{"id":68993,"date":"2015-12-29T13:32:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T21:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=68993"},"modified":"2016-01-04T13:51:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T21:51:54","slug":"high-school-seniors-urged-to-apply-for-edison-scholars-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/12\/29\/high-school-seniors-urged-to-apply-for-edison-scholars-program\/","title":{"rendered":"High school seniors urged to apply for Edison Scholars Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-47905\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/AVC-Foundation-Scholarship-application-deadline-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"AVC Foundation Scholarship application deadline\" width=\"250\" height=\"180\" \/>Local high school seniors planning to study science, technology, engineering or math in college still have time to apply for Edison International\u2019s $1.2 million Scholars Program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The deadline is Feb. 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each year, the parent company of Southern California Edison selects 30 high school students in SCE&#8217;s service territory as recipients of $40,000 scholarships paid over four years.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2006, Edison International has awarded $5.3 million in scholarships to 520 Edison Scholars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We strongly encourage high school seniors from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholarshipamerica.org\/uploads\/edison\/public_school.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">SCE&#8217;s service area<\/a> who will be pursuing STEM studies in college to apply for the Edison Scholarship,&#8221; stated Tammy Tumbling, SCE&#8217;s director of Philanthropy and Community Investment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know that the costs associated with STEM education are high and can be a deterrent for underserved, low-income students,&#8221; she said. &#8220;That&#8217;s why we offer 30 scholarships so we can help a greater number of students realize their dreams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Applicants must have a 3.0 GPA or above and either live in or attend public or private high schools in SCE&#8217;s service area. They must also demonstrate financial need and plan to be a full-time undergraduate student majoring in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, computer engineering, industrial engineering, computer sciences\/info system, environmental engineering or environmental sciences at a four-year college or university.<\/p>\n<p>To apply and get additional eligibility information, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholarshipamerica.org\/edisonscholars\/\" target=\"_blank\">scholarsapply.org\/edisonscholars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scholarship recipients will be announced in April. Edison Scholars may also be eligible for summer internships at SCE after completing their second year of college.<\/p>\n<h5><em>[Information via news release from Edison International.]<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local high school seniors planning to study science, technology, engineering or math in college still have time to apply for Edison International\u2019s $1.2 million Scholars Program. The deadline is Feb. 1. Each year, the parent company of Southern California Edison selects 30 high school students in SCE&#8217;s service territory as recipients of $40,000 scholarships paid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}