Flint Energies Foundation College Scholarship
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.
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.
Walter Harrison Scholarship
Flint Energies enters five applications from our service area into a pool of statewide entries each year. Fifteen $1,000 scholarships were awarded in 2023 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.
Congratulations to the 15 students selected to receive the 2023 Walter Harrison Scholarship.
Aiden Riley Abrams - Rayle EMC
Charles Brewer - Rayle EMC
Juliana Brown - Amicalola EMC
Itandehui Cruz - Snapping Shoals EMC
Heewon Eum - Walton EMC
Aliyah Johnson - Snapping Shoals EMC
Slade McConnell - Flint Energies
Caleigh Rae McQuaig - Planters EMC
Kenneth Payne Murphree - Three Notch EMC
Samantha Sands - Cobb EMC
Charity Smith - Flint Energies
Adam Stone - Carroll EMC
Seth Daniel Tucker - Irwin EMC
Hayes Valentine - Coastal Electric Cooperative
Ryanna Whitehead - Southern Rivers Energy
With the addition of the 15 scholarships in 2023, $265,500 has been awarded to 276 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