,000 to help with his or her college education.
Selection committees will look for students who have demonstrated scholastic achievement, community service, work experience, and leadership skills.
A scholarship applicant must:
- Be a college-bound high school senior whose parents or guardians receive electric service from NOVEC.
- Have at least a 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale and submit an official transcript that includes first-semester grades.
- Submit Student Achievement Test (SAT) scores; unofficial SAT scores will be accepted.
- Demonstrate a wide range of participation and leadership in extracurricular activities, community service, and/or work experience.
- Submit two letters of recommendation — one from a high school official, such as a teacher or counselor, and one from a community member, such as a church or Scout leader.
- Submit a 400-word typed autobiographical essay.
- List the colleges/universities he or she has applied to or the one the student plans to attend.
- Complete the NOVEC scholarship application and submit all required materials no later than March 13, 2017. The entire application process will be online through AwardSpring™ — a secure website. Applicants may access the website through a link at www.novec.com.
For more information about the NOVEC Scholarship Program, contact Donna Snellings at [email protected].
VMDAEC Scholarships
A high school or home-schooled senior — whose parents or guardians are electric cooperative members in Virginia, Delaware, and part of Maryland — may apply for a scholarship from the VMDAEC Educational Scholarship Foundation. An applicant must be entering college or a technical/trade school in autumn 2017.
The foundation will award $1,000 scholarships to students who have been selected based on their financial need, academic achievement, and personal statements. VMDAEC will send scholarship funds directly to a recipient’s chosen educational institution for help with tuition, room and board, student fees, or book purchasing. Successful applicants will be notified no later than May 31, 2017.
Applicants can access the application and guidelines under the Community Resources tab at www.vmdaec.com. For more information, contact Nina Jacobs at [email protected].
VMDAEC, based in Glen Allen, Virginia, provides training, communications, legislative and
