Deadline Approaching for IB Scholarships

Independence Bank is proud to offer scholarship opportunities for incoming first-year students planning to attend Montana State University-Northern. To be eligible, students must graduate from a high school in Hill, Blaine, Phillips, Valley, Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Liberty, Chouteau, Cascade, Pondera, or Toole Counties.

Independence Bank will award eight $1000 scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Recipients will receive $500 during fall semester and $500 during spring semester. Scholarship recipients must have at least a 2.5 GPA to be eligible for the spring award.

For more information on the Independence Bank scholarships, please contact the MSU-Northern Financial Aid Office at 406.265.3787. The deadline for scholarship applications is Feb. 2, 2024.

Our 2023-2024 IB scholarship recipients included:

Tristan Fladager, Sterling Shelton, Amaya Bliwernitz, Crawford Terry, Dylan Kuhn, Aaron Boysun and Gavin Hall.

Independence Bank is a locally owned community bank headquartered in Havre, Montana with branches in Malta, Glasgow, Poplar, Wolf Point, Scobey, Conrad, Shelby, Great Falls, and Plentywood. For over 50 years, we have specialized in Ag and Commercial Lending and focused on providing a complete range of banking services for the people and businesses we serve. Our mission is to develop and maintain mutually beneficial relationships through consistent commitment to our communities and our customers.