Educate and Grow Scholarship applications now being accepted
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Published: February 24, 2010
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. ‚¬ Applications for the Educate and Grow
Scholarship Program at Northeast State Community College are being
accepted now for high school seniors graduating this spring and
residing in Sullivan, Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, and Washington counties.
Eligible students can download applications online at http://www.educateandgrow.com.
Home-schooled high school seniors residing in any of the five counties
are also eligible to apply for Educate and Grow. The priority deadline
to submit an application is March 31.
Scholarship award amounts depend on the number of students participating in the program and the availability of funds.
An Educate and Grow Scholarship applicant must be a member of a 2010
high school graduating class and have a custodial parent or
court-appointed legal guardian who has lived in their county of
residence for 12 months prior to the applicants high school graduation
date. An applicant must enroll at Northeast State as a degree-seeking
student for the upcoming fall 2010 semester and meet all scholarship
requirements.
Educate and Grow provides tuition assistance for qualifying students
graduating from high schools located within the Colleges five-county
service area. The program was initiated in 2001 between Northeast State
and the governments of Kingsport and Sullivan County. Northeast State
has since partnered with other local governments, private companies,
and individual donors to expand the program.
Applications for the Educate and Grow Scholarship Program are
available at the student guidance offices of any high school in the
five counties.‚ Applications can also be picked up at the Northeast
State campus in Blountville or teaching sites at Elizabethton, Mountain
City, the Kingsport Center for Higher Education and the Regional Center
for Applied Technology in downtown Kingsport.
Completed applications must be submitted in person at the
Blountville campus, Pierce Building, office P311, 2425 Highway 75,
adjacent to Tri-Cities Regional Airport.
