{"id":12330,"date":"2016-01-14T11:11:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T16:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=12330"},"modified":"2016-01-14T11:11:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T16:11:28","slug":"american-water-accepting-scholarship-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=12330","title":{"rendered":"American Water accepting scholarship applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pennsylvania American Water <a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AmericanWaterPA-300x300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1259512\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AmericanWaterPA-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"AmericanWaterPA-300x300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0announced that applications are being accepted for its 2016 <i>Stream of Learning<\/i> Scholarship Program to provide financial assistance to high school seniors who are planning to pursue careers in the water and wastewater industry. The program is designed to support outstanding students living in Pennsylvania American Water\u2019s service territories who are charting a course of study in specific fields, ranging from engineering to environmental science, which are crucial to the water and wastewater business. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The company will award scholarships of $2,000 each to 10 students who are selected through the program\u2019s application process. Applicants must meet the following criteria: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Students must currently live in one of Pennsylvania American Water\u2019s service areas. (Students can attend college outside of the company\u2019s service territory.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Students must plan to attend a two- or four-year college or technical school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Students must plan to study environmental science, engineering, biology or chemistry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cNow in its seventh year, our <i>Stream of Learning<\/i> Scholarship Program is helping attract extremely bright, dedicated students who have much to offer for our industry\u2019s future,\u201d said Kathy L. Pape, president of Pennsylvania American Water. \u201cWe believe it\u2019s important to inspire and support talented young people who share our commitment to maintaining public health, protecting the environment and promoting economic development.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Winners will be selected by a panel of judges and will receive their awards in May. Family members of Pennsylvania American Water employees are not eligible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This month, the company is sending scholarship brochures and applications to high school guidance counselors throughout its service territory. Applications can also be downloaded from the company\u2019s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennsylvaniaamwater.com\/\"><span class=\"s4\">www.pennsylvaniaamwater.com<\/span><\/a> and must be postmarked by March 21, 2016. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania American Water \u00a0announced that applications are being accepted for its 2016 Stream of Learning Scholarship Program to provide financial assistance to high school seniors who are planning to pursue careers in the water and wastewater industry. The program is designed to support outstanding students living in Pennsylvania American Water\u2019s service territories who are charting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3605,2548],"class_list":["post-12330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-american-water","tag-scholarships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}