FPL presents scholarships to highschool seniors
JUNO BEACH, Fla. — Florida Energy & Gentle Firm (FPL) introduced that the corporate is offering college students with a possibility to use for a worthwhile scholarship that may assist them obtain their profession objectives
“We imagine SECME and different STEM applications assist interact college students in thrilling new fields and put together them for well-paid jobs sooner or later,” stated FPL Vice President of Exterior Affairs and Financial Growth Pam Rauch.
“In lots of circumstances, applications like these assist break down limitations and supply extra alternatives to historically underserved populations. This is only one means we ship on our dedication to STEM training to assist make sure the success of scholars.”
FPL is constant to assist STEM training and profession development by as soon as once more providing the NextEra Vitality Scholarship for Black College students in SECME (Southeastern Consortium of Minorities in Engineering) in addition to a STEM training scholarship for FIRST Robotics college students.
Ten graduating highschool seniors concerned in SECME applications might be awarded a scholarship of as much as $20,000. The scholarship presents $5,000 per yr, renewable for as much as three years or till the recipient earns a bachelor’s diploma, whichever happens first.
The recipients of this scholarship should plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate examine at an accredited two- or four-year faculty or college for your entire upcoming 2023-2024 educational yr.
Certified candidates should have no less than one yr of expertise in a SECME program in one of many following counties: Brevard, Broward, Escambia, Flagler, Hendry, Manatee, Miami Dade, Palm Seashore, Seminole, and Volusia.
“This scholarship will certainly relinquish loads of the monetary burdens that will come up like books, tuition, housing, and every part. So, it will vastly, vastly assist me,” stated Jordan Robinson, one in every of final yr’s recipients of the NextEra Vitality Scholarship for Black College students in SECME.
Whereas FPL units the factors for who’s eligible to use for this scholarship, this system is run by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and supervisor of scholarships and different training assist applications for firms, foundations, associations, and people.
Eligible functions are reviewed by Scholarship America’s analysis crew and Scholarship America selects the recipients, not FPL.
college students can go to FPL.com/training and click on on “scholarships and funding” for particulars and for a hyperlink to the functions.