Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Daughters and Sons Scholarship Program

Deadline to apply: February 14, 2020 3:00 pm CT

Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas have established a scholarship program to assist children of employees who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.

This program is administered by Scholarship America^®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarship, tuition assistance and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Awards are granted without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability, or national origin.

Applicants to the Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Daughters and Sons Scholarship Program must be:

Dependent* children, age 24 and under, of part-time or full-time active or retired employees of Peoples Gas or North Shore Gas who have a minimum of one year of employment with the company as of the application deadline. WEC Business Service employees must be domiciled in the PGL or NSG service ares. i.e., live in or have their primary work location in the service area.
High school seniors or graduates, or current postsecondary undergraduates, who plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year. (Students graduating mid-year may apply; however, the award will be one-half of the full-time award amount.)

*Dependent children are defined as biological, step- or legally adopted children living in the employee’s household or primarily supported by the employee.

If selected as a recipient, the student will receive an award ranging from $1,000 to $4,000.

Awards may be renewed for up to three (3) additional years for a four-year degree program and one (1) year for a two-year degree and vocational-technical degree or until a bachelor’s degree or certificate is earned, whichever occurs first. Renewal is contingent upon satisfactory academic performance in a full-time course of study, continued employment of the student’s parent at Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas or WEC Business Services, and continuation of the program by Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas. Students who must complete a fifth year of college to earn a bachelor’s degree are eligible to renew as long as they do not receive the award for more than four years.

Renewal students may not decline their award and reapply to the program for a larger award. Students may defer their awards for one year only.

Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification

Applicants will be notified in April.

Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.

Payment of Scholarships

Payments are made in one installment in mid August.

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas.

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

Consideration of academic performance
Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
Work experience
Statement of careers and educational goals and objectives
Unusual personal or family circumstances
Outside appraisal

Financial need will be considered.

Potential recipients who demonstrate no need, or whose parent(s) choose not to supply the requested financial information, will be considered for an award at the minimum amount.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas or WEC Business Services play a part in the selection. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

Revisions
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas reserves the right to review the conditions and procedures of this scholarship program and to make changes at any time including termination of the program.

As part of your application, you must upload the following:

A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display the student name, school name, grades and credit hours for each course, as well as the term in which each course was taken.

Also as part of your application, one online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf.

Your application is not complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically.

Questions? Contact us:

Email: pnsgas@scholarshipamerica.org
Phone: 507-931-1682 and ask for the Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Daughters and Sons Scholarship Program

Questions regarding the scholarship program should be addressed to:

Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Daughters and Sons Scholarship Program
Scholarship America
One Scholarship Way
Saint Peter, MN 56082

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