Walton EMC is offering college scholarship opportunities to the University of Georgia to encourage “good engineering talent.”

The Walton EMC Engineering Leadership Scholarship Fund will provide five $10,000 scholarships to students who study in one of the bachelor degree programs within the UGA College of Engineering. The scholarship is open to residents of the counties served by Walton EMC, including Oconee, Athens-Clarke, Barrow, DeKalb, Greene, Gwinnett, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale and Walton.

To apply, students must be majoring or intending to major in any bachelor degree program within the College of Engineering and have a minimum 3.7 grade point average. Recipients will remain eligible for up to four years if they keep a 3.7 GPA in their chosen engineering discipline.

To learn more about the scholarship, visit engineering.uga.edu/scholarships/undergraduate/application. The deadline is May 31.

“Cultivating good engineers is critical to every facet of our nation’s infrastructure,” said Walton EMC CEO Ronnie Lee. “Our customer-owners expect ­— and rightly so — excellent electric service. Sound engineering is the foundation we build on to deliver that promise.”

“I am extremely grateful for the generosity of Walton EMC in supporting our students at the College of Engineering,” said Donald J. Leo, the college’s dean. “Partnerships like this are an essential component of our goal to attract and retain top engineering talent from across Georgia. CEO Lee and his team have helped establish a meaningful scholarship program, which can serve as a template for other organizations with whom we partner.”

The scholarship funds come from unclaimed capital credits.