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Published: February 24, 2010

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. – Applications for the Educate and Grow Scholarship Program at Northeast State Community College are being accepted now for high school seniors graduating this spring and residing in Sullivan, Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, and Washington counties.

Eligible students can download applications online at http://www.educateandgrow.com. Home-schooled high school seniors residing in any of the five counties are also eligible to apply for Educate and Grow. The priority deadline to submit an application is March 31.

Scholarship award amounts depend on the number of students participating in the program and the availability of funds.

An Educate and Grow Scholarship applicant must be a member of a 2010 high school graduating class and have a custodial parent or court-appointed legal guardian who has lived in their county of residence for 12 months prior to the applicant’s high school graduation date. An applicant must enroll at Northeast State as a degree-seeking student for the upcoming fall 2010 semester and meet all scholarship requirements.

Educate and Grow provides tuition assistance for qualifying students graduating from high schools located within the College’s five-county service area. The program was initiated in 2001 between Northeast State and the governments of Kingsport and Sullivan County. Northeast State has since partnered with other local governments, private companies, and individual donors to expand the program.

Applications for the Educate and Grow Scholarship Program are available at the student guidance offices of any high school in the five counties.  Applications can also be picked up at the Northeast State campus in Blountville or teaching sites at Elizabethton, Mountain City, the Kingsport Center for Higher Education and the Regional Center for Applied Technology in downtown Kingsport.

Completed applications must be submitted in person at the Blountville campus, Pierce Building, office P311, 2425 Highway 75, adjacent to Tri-Cities Regional Airport.