SCHOLARSHIPS

Western Kansas Manufacturers Association

WKMA offers scholarships each year to high school seniors from member counties in Western Kansas who plan to attend a four-year college, a junior college, or a vocational college. Scholarship recipients must be U.S. Citizens residing in the area along U.S. Highway 281 and west, and graduate from a high school in the same area. Preference is given to students majoring in Agri-Business, Industrial or Mechanical Engineering, Pre-Engineering, or Business Administration.

Applications must be made through the individual school’s financial aid or scholarship department. 

Presently, the following Kansas institutions are active in the WKMA scholarship program:

VOCATION / TECHNICAL COLLEGE

NCK TECH

Gary Odle
Financial Aid Director

PO Box 507
Beloit, KS  67420
785-738-9028

NORTHWEST KANSAS TECHNICAL COLLEGE

Kelly James
Development and Career Services

PO Box 668
Goodland, KS  67735-0668
785-890-1529

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

BARTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Foundation  Office

245 NE 30th Road
Great Bend, KS 67530-9283
620-792-9306

COLBY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Nikol Nolan
Executive Director of Student Affairs

1255 South Range
Colby, KS 67701
785-460-4696

DODGE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Financial Aid

2501 N. 14th Avenue
Dodge City, KS 67801
620-225-9336

GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Jeremy Gigot
Executive Director of GCCC Endowment

801 Campus Drive
Garden City, KS  67846
620-276-9578

SEWARD COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE / AREA TECH COLLEGE

Faye Zimmerman

PO Box 1137
Liberal, KS 67905-1137
800-373-9951

UNIVERSITIES

FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY

Angela Delzeit 
Asst. Director of Financial Aid

600 Park Street
Hays, KS 67601-4408
800-628-3478, Option 6

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Rebecca Bishop
Assistant Director of Scholarships

104 Fairchild Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-6420

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Gail Sherron
Associate Director of Financial Aid

1502 Iowa Street
Lawrence, KS 66045
785-864-4700