Community College Scholarship

PIONEER COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP

Pioneer Connect is proud to offer two academic scholarships to young people in our community pursuing higher education. Students are welcome to consider applying for the Academic Scholarship or our Community College Scholarship (though, you cannot apply for both in a single year). You can find more information on our academic scholarship here.

The Pioneer Connect Community College Scholarship is a scholarship award for students beginning or continuing their education at one of three local community colleges (listed below).

APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS:

Applicant must be a member or an immediate relative of someone who is a participating member of Pioneer Connect (you could be a spouse, son, or daughter of the member)
Your primary place of residence must be located within the Pioneer Connect serving area
Minimum 2.5 GPA
Applicant must be currently enrolled or applying for admission to Linn-Benton Community College (LBCC), Oregon Coast Community College (OCCC), or Lane Community College (LCC) for one of the following degrees:
- Associate of Arts
- Associate of Science
- Associate of Applied Science
- One-year certification

TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION:

Submit the online application below, showing:
- Extracurricular activities
- Accomplishments
- Recognition received
- Hobbies
- Jobs held
- Career and educational goals
Provide legible copies of all high school and college or technical school transcripts
Take the “open book” quiz

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The completed application and all supporting documentation must be submitted/received at the headquarters office of Pioneer Connect no later than 4:30 p.m. on March 31, 2022.
Incomplete applications will not be considered for scholarship award.

The Community College Scholarship is an online submission only—you can begin your application below.

DEADLINE: Application must be submitted no later than March 31, 2023 by 4:30 p.m.

Note: There is no time limit to the application process. However, the application will not be saved along the way. Be sure to have enough time to finish it or you will have to start back at the beginning.

APPLICANT INFORMATION
Name*
First Last
Email*
Mailing Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
Pioneer Phone Number*
Alternate Phone
High School Attending:*
Grade Point Average:*
Planning to Attend:*
Attending:*
- Full Time
- Part Time

QUIZ ABOUT PIONEER CONNECT
HISTORY
Pioneer Connect is a cooperative corporation formed under the provisions of Oregon Revised Statute 62 (ORS 62) for the purpose of engaging in any lawful activity for which cooperatives may be organized under ORS 62. Cooperatives have a long history.

In Scotland in March of 1761, 16 weavers and apprentice weavers came together to sign a charter in which they agreed to work together to set purchase prices for yarns, selling prices for cloth and to deal fairly and honestly in their work forming the Fenwick Weavers’ Society – the earliest cooperative for which we have full records. They also set up a fund that they lent back to members to purchase high cost items, and from which they gave charitable donations to the poor in the village. Some have seen this as a proto-credit union.

Later that decade, in 1769, they agreed to take funds from their “box” to purchase “victuals” which they sold from a central point in the village, the profits going back into their joint funds. This has been seen as a very early co-op store.

In 1844, the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers was formed in Rochdale, England. It is considered the founding association of the modern cooperative movement. The society was formed under the cooperative principles of: 1. Voluntary and Open Membership, 2. Democratic Member Control, 3. Member Economic Participation, 4. Autonomy and Independence, 5. Education, Training, and Information, 6. Cooperation among Cooperatives, 7. Concern for the Community.

Many members from the communities in the Coast Range Mountains of western Oregon attempted to get someone to supply them with telephone service. They were told it could not be a profitable business. They decided to organize a cooperative and take full responsibility of building a modern telephone system for themselves.

Pioneer Telephone Cooperative was incorporated on October of 1950. In March 1951, Senator Wayne Morse sent a telegram saying the Cooperative had received an REA loan to build a modern telephone system. The Coast Telephone Company was purchased from the Baker family and it became the backbone for building out service into remote areas. Later in 1951, the Blachly-Deadwood Telephone Company became part of the system and in 1956 the Bellfountain Telephone Company merged into the Cooperative.

Today, the Cooperative is evolving from a telephone company to a broadband company. With many miles of fiber-optic cable, the intelligent network is becoming a reality.
QUIZ
What was the first cooperative for which we have full records?*
In what year was the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers formed?*
Is "concern for the community" one of the cooperative principles?*
- Yes
- No
Pioneer Telephone Cooperative was incorporated in what year?*
Pioneer Connect is evolving from a telephone company to what type of company?*

PIONEER COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP

APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS:

TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

APPLICANT INFORMATION

ACTIVITIES

CAREER AND EDUCATIONAL GOALS

QUIZ ABOUT PIONEER CONNECT

QUIZ

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT & SUBMIT