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Undergraduate Award

1. Open to any child of an HEL member company currently enrolled in a trade school, junior college or four-year university.
2. The applicant must have completed 60 semester hours.
3. The applicant must be taking a 12-hour course load minimum.
4. The applicant must have a 2.5GPA minimum.
5. Applicant must provide a current transcript (unofficial transcript is acceptable)
6. Applicant must submit an essay of 200 words or less that includes:
   1. What this scholarship will enable the applicant to do.
   2. What the electrical business has meant to the applicant or through the involvement of a parent in the electrical industry.

Note: This scholarship is directed at the child of an active HEL member, or member company, attending college full-time, who have completed 60 hours of school in pursuit of their undergraduate degree.

Career Advancement Award

1. Open to any person who is employed by an active HEL member company. (excludes full-time college students).
2. Applicant must be currently enrolled in a trade school, junior college, university, continuing education course, professional development course, etc.
3. Applicant must have completed less than 60 hours
4. Applicant must submit an essay of 200 words or less that includes:
   1. Why the applicant needs this scholarship.
   2. Where the applicant is currently employed and how many hours per week they work.
   3. What course(s) the applicant is taking now and how the course(s) will help advance their career.

Note: This scholarship is directed to active HEL member company employees desiring to take additional college courses, certificate courses, continuing education courses, etc – to help advance in their current career path while continuing to work at the member company.

Head Start Award

1. Open to any child of an employee at an active HEL member company enrolled in a trade school, junior college or four-year university on a full or part-time basis.
2. Applicant must be currently enrolled in a trade school, junior college, or four-year university.
3. Applicant must have completed less than 60 hours.
   5) Applicant must submit an essay of 200 words or less that includes:
   1. Why the applicant needs this scholarship.
   2. Where the applicant is currently employed and how many hours per
      week they work at their current job.
   3. How this scholarship will help the applicant to begin (or continue) their higher education and what degree they plan to pursue.

Note: This scholarship is directed to the child of an active HEL member company employee who is starting or in the first few years of college either full or part-time.

Named Scholarship Awards

Special Named Scholarships in honor and recognition of Mr. Clyde Rutland, Mr. J.R. Thompson, Mr. Mickey DeHart, Jim Krepper, Jim Simms, and Danney McCoy are awarded each year.

These are offered by application only to qualified undergraduate students currently enrolled within the Industrial Distribution Department at Texas A&M University and The College of Technology at The University of Houston. Named scholarship awards are determined by interviews then a majority vote of the HEL Scholarship Committee. Eligibility Requirement: Must be currently enrolled at The University of Houston majoring in Supply Chain & Logistics, or currently enrolled at Texas A&M University majoring in Industrial Distribution.