Scholarships
Sun River Electric Cooperative, along with Montana Electric Cooperatives' Association (MECA) and Basin Electric Power Cooperative offer several scholarships:
- Sun River Electric offers $1000 scholarships to each school in the SREC service area and home school students, continuing education scholarships for $1000 to students already in college, and an electric line worker scholarship for $1000 to those individuals interested in electric line work.
- MECA offers one $500 scholarship in SREC's geographic district.
- Basin Electric Power offers one $1000 scholarship.
Deadlines are as follows:
- Sun River Electric Scholarship - April 2, 2021
- SREC Continuing Education Scholarship - April 2, 2021
- SREC Electric Line Worker Scholarship - April 2, 2021
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative - January 25, 2021
- MECA - January 25, 2021
See below for more information on each of the scholarships. If you have any questions, please contact Ross at SREC - 467-2527 or 1-800-452-7516.
Sun River Electric Scholarships
Who is eligible?
Applicants for the Sun River Electric Scholarship must be a dependent of a Sun River Electric member and a graduating high school senior entering his or her freshman year in a college or trade school. Applicants for the SREC Continuing Education Scholarship must be currently enrolled in a college or trade school. Applicants for the SREC Line Worker Scholarship must be a graduating high school senior or a high school graduate or equivalent and must live in the SREC service area.
How do I apply?
Applications and guidelines are available at the Sun River Electric office in Fairfield MT, from your local high school guidance counselor, or through the links below:
- Sun River Electric Scholarship application/guidelines
- SREC Continuing Education Scholarship application/guidelines
- SREC Electric Line Worker Scholarship application/guidelines
- Augusta
Bradi Hill, Maclane Mills - Choteau
Lila Bradley, Delani Daley, Samara DeBruycker, Nicole Krone - Conrad
Alyssa Bartsch - Dutton/Brady
Clay Blankenship - Fairfield
Reegan Carper, Sophia Huhn, Ashley Pearson, Josiah Pearson, Hanna Peterman - Highwood
Bryce Birgenheier, Liam Laws - Home School
Nicholas Konen - Power
Jacob Boetticher, Veronica Smelser - Simms
Mikayla Hart - Valier
Brett Monroe, Chance Peterson
- Augusta
Kolton Scherrer, Kendra Scherrer - Choteau
Hanna Antonsen, Katie Bieler, Megan Krone, Garrett Depner, Watson Snyder - Conrad
Blake Vandenacre - Dutton/Brady
Faith Weber, Grace Weber - Fairfield
Hannah Konen, Hailey Mills, Austin Rogers, Chesney Rogers - Highwood
Rylee Joe Adamson - Simms
Jake Bloom, Madison Bloom, Hollee Meek, Michelle Simpson
- Fairfield
Conner Klick - Power
Brant Streit
MECA Scholarship
Who is eligible?
Applicants for the MECA Scholarship must be a member of Sun River Electric Cooperative, or a son or daughter of a member, and either a graduating high school senior entering his or her freshman year at a college or trade school or a current college undergraduate student. Graduate students are ineligible.
How do I apply?
Applications and guidelines are available at the Sun River Electric office in Fairfield MT, a high school guidance counselor at a high school in the SREC service area, or through the link below:
- Choteau
Amber Johnson
Basin Electric Power Cooperative Scholarship
Who is eligible?
Applicants for the Basin Electric Scholarship must be a member of Sun River Electric Cooperative, or a son or daughter of a member, and either a graduating high school senior entering his or her freshman year at a college or trade school or a current college undergraduate student. Graduate students are ineligible.
How do I apply?
Applications and guidelines are available at the Sun River Electric office in Fairfield MT, from a high school guidance counselor at a high school in the SREC service area, or through the link below:
- Conrad
Wyatt Clark
