Scholarships

San Bernard Electric Cooperative is proud to announce that it will be awarding one $2,500.00 Academic Scholarship to the twelve schools in its service area for the 2021-2022 school term and up to 10 Curtis Wood Memorial Scholarships to students enrolled at Prairie View A&M in the fall of 2022. Scholarship applicants should be twelfth-grade students and they must attend a college, technical school, or another form of a post-secondary educational institution.

2021 Scholarship Recipients

 

The qualifications and guidelines are:

  • Parent(s) or legal guardian(s) must be members of San Bernard Electric Cooperative.

  • Must be a graduating senior at one of the High Schools in our service territory or an accredited home extended studies program.  (Bellville, Columbus, Faith Academy, Hallettsville, Hempstead, Magnolia, Rice, Royal, Sacred Heart, Sealy, Waller, and Weimar High School)

  • Applicant must show proof of enrollment to an academic, vocational, or technical college in order to receive scholarship funds.

  • The applicant must be in the top 50% of their graduating senior class.

  • Scholarship must be postmarked by Monday, March 11, 2022.

Download  2022 SBEC Academic Scholarship 

logoSan Bernard will provide ten (10) scholarships for students to attend Prairie View A&M University for the first two semesters of college attendance and shall be established in the sum of $1,250.00 per student per semester, a total of $2,500.00. In a joint effort between SBEC and Prairie View A&M University, the scholarship will be promoted to the high schools that are in the SBEC service area. Prairie View A&M University will provide the application to be distributed to the high schools. San Bernard Electric Cooperative will award the scholarship in the recipients' name and Prairie View A&M's ID number and mail the scholarship amount to the Prairie View A&M University Financial Aid Department.

 

The following are the stipulations for the scholarship:

  • Parent(s) or legal guardian(s) must be members of San Bernard Electric Cooperative.

  • Must be a graduating senior at one of the High Schools in our service territory or an accredited home extended studies program.  (Bellville, Columbus, Faith Academy, Hallettsville, Hempstead, Magnolia, Rice, Royal, Sacred Heart, Sealy, Waller, and Weimar High School)

  • Applicant must show proof of enrollment to Prairie View A&M University

  • The applicant must be in the top 50% of their graduating senior class.

  • Applicant must be attending Prairie View A&M University in the fall of 2022

  • Scholarship must be postmarked by Friday, March 11, 2022.

The scholarship program will be reviewed annually by the Board of Directors of San Bernard to ascertain the desirability and feasibility of its continuation and shall be limited to the lesser of either $25,000 or 50% of the annual proceeds of the contingency fund bonds.

Download The 2021 Curtis Wood Memorial Scholarship

The Texas Rural Electric Women's Association (TREWA) is a statewide organization dedicated to providing scholarships for its members' children. However, the name is a little misleading. Although it was created for and continues to be run by women, in reality, many men are also members.

The scholarship funds come from the small ($10 per year) membership dues, as well as a raffle and arts/crafts sale at the Texas Electric Cooperatives annual meeting each year.

TREWA Scholarships are due March 15, 2022. 

Scholarship forms and TREWA membership applications are available from:
www.trewa.org or contact Christine at San Bernard Electric Cooperative, Inc., 979-865-3171 or 800-364-3171.