Slettom Cooperative Scholarship

Scholarships for Minnesota Students Pursuing Careers in Co-ops

Minnesota Cooperative Education Foundation 
145 University Ave., W., Ste 450
St. Paul, MN 55103-2044
phone 651.228.0213
fax 651.228.1184

Scholarships for 
Minnesota Students Pursuing Careers in Co-ops

The Edward Slettom Cooperative Leadership scholarships are being offered for high school, college, law and business school students interested in pursuing careers in cooperatives.

The awards range from the following: $500 for high schoolers; $750 for students at two or four year undergraduate institutions; and $1,000 for students in business and law school. The awards are based on scholastic achievement, leadership, and an ability to contribute to cooperatives in the future.

For more information or to apply, contact the Minnesota Association of Cooperatives (MAC) office at:
phone:  (651) 228-0213
or email:  charlene.vrieze@cooperativenetwork.coop
website:  click here

The application deadline is April 1.

The awards are based on scholastic achievement, leadership, and an ability to contribute to cooperatives in the future. The Foundation Vision Statement declares that, “The Foundation will sponsor qualified individuals and organizations to further the goals of cooperatives and their members.” The Foundation directors voted to create the new scholarship to work toward its vision of educating others about the role of cooperatives in our communities.

The sponsor organization for the Foundation is MAC, which is a trade association that serves Minnesota’s cooperatives owned by more than 3.4 million residents by providing lobbying, education, public relations, and technical services for a wide variety of cooperatives including farm supply, health, dairy marketing, consumer, credit, livestock marketing, telephone, electric, housing, insurance, cable communications, worker-owned cooperatives, and more. MAC is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.