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Apply Now for RTC Scholarships
You must:
• Be a senior in high school who will be entering your first year
of college in the fall of 2018.
• Be a current member of RTC. To be a member, you or your
parents/guardians must have local telephone or internet service
from RTC.
• Be a United States citizen.
• Have a “C” (2.0) average or better, grade 9 through 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 (examples 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, RTC Watford 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, 2018.
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 expi-
ration of the term. Please direct any inquiries regarding RTC’s
Scholarship Program to Human Resources Manager, Gretchen
Edwards at 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 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 communities 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.
In 2018, RTC will award four college scholarships,
each in the amount of $2,500, to 2018 graduating
high school seniors for their first year as a (fresh-
man) 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.
Hunter DeFoe
Watford City High School
Kathryn Handeland
Kenmare High School
Mackenzie Jacobson
Garrison High School
ShayLee Billadeau
Parshall High School