Scholarships
Sun River Electric Cooperative, along with Montana Electric Cooperatives' Association (MECA) and Basin Electric Power Cooperative offer several scholarships:
- Sun River Electric offers eighteen $1000 scholarships (two to each school in the SREC service area), 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 3, 2020
- SREC Continuing Education Scholarship - April 3, 2020
- SREC Electric Line Worker Scholarship - April 3, 2020
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative - January 24, 2020
- MECA - January 24, 2020
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
Kolton Scherrer - Choteau
Michaela Gunderson, Garret Yeager, Katie Bieler, Hanna Antonsen - Conrad
Blake Vandenacre - Dutton/Brady
Grace Weber, Bradley Habel, Tierra Chapdelaine - Fairfield
Alexis McWilliams, Jaileyana Schwedler, Chesney Rogers, Naemi Wipf, Taylor Pearson, Emily Evans, Aria Johnson - Power
Hope Smelser, Jessica Maruska, Zane Somerfeld - Simms
Madison Bloom, Adrianna Rohrer, Bailey Carl
- Augusta
Bryar Mills, Kendra Scherrer - Choteau
Garret Depner, Denver Krone, Megan Krone, Benjamin Roeder, Watson Snyder - Dutton/Brady
Faith Weber - Fairfield
Yancy Gagne, Hailey Mills, Austin Rogers - Power
Javier Somerfeld - Simms
Jake Bloom
- Conrad
Blake Larson
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:
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:
- Fairfield
Levi Gibson
