Scholarship Opportunities

Randolph Telephone has designed the following scholarship opportunities to be “an investment in the future growth, development, and well-being of our member/subscriber families and the community.” Our company's commitment to our customers and the communities we serve extends far beyond the telecom arena. Randolph Telephone directors, management, and staff have maintained their resolve to be active corporate citizens in the counties the co-op serves, to stay involved in local community affairs, and to target contribution dollars to a variety of worthwhile civic and charitable causes. Randolph Telephone and its subsidiaries annually award $6,000 in scholarship funds to students in area high schools, sponsor art contests for senior art students, and now provide scholarships for second-year college students, as well as a summer intern program. The Board of Directors considers such scholarships an investment in the region’s future.

FRS Scholarship

As your local telecommunications service provider, it is our place to offer this scholarship program to the students in our serving territory. Should a student from our service area be selected to receive one of the 25 national scholarship ($2,000 each), we will contribute an additional $500 to the scholarship, bringing the total one-time scholarship award to $2,500. Please note that preference will be given to students expressing an interest to return to a rural area to work following graduation.

Please note that each application must bear our manager or Board president’s signature to be considered eligible. Please send your applications to: Randolph Telephone, Attn: Stephanie Gee by February 20th, and she will take care of getting the applications signed and mailed.

Art Scholarship Program

“Connecting Our Community ”

2012 Student Guidelines and Provisions

General Scholarship Program

Eligibility

1. Applicant must be a dependent of a member or subscriber in good standing of RTMC or RTC whose primary residence is located within the RTMC or RTC service area. (Residence telephone number prefixes for the service areas are: 241, 381, 461, 464, 581, 857, 879, and 622.)

2. Applicant must be a graduating high school or home school senior who meets the entrance requirements for an accredited college or university.

3. The scholarship award will be paid for the benefit and use of the applicant directly to the college or university where the applicant has been accepted as a student or where the applicant is attending classes.

4. Applicants meeting conditions 1 through 3 above will be eligible without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender or disability.

This application must be completed and turned in to your High School Guidance Counselor and received in the RTMC/RTC office at 3733 Old Cox Road, Asheboro, NC no later than April 13, 2012.

The names of ALL applicants meeting eligibility requirements described above will be entered in drawings by county to be held by RTMC/RTC’s April Board Meeting. If, subsequent to drawing, it is determined that applicant did not, in fact, meet eligibility requirements, then a redrawing from the remaining pool of applicants will be held to select a winner. Guidance counselors will be notified of winners by telephone, and students will be honored at their High School's Awards Ceremony. Scholarship checks are paid directly to the college/university during the month of August.