Mid-Rivers Communications will award twenty-five (25) $1,000 Higher Education Scholarships to students who will be attending a college, university or technical school as an undergraduate for the 2012-13 school year and have a parent/guardian who is a member of the Cooperative. Ten (10) additional $500 scholarships will also be awarded at the Mid-Rivers Annual Meeting on May 30, 2012, through a drawing of eligible students attending the Annual Meeting in Lewistown.

To qualify for the Annual Meeting drawing, students must sign up at the Annual Meeting, must be accompanied at the Meeting by a parent/guardian who is a member of the Cooperative, must be enrolled to attend a higher education institution, and must provide documentation of full-time enrollment at the Annual Meeting.

The application period for the $1,000 competitive scholarships has closed.  Recipients will be announced by May 1.  Scholarship certificates announcing the awards will be presented to recipients in May, in time for recognition during graduation or school award ceremonies if applicable.

Scholarship funds will not be disbursed until Mid-Rivers receives proof of full-time enrollment in the college, university or technical school of the scholarship recipient. Once proof of enrollment is received, payment will be made by a joint check to the recipient and the school.

Scholarships must be claimed by December 31, 2012, or the money will be forfeited.  Mid-Rivers is proud to be able to offer this $30,000 in scholarship funding to help Eastern and Central Montana students reach their higher education goals.