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RTC Scholarships Available
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In 2017, RTC will award four scholarships, each in the amount of $2,500, to 2017 graduating
high school seniors for their first year as a (freshman) college student.
Preference will be given to students going into telecom, IT, electronics, accounting,
marketing, or business-related fields who show an interest in returning to RTC’s service
area after earning their degree.
Youmust:
• Be a senior in high school who will be entering your first year of college in the fall of 2017.
• Be a current member of RTC. To be a member, you or your parents/guardians must have
local telephone service from RTC.
• Be a United States citizen.
• Have a “C” (2.0) average or better, grade 9 thru December of grade 12.
• Be accepted by an accredited two‐year or four‐year college or university, or vocational
technical school.
• Have been involved in four different extra-curricular activities during high school. List
each activity only once, regardless of the number of years involved. Activities may be
related to your school, employment or community.
We will need:
• A transcript from your high school signed by a school official.
• One letter of recommendation from a local community leader other than an educator (ex-
amples include telephone company personnel, elected official, local business leader, etc.).
When to apply:
• Apply NOW! Applications are available at RTC Parshall Headquarters, RTC New Town
Office, RTCWatford City Office, www.RTC.coop/resources and your local high school.
Application forms and attachments should be submitted to: RTC, PO Box 68, Parshall ND
58770-0068. Applications must be postmarked on or before March 1, 2017.
Reservation Telephone Cooperative (RTC) reserves
the right to terminate the scholarship program
or change the provisions and conditions
with reasonable notice except that: once a
scholarship is awarded for a school year, it
will continue throughout the expiration of
the term. Please direct any inquiries regard-
ing RTC’s Scholarship Program to Human
Resources Manager Gretchen Edwards at
1.888.862.3115 or PO Box 68, Parshall ND, 58770.
FRS SCHOLARSHIPS
The Foundation for Rural Service (FRS)
offers an annual college scholarship pro-
gram to help further higher education
among rural youth. The scholarships are
awarded to students from rural America
for their first year of college, university
or vocational-technical school. All of the
following scholarships can be applied
for by completing the FRS scholarship
application.
•
FRS Scholarship:
A one-time $2,500
scholarship that seeks to encourage
students to return to their rural commu-
nities upon completing their education.
•
FRS Staurulakis Family Scholarship:
Four $5,000 awards with a preference to
students going into the science, math,
medicine, or engineering fields.
•
TMS Scholarship:
Two $1,500
scholarships.
•
Everette Kneece Return to Rural
America:
One $7,000 scholarship.
For scholarship applications and
procedures, please visit our website:
www.RTC.coop/resources