RTC Offers Scholarship Programs

Reservation Telephone Cooperative (RTC), Parshall, ND, provides two college scholarship programs.

In 2012, RTC will award nine college scholarships, each in the amount of $1,000. There will be one scholarship awarded in each of RTC’s eight director districts and one scholarship at large. Scholarships will be awarded based on a random drawing between applicants who meet the established criteria. RTC applications must be postmarked to RTC by April 6, 2012.

RTC also participates in the Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) college scholarship program. In May, FRS will award $75,000 in the form of 30 scholarships worth $2,500 each to rural high school seniors across the United States. In order to be eligible for the FRS scholarship, applicants must receive telecommunications service from a current NTCA member, such as RTC. The FRS scholarship gives preference to those applicants interested in returning to a rural community following graduation. FRS applications must be postmarked to FRS by March 1, 2012.

RTC representatives will be giving scholarship presentations at area high schools over the next few months. Applications and eligibility information for both scholarships are available on http://www.RTC.coop, or the RTC Business Office in Parshall.