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Apply Now for RTC Scholarships
In 2018, RTC will award four scholarships, each in the amount
of $2,500, to 2018 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.
Applications are available at RTC Parshall Headquarters, New
Town or Watford City offices, 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, 2018.
For scholarship applications and procedures, please visit
our website: www.RTC.coop/resources
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 regarding 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 program 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 scholar-
ships can be applied for by completing the FRS scholarship application.
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FRS Scholarship:
A one-time $2,500 scholarship that seeks to encourage students
to return to their rural communities upon completing their education.
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FRS Staurulakis Family Scholarship:
Four $5,000 awards with a preference to
students going into the science, math, medicine, or engineering fields.
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TMS Scholarship:
Two $1,500 scholarships.
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Everette Kneece Return to Rural America:
One $7,000 scholarship.