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Wake Electric College Scholarships

2025 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!

Every year, Wake Electric awards scholarships to high school seniors who are planning to continue their education at a college, university, community college or technical school. Altogether, Wake Electric awards $22,000 in college scholarships to local students. Funding for scholarships is made possible by Wake Electric members and Wake Electric employees through WE Care Foundation.

Fred M. Alford Memorial Scholarship ($2,000) – Requirements include:

  • Must be a child of or under legal guardianship of an active Wake Electric member or live in a home served by Wake Electric
  • Must be a high school graduating senior (cannot already be attending college)
  • Must pursue a four-year undergraduate baccalaureate degree at an accredited institution in North Carolina

Touchstone Energy Scholarship ($1,250) – Requirements include:

  • Must be a child of or under legal guardianship of an active Wake Electric member or live in a home served by Wake Electric
  • Must use these funds at a North Carolina college or university, community college, vocational or technical school
  • Applicants can be a high school graduating senior or already enrolled full-time in a university, community college, vocational or technical school
  • Completed application including financial information.
  • Application information MUST BE TYPED or application will be disqualified.
  • Transcript from high school, college or university, community college, vocational or technical school.
  • Two-page, double-spaced essay that describes the student’s career goals and how they intend to achieve them and explain why they believe they should receive the scholarship.  ESSAY MUST BE TYPED and should NOT be more than two-pages.  The essay should show a thoughtful and original approach.
  • Three letters of recommendation (the judges prefer thoughtful and original observations).
  • Download the 2025 Scholarship Application here.
  • Deadline: March 14, 2025 by 5:00 p.m.
  • Send completed application to:

Wake Electric College Scholarships
228 Park Avenue
Youngsville, NC 27596

Please note: Any applications received after the March 14 deadline (even if they are postmarked March 15) will be disqualified. Applicants will be notified of their status by mid-April, 2025.

2024 Wake Electric College Scholarship Recipients

Fred M. Alford Memorial Scholarship ($2,000)
Delaney Lowery, Grove Hill Academy

Touchstone Energy Scholarship ($1,250)
Nicholas Russo, NC State
Shaun Johnson, Rolesville High
Alexander Fucci, NC State
William Chambers, NC State
Connor Anderson, Heritage High
Charles Bell, Rolesville High
Jacob Barnhill, NC State
Kendall Keith, NC State
Khalia Morton, Winston Salem State
Jamie Lambert, East Carolina University
Emma Haynes, Tar River Academy
Nicholas Valentino, Heritage High
Aaliyah Graham, Millbrook High
Camden Boone, Oxford Preparatory
Sarina Prather, Franklin Academy High
Mattie Kuse, Heritage High

Questions?

If you have any questions, please contact Wake Electric at communications@wemc.com or (919) 863.6440. The Wake Electric Scholarship Program is funded through voluntary member and employee donations through the WE Care program.