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Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative is passing forward this opportunity from our friends at the Federated Youth Foundation, which is the organization that manages funds for the Polk-Burnett scholarship program:

The Federated Youth Foundation is pleased to announce that it will award the fourth Charles Van Sickle Scholarship in 2021. The $2,000 scholarship will be awarded to a pre-law or law student who has an interest in cooperative law. The scholarship is made possible by an endowment established in 2013 to honor Wisconsin’s renowned electric cooperative lobbyist and attorney, the late Charles Van Sickle. The scholarship will be awarded during the Spring 2021 semester.

ELIGIBILITY
• Pre-law or law students who reside in Wisconsin and have an interest in cooperative law are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to students whose parents or grandparents are members of cooperatives, credit unions or mutual insurance companies.
• Applicants may be awarded this scholarship only once.
• Applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade point of 3.0 on a 4.0 point scale.
• Applicants will be judged on leadership, scholastic achievement, extracurricular activities while working on his or her undergraduate degree, personal motivation, academic and life goals.
• To be eligible, all areas of the application form must be filled out and submitted together.
• Attach to your application transcripts through your most recently completed semester (undergraduate or law school) and a copy of your Spring 2021 course schedule.
• Scholarship applications will be judged by a selection committee appointed by the Foundation.
• All applications are due at the Federated Youth Foundation office no later than April 2, 2021.

Application (PDF).