Commitment To Community:
In 1994, the Illinois
Electric Cooperatives established what is known as the Illinois Electric
Cooperative Memorial Scholarship Fund as a means of honoring deceased members
of the electric cooperative family. Every
year, SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative sends information to all of
the schools in the 10 county service area with instructions on how students can
apply for these scholarships. This year,
the program awarded five scholarships in the amount of $1,250 each that can be
used at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or
vocational/technical school in the United States. The scholarship must be used for educational
costs, and the student must enter college within one year from the time the
scholarship is awarded.
Scholarships are awarded
based upon grade point average, college entrance test scores, work and
volunteer experience, participation in school and community activities,
biographical statement and knowledge of cooperatives, as demonstrated by a
short essay.
This year, the IEC Memorial
Scholarship program received 256 applicants for these five scholarships. With that much competition from across the
state of Illinois, SouthEastern is very proud
to inform you that one of these five scholarships was awarded to one of Goreville High School’s graduating seniors, Mr.
Ian Hardcastle. Ian currently resides in
Creal Springs, Illinois
and has informed SouthEastern that he will be attending Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale
for the fall semester of 2006.
SouthEastern also invites all
twenty three area high schools to participate in a program known as the “Youth
To Washington Tour”. Students are
invited to participate by writing a one page essay on the subject, “Why I would
like to visit Washington D.C.”
Participating schools select the best essay written by their students
and forward that essay to SouthEastern for evaluation by staff personnel. The composers of the two best essays are
awarded the opportunity to participate in a one day tour of the State’s capital
in Springfield, Illinois
and then on to a one week, expense paid tour of our Nations capital in Washington D.C. This year, the Cooperative is proud to
announce the two winners of this contest were Miss Emmaline Archdale from Herod, Illinois attending
Hardin County
High School and Miss Erin Clark from Marion attending Marion High School.
SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative congratulates these three
individuals on their accomplishments and wishes them the best of luck in the
future. As you can see, your Cooperative
is committed to the communities and the above is just a few examples of that
commitment. |
SOUTHEASTERN LIGHT
