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College Scholarship Program
Sponsors: NTCA (
National Telephone Cooperative Association)
and Pioneer Communications
Awarding:
$75,000 in the form of
thirty $2,500 scholarships
available to rural students.
Open to: High
school
seniors living in the Pioneer
Communications telecommunications service area.
Application:
Download the FRS
2010 Scholarship Application
(Adobe Acrobat PDF, 524 KB). Applications
may also be obtained at your nearest
Pioneer Communications office, or
through your local High School
Counselor's office.
Application
Deadline:
Completed
applications must be submitted to
Pioneer Communications for review and
NTCA Member Sponsor Certification no
later than February 17, 2010.
Pioneer Communications will then certify
the application and submit it directly
to the FRS Scholarship Committee prior
to March 1, 2010.
Application
Submission:
Completed
applications must be submitted to
Pioneer Communications, at the address
below, for acceptance and completion of
the NTCA Member Sponsor Certification.
FRS Scholarship
Program
Pioneer Communications
120 West Kansas Avenue
Ulysses, Kansas 67880
Focus of the scholarship:
FRS was founded in 1994 to help
strengthen the ties between rural communities and
their families and businesses. Since its
establishment by the National Telecommunications
Cooperative Association, FRS has worked hard to
promote, educate and advocate rural
telecommunications issues to the public in order
to sustain and enhance the rural way of life
throughout America. Besides being heavily involved
in youth education and empowerment, the Foundation
for Rural Service leads aggressive public
information campaigns and assists rural areas with
economic and community development projects.
For more information
please contact:
Tim Nemechek at Pioneer Communications
E-mail: tim@pioncomm.net
Tel: 620-356-3211, ext. 131.
Pioneer Communications
Additional
information about the FRS College Scholarship
Program, is also available from the
Foundation for
Rural Service website.
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