Kentucky Scholarships - Jefferson County Public Schools

Kentucky Scholarships
Multicounty
Morgan or Wolfe County graduating senior
who lives in the Mountain Telephone
service area; be admitted to Morehead
State University; and have a 2.5–3.5 GPA.
Students with a higher GPA will not be
considered until students with the preferred
GPA have been considered.
Award: $2,500
Number: 4
Deadline: May
Contact: School counselor or the financial
aid office of Morehead State University
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Nolin RECC
Contact: Patsy Whitehead, Member Services
Department, Nolin RECC, 411 Ring Road,
Elizabethtown, KY 42701-6767, phone
270.765.6153, e-mail comments@nolinrecc.
com, website www.nolinrecc.com
Continuing Education Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be enrolled full- or parttime
or plan to enroll in an accredited college
or vocational school, have financial need,
reside in the Nolin RECC service area, and
be a member of the cooperative.
Award: $1,000
Number: 1
Deadline: March 31
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High School Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a high school senior,
plan to enroll full-time in an accredited
college or vocational school, and be the child
of a resident of the Nolin RECC service area
who is a member of the cooperative.
Award: $1,000
Number: 6
Deadline: March 31
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Northeast Kentucky
Community Action Agency Inc.
Contact: School Counselor or e-mail csbg@
nkcaa.net, website www.nkcaa.net
Lonnie M. Click Memorial
Educational Award Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a resident of Boyd,
Carter, Elliott, Greenup or Lawrence
County; plan to enter college or an institution
of higher learning; have at least a 2.5 GPA;
and meet low-income guidelines.
Award: $1,000
Number: 2
Deadline: March 31
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Owen Fielding Memorial
Educational Award Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a resident of Boyd,
Carter, Elliott, Greenup or Lawrence
County; plan to enter college or an institution
of higher learning; have at least a 2.5 GPA;
and meet low-income guidelines.
Award: $1,000
Number: 2
Deadline: March 31
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Northern Kentucky Building
Inspectors Association:
NKBIA Student Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be an entering freshman,
sophomore, junior, or senior in good
standing; be a current resident of Boone,
Campbell, Grant, Kenton or Mason County
at the time of application; be enrolled fulltime
in an accredited college or university
in Kentucky; and be working toward
an associate’s, bachelor’s or advanced
degree in a code-related field of study,
such as (but not limited to) architecture,
engineering, construction technology, public
administration, or fire science.
Award: $750
Number: 1
Deadline: June
Contact: School counselor or NKBIA,
Kevin Barbian, 5409 Madison Pike,
Independence, KY 41051, e-mail kbarbian@
cityofindependence.org
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Northern Kentucky Women’s
Cancer Coalition: Clydette
Huddleston Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a family member of
a breast cancer patient/survivor or be a
breast cancer patient/survivor, have at least
a 2.5 GPA, be a Boone, Campbell, Grant or
Kenton County resident, and be accepted
without condition to or currently attend
Northern Kentucky University as a full-time
student.
Deadline: January 15
Contact: School counselor or Northern
Kentucky Women’s Cancer Coalition, phone
859.898.4909, website www.nkwcc.org/
scholarship
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Northern Kentucky Work
Ethic Diploma Scholarship
Eligibility: Must attend a public or private
high school currently implementing the
Work Ethic program; be a Boone, Campbell,
Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, or Pendleton
County resident; plan to enroll as a full-time
student at a Kentucky college or university;
and submit a completed application and a
500-word essay that addresses why having
a positive work ethic in today’s economic
climate is critical to a successful career
path.
Contact: School counselor
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Owen Electric Cooperative Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a full-time college
student with minimum of 60 hours completed
by August 1 of award year, have at least a
3.0 GPA, and student or parent must have
an active Owen Electric account in good
standing (excludes security lights).
Award: $2,000
Number: 12
Deadline: February 1
Contact: Whitney Duvall, Owen Electric
Cooperative Inc., 8205 Highway 127
North, P.O. Box 400, Owenton, KY
40359-0400, phone 502.563.3542, e-mail
wduvall@owenelectric.com, website www.
owenelectric.com
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Rosemary M. Pace
Region II Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a graduating senior, be
a member of FCCLA and attend a Region
II high school.
Award: $500
Number: 6
Deadline: March 10
Contact: School counselor
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Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative
Corporation Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a Pennyrile Electric
member or reside with a parent or legal
guardian who is a Pennyrile Electric
member and whose primary resident is in
the PRECC service area; be accepted by an
accredited 2- or 4-year college, university
or vocational/technical school as a full-time
student; have at least a 2.5 GPA; express
an interest to return to a rural community
following graduation; and submit a current
transcript.
Award: $1,000
Number: 14; 3 per office district (Cadiz,
Elkton, Hopkinsville, Russellville) and 2
nontraditional students
Deadline: Postmarked by April 15
Contact: Eston Glover, Pennyrile Rural
Electric Cooperative Corporation, P.O. Box
2900, Hopkinsville, KY 42241-2900
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People Helping People Inc.:
Leon Tackett Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Must be a graduating senior at
a high school in Boyd, Carter or Greenup
County; have at least a 2.0 GPA; demonstrate
financial need; and submit 2 letters of
recommendation and a brief essay.
Affording Higher Education 2011–2012 246 KHEAA