Scholarship Opportunities

The MTA Foundation will award 6 scholarships to high school seniors graduating in 2023. Each scholarship will be a one-time amount of $2,000. There are two types of scholarships this year:

• One $2,000 Jon Tollefson Technology Scholarship: To be eligible, applicants must be a high school senior with plans to major in either Telecommunications or Information Technology (IT) at a university, college, or technical college and be a Minnesota resident.
• One of five $2,000 General Scholarships: To be eligible, applicants must be a high school senior with plans on attending post-secondary education at a university, college, or technical college, be a Minnesota resident, and the applicant’s family must subscribe to at least one service from an MTA member company.

Once completed, the application must be printed and submitted to WCTA by February 17, 2023. MTA Scholarship Form

The FRS College Scholarship program provides $2,000 and the sponsoring NTCA member company provides $500 for a total of $2,500. In additional to the FRS general scholarships, FRS has the following named scholarships*

• JSI Scholarships
• Everett Kneece Scholarship
• Sarah Tyree Good Neighbor Scholarship
• Herbert and Isabel Bitz Memorial Scholarship
• Diana Jo Meyer Memorial Scholarship

*Submitting one application is sufficient for eligibility of all available scholarships. Scholarships are completed online and must be submitted no later than February 8, 2023.  For applications and guidelines, see your high school guidance counselor or visit https://www.frs.org/programs/youth-programs/scholarships.

High school seniors whose parents are cooperative members are encouraged to apply for one of eight scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each. The application deadline is March 31, 2023. Our cooperative status allows us to fund our scholarship program in part through unclaimed capital credits.  Click here for scholarship application

Current college students are urged to apply for a $1,000 scholarship through the 2nd Year or Beyond Scholarship. Students who graduated from high school and are from any one of the telephone exchanges of WCTA currently attending 2nd year or beyond higher education are eligible. Past scholarship winners are also eligible. The application deadline is May 26, 2023.  Click here for scholarship application