Barry 'Spook' Stang Memorial Scholarship

Scholarships will be awarded by the Barry ‘Spook’ Stang Memorial Scholarship Committee this year. The scholarships will be awarded to applicants entering a four-year Montana College, University, Trade school, or other educational institution.  If you have a son or daughter leaning toward a career in our industry, we encourage applications. Grades are a part of the process of determining our recipients, but they are not the deciding factor. The amount of each individual award will be decided by the Scholarship Trustees at the time of selection.

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Barry ‘Spook’ Stang Memorial Scholarship is to provide assistance to aid in the payment of tuition, books and fees for as many qualified employees or dependents of employees of the Members of the MONTANA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION or employees or dependents of employees of MONTANA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION as possible. 

Scholarship applicants must satisfactorily meet all the following criteria:

1. Maintain a cumulative grade point average from high school or college/university of 2.50.
2. Received written acceptance from and be enrolled in a Montana college, university, or other educational institution they desire to attend.
3. Be an employee or a dependent of an employee of a Member of MTA
   1. Be an employee or a dependent of an employee of MTA who shall have been employed by the Member Company or by MONTANA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION for at least six months prior to submitting the application.
   2. The employee’s supervisor must give written confirmation of the employee’s status as a regular full- time employee, such written notice to be included with application.
4. Students must carry no less than the minimum number of credits to be considered a full-time student at their chosen institution.  The registrar’s   office will be contacted by the Scholarship Committee to verify that the scholarship recipients are registered as full time students prior to releasing scholarship funds to the student’s account.
5. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 must be maintained. The scholarship fund will, before remitting the second payment for the year, require that the registrar’s office verify the student's grade point average for the previous Semester or term, and that the student is registered fulltime for the next term, prior to the release of the funds.