PG&E Offering More Than 100 College Scholarships Totaling Nearly $200,000
December 20 2021 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Applications Available Now; Deadline is Feb.
25, 2022
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that
scholarship applications are now being accepted for college-bound
high schoolers as well as current college and continuing education
students with a primary residence in Northern and Central
California.
More than 100 awards totaling nearly $200,000 are being made
available through scholarships created by PG&E’s employee
resource (ERG) and engineering network groups (ENG). These groups
support and advance diversity, equity and inclusion within PG&E
and the hometowns we serve.
These scholarships are awarded annually to help offset the cost
of higher education. ERG and ENG scholarship winners will receive
awards ranging from $1,000 to $6,000 for exemplary scholastic
achievement and community leadership.
PG&E ERG and ENG scholarship information, including criteria
and applications, is available on PG&E’s website. To be
considered for a scholarship, all applications must be submitted by
Feb. 25, 2022.
“Our ERG and ENG scholarships will help develop our future
leaders and breakthrough thinkers. Many of our recipients are the
first in their families to attend college. These scholarships are
especially valuable to some of our applicants who’ve experienced
financial challenges due to COVID-19. These awards are one way
we’re delivering for our hometowns,” said Julius Cox, PG&E
executive vice president, people, shared services, supply chain and
enterprise change.
“As a first-generation college student, I never thought college
would be a possibility for me due to financial hardships. It’s
through scholarships like the PG&E Latino ERG scholarship that
I’ll be able to continue my journey to higher education and making
my dream of attending college a reality,” said Rebecca Hernandez, a
2021 Latino ERG scholarship recipient, who’s majoring in ethnic
studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Since 1989, PG&E’s ERGs and ENGs have awarded more than $5
million in scholarships to thousands of recipients. The funds are
raised totally through employee donations, employee fundraising
events and Campaign for the Community, the company’s employee
giving program.
More than 6,000 PG&E employees belong to the ERGs and ENGs.
Each group helps further the company’s commitment to serving its
hometowns and growing employee engagement.
PG&E’s ERG and ENG scholarships are available through these
13 groups:
- Access Network (individuals with disabilities)
- Asian
- Black
- Latino
- Legacy (tenured employees)
- MEENA (Middle East, Europe, and North Africa)
- National Society of Black Engineers (STEM career
employees)
- NuEnergy (newer employees)
- PrideNetwork (LGBTQ+ employees)
- Samahan (Filipino)
- Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers (STEM career
employees)
- Veterans
- Women’s Network
In addition to the PG&E scholarships, the Pacific Service
Employees Association (PSEA), a non-profit mutual benefit
organization serving PG&E employees and retirees, also provides
scholarships for dependents of company employees.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is a combined natural gas and electric
utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square
miles in Northern and Central California. For more information,
visit pge.com and pge.com/news.
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