The Dane G. Hansen Foundation will make 20 Community or Technical College Transfer scholarships available. Students who graduated from one of the following 26 counties are eligible to apply:
Cheyenne, Cloud, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Gove, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln, Logan, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne, Ottawa, Phillips, Rawlins, Republic, Rooks, Russell, Saline, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Thomas, Trego and Wallace
The Dane G. Hansen Foundation will award twenty Community or Technical College Transfer Scholarships with stipends of $4000 each. These scholarships are available for Kansas Community or Technical College students. Community College students must have completed a minimum of 32 hours of college credit by the Spring of 2018 and Technical College students must have completed an associate of applied science degree before transferring to an accredited four-year public, private or church related Kansas college or university. Each Community or Technical College Transfer Scholarship may be renewed for one year upon completion of satisfactory work as evaluated by the Scholarship Committee. Students may obtain application forms at the office of the Dean of Student Services at the Community College or Technical College Student Services or it can be downloaded from our website at www.danehansenfoundation.org.
Through scholarships the Trustees of the Dane G. Hansen Foundation encourage good citizenship and high achievement in academic endeavors. Improvement of educational opportunities for students in Western Kansas ranks high among the objectives of the Trustees of the Hansen Foundation.
The Hansen Foundation is in its 43rd year of service to the young people of Northwest Kansas through the insight and generosity of the late Dane G. Hansen of Logan, Kansas. The book DANE GRAY HANSEN: TITAN OF NORTHWEST KANSAS by Billy M. Jones (1962) describes Dane G. Hansen and his contributions to Northwest Kansas.
Anyone interested in the Scholarship Program can find more information at www.danehansenfoundation.org.
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