CVEA Youth Rally Scholarship is back!!
The Board has authorized two Idaho Youth Rally scholarships for 2008. The Idaho Youth Rally scholarship provides an opportunity for sophomores and juniors attending high
schools in our service area and allows students to practice leadership, teamwork, and communication skills while learning about electric utility issues.
The Idaho Youth Rally provides an all expense paid week of travel, educational sessions, meeting new people, summer games of challenge and field trips. The week long summer
camp will be held at Albertson College in Caldwell, Idaho, July 7-12, 2008. This is an experience like no other and it is waiting for YOU!!
**Applications and supporting documentation may be hand-delivered, in a sealed envelope, to either CVEA office or mailed to P.O. Box 45, Glennallen, AK 99588 and must be received no
later than 5:00 p.m. Friday, February 15, 2008**
For more information, please contact Sharon Crisp at 835-4301 or 822-3211 or email crisp@cvea.org .
CVEA Scholarships
Each year the CVEA scholarship program is funded with unclaimed capital credits that have escheated back to the Cooperative.
$9,500 in CVEA Scholarships Were Awarded in 2008
Copper Basin Scholarship Winners
| Chris VanWyhe $1000 |
Mark Henspeter $500 |
Katherine Hannan $500 |
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| Alex VanWyhe - Youth Rally |
Valdez Scholarship Winners
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| Travis Shiell $1,000 |
Heidi Kuchin $500 |
Ashley Tanner $500 |
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| William Cullen Youth Rally |
The 2008 Scholarship program is better than ever with two new Scholarship Opportunities!!
Four $500 General scholarships are available for high school seniors, two in each district. The scholarships are awarded for vocational, technical, and apprenticeship
training or a college degree program.
High school seniors interested in the electrical industry are eligible for a $1,000 Electrical scholarship if they intend to pursue a field of study that contributes to the
development and improvement of the electrical industry. One will be awarded in each district.
CVEA will award two Community College Scholarships, one in each district, to a member planning to attend Prince William Sound Community College. These new $1,500 Community College
scholarships are designed to assist students with the costs to attend PWSCC in the Valdez or Copper Basin service areas.
$7,500 in CVEA Scholarships Were Awarded in 2007
In 2007, $7,000 was awarded in scholarships to graduating high school seniors whose parents are members of CVEA. In the Copper Basin District, five seniors were awarded $500 general scholarships
and one was awarded a $1000 Electrical Industry Scholarship. Eight $500 scholarships were awarded in the Valdez District.
Copper Basin Scholarship Winners
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| Alex Gearhart $500 |
Emily McCarthy $500 |
Kari Odden $500 |
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| Philip Baur $500 |
Weston Davey $500 |
Spencer Jones $1000 |
Valdez Scholarship Winners
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| Elise Sorum $500 |
Jessica Colbert $500 |
Kelsey Wakefield $500 |
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| Andrew Backau $500 |
Mei-Lani Bixby $500 |
Sheila Spader $500 |
Alternative Energy Scholarship Winner
Kerstin completed and presented a science project researching the possibility of wind energy on Thompson Pass. CVEA awarded Kerstin a one-time Alternative Energy
Scholarship to recognize and reward her for her efforts on this very important and timely subject.
