Contact: NOVEC Public Relations, 1-888-335-0500, customerservice@novec.com
NORTHERN VIRGINIA—The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative and the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives are accepting applications from Northern Virginia high school seniors for higher-education scholarships.
NOVEC's Dollars for Scholars Program
The NOVEC Dollars for Scholars selection committees will award $1,500 scholarships to qualifying high school students in NOVEC's service territory: Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford counties and the City of Manassas Park. The selection committees will award an additional $1,500 scholarship to a student in NOVEC's service territory who either attends private school or is home-schooled.
From the scholarship winners, the committees will select the overall outstanding student for the $1,500 J. Manley Garber Scholarship.The winner of this scholarship will therefore receive a total of $3,000.
Each county's selection committee will look for students who have demonstrated scholastic achievement, community service, work experience, and leadership skills.
A scholarship applicant must:
1.Be a college-bound high school senior whose parents or guardians currently receive electric service from NOVEC
2.Have at least a 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale and submit an official transcript that includes first-semester grades
3.Submit Student Achievement Test (SAT) scores
4.Demonstrate a wide range of participation and leadership in extracurricular activities, community service and/or work experience
5.Submit two letters of recommendation – one from a high school official, such as a teacher or counselor, and one from a community member
6.Submit a 400-word typed essay – directions are included with the application form
A student may download the Dollars for Scholars application by going to www.novec.com/community/index.cfm and selecting "Scholarships," or by contacting Donna Snellings at: dsnellings@novec.com, 703-392-1511, or toll free 1-888-335-0500, ext 1511.
Students should mail completed applications to: Donna Snellings, NOVEC, P.O. Box 2710, Manassas, VA20108; or hand deliver them to one of the following NOVEC offices no later than March 23, 2012.
Lomond Business Center
10323 Lomond Drive
Manassas, VA 20109
Balls Ford Corporate Center
10432 Balls Ford Road
Manassas, VA 20109
Gainesville Technical Center
5399 Wellington Branch Drive
Gainesville, VA 20155
Minnieville Office
14500 Minnieville Road
Woodbridge, VA 22193
Failure to submit a complete package by March 23 will disqualify a student from consideration.
NOVEC representatives will present scholarships at pre-graduation ceremonies at the schools of selected students. The August edition of Cooperative Living magazine and NOVEC's website will list the names of all scholarship recipients.
NOVEC, headquartered in Manassas, Va., is a not-for-profit corporation that distributes electricity and energy services to more than 147,000 customers in Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford and Clarke counties, and the City of Manassas Park.It is one of the largest electric distribution cooperatives in the nation. For more information, visit www.novec.com or call 703-335-0500 or 1-888-335-0500.
VMDAEC Scholarships
High school seniors whose parents or guardians are electric cooperative customer-owners are eligible to apply for 2012 educational scholarships, which will be awarded by the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives Educational Scholarship Foundation.An applicant must be entering a post-high-school educational institution as a freshman in autumn 2012.
The foundation will award $500 and $1,000 scholarships to students who have been selected based on financial need, academic achievement, and a personal statement. VMDAEC will send scholarship funds directly to a recipient's chosen educational institution for help with tuition, fees, and books.
Applications are available at www.vmdaec.com or www.co-opliving.com/community/scholarship.htm or by mail: VMDAEC Scholarships, P.O. Box 2340, Glen Allen, VA, 23058-2340. A completed application and all attachments must be received in the VMDAEC office no later than Monday, 4 p.m., on April 2, 2012.Call 804-968-7153 for additional information.
The VMDAEC Educational Scholarship Foundation Board has awarded 319 scholarships totaling $228,500 to students in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware since 2000. The Foundation is funded through tax-deductible donations from individuals and VMDAEC member electric cooperatives, and from the proceeds from fundraising events.
VMDAEC, based in Glen Allen, Va., provides training, communications, legislative and other services to NOVEC and 14 other electric cooperatives in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware.
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