NCK Tech hosted a Scholarship Reception for donors and recipients this week in the Dreiling Administration Building on the Hays campus. The event recognized those individuals who have generously contributed to the NCK Tech Endowment and Foundation scholarship fund and honored those students who were awarded scholarships for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Associate Degree nursing students awarded the Bob Schmidt and Hays Medical Center Auxiliary scholarships are:
- Lindsay Alt, Paradise
- Autumn Butler Robbins ,Hays
- Taylor Crabill, Hays
- Megan Danler, Deerfield
- Sheila Delzeit, Hays
- Angela Glendening, Hays
- Megan Horchem, Ransom
- Alaina Hughes, Hays
- Amber Irwin, Hays
- Ashley Krannawitter, Hays
- Katy Launchbaugh, La Crosse
- Lori Lyle, Natoma; Megan Maier, Greensburg
- Alicia McKenna, Hays
- Amanda Montgomery, Hays
- Ashley Wahrman, Hays
- Anne Marie Wasinger, Hays.
The Bob Schmidt scholarship was established in 2008 by Hays businessman Robert L. Schmidt and the Hays Medical Center Auxiliary scholarship was established in 1994. Both donors are dedicated to increasing the number of nursing graduates and fund the scholarships on an annual basis. Nursing students who demonstrate financial need, high academic performance and exemplary clinical skills are eligible to receive the awards.
Chase Scheibler, a 2013 graduate of the Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning program and a current Building Construction Technology student, received the Bob Munsch scholarship. Bob Munsch, owner and operator of Bob Munsch and Associates, LLC, provided the auctioneer services for the Hays campus Carpentry house auction last May and donated his fee to establish the scholarship. Eligible recipients are Carpentry and Building Construction Technology students on the Hays campus.
Lori Lyle, a nursing student from Natoma, was awarded the Judy Murphy Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was established by the family of Judy Murphy in her memory. Judy was a nursing instructor at NCK Tech for several years and a former Director of Nursing at the Plainville Rural Hospital. Eligible recipients are nursing students who have demonstrated financial need.
Jay Hipp, a graduate of the Residential Electricity program in 2013 and current Electrical Technology student from Hays, and Ramsey Owen, an Automotive Technology student from Hays, received Student Senate scholarships for the current academic year. The NCK Tech Student Senate held fundraising events for the past two years to support this scholarship. Eligible recipients are second year students with a minimum 2.5 GPA.
Emily Long, a Practical Nursing student from Victoria, was awarded the Ethel Gatschet Memorial scholarship. This scholarship was established in memory of Ethel Gatschet, a lifelong resident of Ellis County, who graduated from the St. Anthony School of Nursing in 1960 and worked for many years at St. Anthony hospital. Eligible recipients are nursing students from Hays or Victoria, with a minimum 3.5 GPA