Scholarships
**UPDATE** Scholarship drawings will take place via Facebook Live on Friday, March 27 at 3:00 p.m. You do not have to be viewing to win, but we encourage you to do so.
Riverland Energy will award TWO $1,000 High School Scholarships to eligible graduating seniors from each of the following high schools: Alma, C-FC, G-E-T, Independence, Osseo-Fairchild, Arcadia, Durand, Gilmanton, Mondovi, Whitehall, Blair-Taylor, Eleva-Strum, Holmen, Onalaska. Two recipients per school will be chosen in a random drawing at Riverland Energy Cooperative’s Annual Meeting.
Qualifications and guidelines:
- One of the applicant’s parents or legal guardians must be an active member of Riverland Energy Cooperative and a bona fide resident of Riverland Energy Cooperative’s service territory.
- The applicant, or one of the applicant’s parents or legal guardians, must be present at the annual meeting. If the applicant or one of the applicant’s parents or legal guardian is not present at the annual meeting, the applicant will not receive the scholarship should his/ her name be drawn. Instead, a new name will be drawn until the scholarship can be awarded to an applicant meeting attendance requirements.
Annual Meeting: March 28, 2020 - MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline for Application: March 20, 2020
Scholarship Application - Online
Scholarship Application - PDF
Completed entries must be returned to any of our Riverland Energy Cooperative offices by 4:00 p.m. Forms can also be e-mailed to Beth Alesch at balesch@riverlandenergy.com
At-Large Scholarships
In addition, two $1,000 scholarship will be given to students who live on our lines, but attends a school not listed above. (NOT ELIGIBLE: Alma, C-FC, G-E-T, Independence, Osseo-Fairchild, Arcadia, Durand, Gilmanton, Mondovi, Whitehall, Blair-Taylor, Eleva-Strum, Holmen, Onalaska high schools). Students will be chosen in a random drawing at Riverland Energy Cooperative’s Annual Meeting on Saturday, March 28, 2020.
Qualifications and guidelines:
- One of the applicant’s parents or legal guardian must be an active member of Riverland Energy Cooperative and a bona fide resident of Riverland Energy Cooperative’s service territory.
- The applicant, or one of the applicant’s parents or legal guardians, must be present at the annual meeting. If the applicant or one of the applicant’s parents or legal guardian is not present at the annual meeting, the applicant will not receive the scholarship should his/her name be drawn. Instead, a new name will be drawn until the scholarship can be awarded to an applicant meeting attendance requirements.
Annual Meeting: March 28, 2020 - MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline for Application: March 20, 2020.
At-Large Scholarship Application - Online
At-Large Scholarship Application - PDF
Completed entries must be returned to any of our Riverland Energy Cooperative offices by 4:00 p.m. Forms can also be e-mailed to Beth Alesch at balesch@riverlandenergy.com.
Line Worker Scholarship
Riverland Energy will be offering two Line Worker Scholarships of $1000 each to individuals pursuing a post-secondary education in an electrical line worker program. The applicants must be a senior from a high school listed above. The recipient will be chosen in a random drawing at the cooperative's annual meeting in conjunction with the general scholarships. The applicant can apply for both the general scholarship and the line worker scholarship, but will only be eligible to receive one.
Annual Meeting: March 28, 2020 - MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline for Application: March 20, 2020
Line Worker Scholarship Application - Online
Line Worker Scholarship Application - PDF
Non-traditional Scholarships
Three $750 non-traditional scholarships are awarded to non-traditional students at schools of higher learning. This will be awarded to someone returning to university or technical college after spending a minimum of 3 years in the work place or raising a family. To be eligible, you or your spouse must be a member in “good standing” and a bona fide resident of the Riverland Energy Cooperative service territory.
Deadline for application is March 20, 2020
Non-traditional Scholarship Application - Online
Non-traditional Scholarship Application - PDF
Other Qualifications for the Non-Traditional Scholarship are:
- Recipients will be chosen in a random drawing at the Riverland Energy Cooperative Board of Director's Meeting from all completed and verified applications.
- The recipient must have maintained a 2.0 or better grade point average during their current quarter or semester of post secondary education.
- The recipient must be enrolled in a course of study leading to an associate or bachelors degree.
- The recipient must be enrolled with a minimum of 5 credits and be in good standing at the school they are attending.
- The awarding of a non-traditional scholarship will be limited to a one-time award. After receiving a scholarship, the individual would not be eligible for future awards.
The disbursement of non-traditional scholarships will be awarded after all qualifications are met with receipt of transcripts and verification of enrollment as listed above.
Scholarship funding
Riverland Energy is owned by its members and guided by a nonprofit, cooperative philosophy. When the cooperative makes money beyond expenses, the difference is refunded to eligible members as capital credits. The scholarships are funded with unclaimed capital credit dollars and do not affect electric rates.
