From in-state college institutions to those across the country, 80 local students will be benefiting from scholarships provided through the Operation Round Up program.

This year, students from Cuivre River Electric Cooperative’s five-county service area are receiving scholarships totaling $80,000. A total of 171 completed applications were submitted.

This year’s scholarship recipients are:

• LINCOLN COUNTY: Rosalyna Birkemeier, Addison Buckaloo, Cameron Clay, Wyatt Eggering, Samantha Grateke, Julie Grote, Aleksander Harman, Lilley Heitman, Daisy Henke, Myles Joseph, Ben Kasten, Abagail Mooney, Carter Morris, Jonathan Niederer, Elsie Price, Jillian Reller, Aimee Rosen, Jordyn Rothermich, Hailey Schmidt, Kerra Smart, Kyle Tapley, Cooper Tignor, Lily Tuley and Morgan Twellman.
• PIKE COUNTY: Anna Ince, Gracey MacLaughlin, Henry Spegal and Katie Wallace.
• CHARLES COUNTY: Emily Albers, Carter Bergkoetter, Cole Bergkoetter, Addie Biehl, Corbin Biehl, Jordyn Blair, Zack Bourgeret, Sean Brand, Tamyra Butts, Kathryn Carson, Sydney Cole, Ethan Coleman, Elyse Davis, Karsen Drummond, Samuel Flavin, Medjine Gibson, Paige Harrell, Luke Hollinger, Logan Humphrey, Josei Kesier, Coen Key, Brie Klaesner, Elliot Klaesner, Kaylee Kreder, Dominic Lawrence, Elektra Lowe, Nicholas Marren, Ellie McCoy, Lana Peitzman, Max Rademeyer, Londyn Riley, Maddox Riley, Hayden Smith, Kyle Smith, Zeruiah Smith, Rathi Thiagarajan, Kate Trussell, Daniel Waters, Emma Wheeler, Cooper Zucol.
• WARREN COUNTY: Joe Buechner, Rylee Carley, Zoe Duncan, Deadrick Forrest, Austin Gentry, Jadyn Hopper, Isabella Miller, Savannah Miller, Lacy Monzyk, Abby Schanuel, Sadie Sehnert, Avery Shaw.

To be eligible for consideration, students must live in the Cuivre River Electric Cooperative service area and maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5 while attending undergraduate courses at an accredited university or technical school. Applicants are also asked to provide an official transcript and two letters of recommendation, write a narrative to highlight their academic achievements and state their career goals, and demonstrate a financial need. The scholarship may also be used for adult continuing education courses in their career fields.

The next application period opens in January 2027.

Scholarship funds are donated by Cuivre River Electric members who participate in Operation Round Up by rounding up their electric bill payments each month to the next highest dollar. The funds, administered by the seven-member volunteer Trust Board, are available to help individuals, families and organizations. For more information on Operation Round Up, call 636-695-4837 or email tschmidt@cuivre.com.

Cuivre River Electric Cooperative is the largest member-owned electric cooperative in Missouri, providing electric service to over 75,000 homes and businesses in St. Charles, Lincoln, Warren, Pike and Montgomery counties.