Electric Utility Worker Scholarship

Central Wisconsin Electric Cooperative (CWEC) recognizes the importance of technical training for graduating high school seniors and educating youth about careers in their own communities. To encourage students to consider a career at an electric utility, and to create an incentive for trained electric utility workers to seek employment with electric cooperatives or other utilities, CWEC has established a scholarship in the amount of $1,000. The scholarship has been established to assist a student pursuing a technical college education in an electric program that lends itself to employment in the electric utility industry.

ELIGIBILITY

• Any applicant enrolling in, or any applicant who can prove they are on a waiting list for the next open enrollment period, in an electric program that lends itself to the electric utility industry at a Wisconsin technical college.
• Applicant must be a resident of Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, or Shawano County.
• Preference will be given to CWEC members.
• Dependents of employees and directors are eligible to participate in this scholarship program.

APPLICATION - Applicant must complete the scholarship application and submit it, along with the school’s description of the electric program, to CWEC by the application deadline.

SELECTION - The scholarship is administered by the CWEC Operation Round Up Trust Committee. The committee will evaluate all applications and essay responses. The selection criteria will be based on scholastic achievement, school and community involvement, work history, and essay submission.

NOTIFICATION - Scholarship recipients will receive notification from CWEC.

DISBURSEMENT

• The scholarship awarded shall be for $1,000, payable in two payments as follows:

• The first check in the amount of $500 will be paid to the technical college after the recipient provides CWEC with registration documentation from the school.
• The second check in the amount of $500 will be paid to the technical college after the recipient provides CWEC with a copy of the student’s official school transcript indicating that the student successfully completed the first semester with a grade point average of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.

OTHER

• The recipient must be enrolled in an electric program that lends itself to the electric utility industry to begin in the fall of the current year. In the event the program is full and the technical college of choice is maintaining a student waiting list, the recipient must provide proof in writing in order to hold funds for the next open enrollment period.
• The creation of this scholarship is a free act of CWEC. CWEC retains its right to alter, suspend, cancel or halt the Electric Utility Worker Scholarship program at any time and without giving any reason, provided that a scholarship winner, already enrolled at a technical college under the program, will continue to receive the stipends as awarded.
• If you have any questions about this scholarship, please contact Bert Lehman at bert.lehman@cwecoop.com or by phone at 715-677-2211.
• Application, school’s description of the electric program, and response to essay questions must be mailed or emailed by Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

The application period for 2025 has ended. The application period to apply for 2026 scholarships will begin around Jan. 1, 2026.