Two Scholarship Types Offered
Graduating High School Senior Scholarship
Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative (TWEC) will award up to three $1,000 scholarships to 2021 graduating high school seniors for their first year (freshman) as a college student. All scholarships are made available with unclaimed capital credits (more details below).
Adults Power Up Non-Traditional Scholarship
In addition, TWEC will award up to one $1,000 Power Up Non-Traditional Scholarship to an adult student who is either headed to college for the first time, returning to complete an interrupted education, or looking to return to college to improve his or her career opportunities.
Apply now!
Fill out the appropriate application for scholarship found here. Please submit your application and attachments to: Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative, Attn: Scholarship Program, P.O. Box 431, Wadena, MN 56482. They must be postmarked on or by February 24th, 2021.
Where do funds for the scholarships come from?
After a period of seven years, Minnesota law allows cooperatives to use unclaimed capital credits for charitable or educational purposes. Each year, Todd-Wadena is able to use the unclaimed capital credits to offer student scholarships in our service area.