SCHOLARSHIPS
Western Kansas Manufacturers AssociationWKMA 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
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
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
GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Jeremy Gigot
Executive Director of GCCC Endowment
801 Campus Drive
Garden City, KS 67846
620-276-9578
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