Wake Electric Scholarships
The deadline to submit applications was March 12, 2010. Grant recipients will be notified in April, 2010.
Scholarship applications for 2011 will be available on this website in December 2010.
The Fred M. Alford Memorial Scholarship
Wake Electric will award one scholarship of $2,000. Requirements for the Fred M. Alford Memorial Scholarship include:
- Must be a child of or under legal guardianship of a Wake Electric member or live in a home served by Wake Electric
- Must be a high school graduating senior (cannot already be attending college)
- Must pursue a regular four-year undergraduate course leading to a baccalaureate degree
- Must plan to attend an accredited four-year institution in North Carolina
This scholarship is in memory of former Wake Electric employee Fred M. Alford.
Touchstone Energy® Scholarships
Several scholarships of up to $1,500 will be awarded. Requirements include:
- Must be a child of or under legal guardianship of a Wake Electric member or live in a home served by Wake Electric
- Must use these funds at a North Carolina college or university, community college, vocational or technical school
- Applicants can be a high school graduating senior or already enrolled full-time in a university, community college, vocational or technical school
Information Requirements
Applicants must provide the following:
- Completed application including financial information
- Application information MUST BE TYPED or application will be disqualified
- Transcript from high school, college or university, community college, vocational or technical school
- Two-page, double-spaced essay that describes the student’s career goals and how they intend to achieve them and explain why they believe they should receive the scholarship. ESSAY MUST BE TYPED and should NOT be more than two-pages. The essay should show a thoughtful and original approach
- Three letters of recommendation (the judges prefer thoughtful and original observations)
Criteria for Scholarship Selection
- Need: 35%
- Scholastic Achievement and Essay: 45%
- 35%
Questions?
Call Angela Perez, Public Relations/Communications Specialist, at 919.863.6376 or 800.474.6300 or e-mail at angela.perez@wemc.com.
Funding for scholarships is made possible by Wake Electric members and employees through the Operation Round-Up Program. Operation Round-Up allows Wake Electric members to round up their electric bill to the next highest dollar and donate that amount to the program. For example, if your bill for the month of April was $91.85, your bill would be rounded up to $92.00 and the extra 15 cents would be donated to Operation Round-Up.
