MINNESOTA POWER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP

PURPOSE
The Minnesota Power Community Involvement Scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance to graduating high school seniors who live within Minnesota Power's service territory. The scholarship is intended to reward students who have gone the extra mile and made their communities better places to live.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
A) Who May Apply
Seniors who:

• Are full time high school seniors
• Reside in the Minnesota Power service area
  
• Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher

B) Financial Need
Financial need is a consideration for this award and students must submit a copy of their parent's most recent IRS Form 1040.

C) Academic Criteria
Applicants must have a 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) or above.

E) Number, Value and Duration of Awards
Twenty five awards will be given annually. Each award is for $2000. It is not renewable.

F) Payment
The award is co-payable to the institution and the recipient.

APPLICATION INFORMATION
Application forms are available from the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, from Minnesota Power's General Business Office or online at the Minnesota Power Foundation website.

The complete application must be postmarked by January 15 and will include:

• A completed application
• A copy of the applicant's high school transcript
• A copy of the applicant's parents' 1040 form
• Other supporting materials documenting community involvement as requested in the application

DETERMINATION OF AWARDS
The Scholarship Committee of the Community Foundation will select individual scholarship recipients. Members of the committee are totally independent and separate from Minnesota Power, and no employee or former employee will select scholarship recipients. The committee will base their decision on the applicant’s community involvement and financial need.

AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT
Names of recipients will be announced as early as possible. Each applicant will receive an individual communication with the results of the committee’s decision regarding his/her application.

APPLICANT/RECIPIENT RESPONSIBILITIES

• The majority of communication between applicants/recipients and the scholarship administrators will take place via email. Applicants/Recipients are required to have and regularly check their email and notify the Community Foundation of any changes to their contact information.
• All successful scholarship recipients will be invited to attend an awards reception organized by Minnesota Power.
• All recipients of Community Foundation administered scholarships are expected to acknowledge acceptance of the award promptly. In most cases, this acknowledgment will take two forms, completion of an Acceptance Form provided by the Community Foundation and secondly, a thank you letter/card to the founder/funder of the scholarship. The Community Foundation will provide names and addresses as needed. If unable to accept the scholarship, the committee should be given that information and a reason in a prompt manor.
• A recipient must complete enough credits to be recognized as a full-time student in each semester an award is made. Likewise, a satisfactory grade point average (3.0) must be maintained.
• If the student receives funds from the college due to non-completion of a term or not attending full time, these funds are to be returned to the scholarship committee. If the college requirements are not met, but there is no refund, the scholarship grant will be forfeited for the next term.
• Recipients understand that the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation may use scholars’ names, photographs and any portion of application essays for use in scholarship publicity, such as broadcast media, websites, newspaper, radio, etc.
• The DSACF Scholarship Committee hopes that recipients recognize and appreciate the contributions their award has made to their futures. It further anticipates that, in the years to come, recipients find some way to give back to the community that provided them with these opportunities.

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