EDUCATE PROMOTE SUPPORT Home Committees Meetings Organization Awards Membership Information Scholarships Videos Links The Coal Institute is proud of its commitment to participating in opportunities that promote the utilization of coal and the education of future employees in our industry. The first part of our adopted Mission Statement outlines our role as follows: "Our mission is to support and financially assist public educational efforts pertaining specifically to the use and benefits of coal and the coal industry in general..." Since 1994, The Coal Institute has contributed over $1,205,000 to coal education through our donations to CEDAR, College Scholarships, and The Challenger Learning Center. The Coal Institute's College Scholarship Program was initiated in 1997 and the purpose of the program is to offer assistance to students who are studying to receive an education and degree in various fields associated with the coal industry. Awards in the amount of $2,000 are now granted to eight two-year colleges with Mining Technology or Mining Engineering programs. The Coal Institute has distributed approximately $631,000 of the $1,205,000 total Scholarships toward these colleges. Schools which have previously received scholarship funds include the following: West Virginia University – Department of Mining Engineering - Letter of Appreciation University of Kentucky – Department of Mining Engineering - Letter of Appreciation Virginia Tech – Department of Mining Engineering University of South Carolina - Coal Research & Development University of Missouri – Rolla – Department of Mining Engineering University of Tennessee – Department of Transportation and Logistics Big Sandy Community & Technical College – Mining Technology - Letter of Appreciation Bluefield State College Hazard Community & Technical College - Letter of Appreciation Letter of Appreciation 2021 Rend Lake College - Letter of Appreciation 2021 - Letter of Appreciation - Letter of Appreciation2020 - Letter of Appreciation Southern West Virginia Community College - Letter of Appreciation Letter of Appreciation 2021 Penn State Fayette Campus - Letter of Appreciation Virginia Highlands Community College Madisonville Community College - Letter of Appreciation - Letter of Appreciation Vincennes University Donations to CEDAR are for the education of students in grades K - 12, and for the 2020-2021 fiscal year a total of $19,000 was contributed. More can be learned about CEDAR from this web page. The following Chapters of CEDAR continue to receive funding. East Kentucky West Kentucky Cedar - Letter of Appreciation 2020 Indiana MEMBER COMPANIES Alfred H Knight North America Alliance Coal, LLC Alliance Coal, LLC - Indiana Sales Office Alliance Coal, LLC - Pennsylvania Sales Office Alpha Metallurgical Coal Sales, LLC AMCI Group-Ion Carbon & Minerals, LLC American Commercial Barge Line American Consolidated Natural Resources, Inc. American Resources Corporation Appalachian Resource Co LLC Associated Terminals Atico, LLC Biehl And Co. Blackhawk Coal Sales, LLC Blackhawk Mining, LLC Blue Ribbon Coal Sales, LTD C. Reiss Coal Co.(The) CAIT, LLC Capes Shipping Agencies Carbon Partners, Inc. View All Neither this site nor its contents contained here within may be reproduced without express written consent. ©Copyright 2020 NCCI | Email Us | Site design MILLER | Powered by ZetaSites