WCEC is currently accepting applications from area students interested in applying for scholarship money for college or trade school.  For 2017, there will be ten $2,000 scholarships for high school students available and one $5,000 electrical engineering scholarship. To be eligible, applicants must be members or dependents of active WCEC members. 

  

For the high school students applicants must complete an official WCEC application that includes academic standing certified by a school official, two letters of reference along with an essay. In the 500-word-or-under essay, the applicant should describe themselves including current interests, educational, professional and personal goals, and describe why they have chosen their particular field of study. The judging panel will give weight to the essay, academic achievements, civic participation and extracurricular participation.  For those awarded a scholarship, funds will be paid directly to the college or trade school.

The one $5,000 electrical engineering scholarship is available for a college Junior that has already been accepted and is enrolled into an accredited electrical engineering program.  This recipient must be an active member or a dependent of an active WCEC member, and must submit a 1,000-word-or-less topical essay outlining major challenges they believe to be facing the electric industry in the future.  Funds for this scholarship will be split evenly between the Junior and Senior years and will be paid directly to the college.

These programs are funded entirely by unclaimed capital credit payments returned to WCEC by the state of Texas.  All entries must be received at WCEC headquarters by April 7, 2017.  Late entries will not be considered. 

 

To enter, students can pick up an application at WCEC headquarters at 501 S. Main Street in Quitman, or download it from wcec.org under the community tab.