Flint Energies Foundation General College Scholarship

Applications for our 2025 College Scholarships will be available in January.

Flint Energies offers scholarships worth $2,500 each to students pursuing a degree at a four-year college or university. Up to 40 scholarships will be awarded, based on available funds, to students whose primary residence is within one of the 17 counties served by Flint Energies: Bibb, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Dooly, Harris, Houston, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Muscogee, Peach, Schley, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Twiggs and Upson. High school seniors and currently enrolled college students are encouraged to apply.
 

2024 general scholarship winners


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flint Energies Foundation FFA College Scholarship

Flint Energies offers scholarships worth $2,500 each to students pursuing a degree at a four-year college or university. Up to 15 FFA scholarships will be awarded, based on available funds, to students whose primary residence is within one of the 17 counties served by Flint Energies: Bibb, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Dooly, Harris, Houston, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Muscogee, Peach, Schley, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Twiggs and Upson. The applicant must also have been actively involved in one of the 12 local FFA chapters within Flint’s service territory. High school seniors and currently enrolled college students are encouraged to apply.

2024 FFA Scholarship winners

 

 

 

 

 

2024 WYT and Youth Leadership scholarship winners

 

 

 

 

 

Walter Harrison Scholarship

Flint Energies enters five applications from our service area into a pool of statewide entries each year. Sixteen $1,000 scholarships were awarded in 2024 to students in EMC households. High school seniors and undergraduate students attending any vocational school or two- or four-year accredited college or university in Georgia are eligible to apply.
 

2025 Walter Harrison Scholarship Application (Deadline February 3, 2025)


16 Walter Harrison Scholarship Winners Announced

Congratulations to the 16 students selected to receive the 2024 Walter Harrison Scholarship.

  • Bralie Carey of Uvalda - Altamaha EMC
  • Raymond Florez of Lyons - Altamaha EMC 
  • Josey Joy Harrell of East Dublin - Altamaha EMC
  • Bryce Longstaff of Canton - Amicalola EMC
  • William (Euen) Longstaff of Canton - Amicalola EMC
  • Gabriella Miller of Macon - Central Georgia EMC
  • Whitney Benz of Newnan - Coweta-Fayette EMC
  • Adrian Ooi of Warner Robins - Flint Energies
  • Ruby Witt of Abbeville - Middle Georgia EMC
  • Elizabeth Turnbough of Powder Springs - GreyStone Power
  • Takara Aguilar of Jefferson - Jackson EMC
  • Valerie Jenkins of Sylvania - Planters EMC
  • Victoria Kirk of Stockbridge - Snapping Shoals EMC
  • Jesse Jay Nipper of Social Circle - Snapping Shoals EMC
  • Bonnie Jean Houston of Donalsonville - Three Notch EMC
  • Melana Sellars of Tennille - Washington EMC

With the addition of the 16 scholarships in 2024, $281,500 has been awarded to 292 students in EMC households since the program began in 1987. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of a scored essay, academic achievement and financial need. Georgia’s EMCs started the scholarship program to honor the late Walter Harrison. Harrison was known in Georgia and across the nation as “Mr. Rural Electrification” for his pioneering efforts in the electrical cooperative industry and for his lifelong dedication to improving life in rural areas.

 

For more information, contact Blair Brown at bbrown@flintemc.com or


Flint Energies
P.O. Box 7089
Warner Robins, GA 31095
Telephone: 800-342-3616, ext. 5547