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Article: NRTC Announces Recipients of 'WildBlue U' Scholarships.
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- PR Newswire
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- September 12, 2006
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- One $10,000 and Eight $1,000 Scholarships Awarded -
HERNDON, Va., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) awarded Bobby Mills, working on behalf of Plumas Sierra's Got SKY Unlimited, a $10,000 scholarship for selling the most WildBlue satellite Internet subscriptions over the summer. Mills' efforts resulted in nearly 200 installations of WildBlue satellite Internet service.
Mills was one of 28 students who participated in "WildBlue U," a program NRTC created and implemented in partnership with local utilities. The program provided paid internships to students to market WildBlue in their communities. As of ...