Area students awarded full-ride FHSU scholarships
Garden City Telegram
HAYS - The first five winners of the Robert E. and Patricia A. Schmidt Foundation scholarships to attend Fort Hays State University have been announced.
The inaugural class of Schmidt Foundation Scholars is comprised of Edwin Garcia-Arreola, Lakin; Bianca Bultman, Elkhart; Makenna Bartholomew, Gypsum; Julina Wall, Ingalls; and German Hernandez, Leoti.
Those incoming freshmen will receive full-ride, $14,900 scholarships for the 2021-22 school year.
Those students’ counselors, teachers, coaches, or principals made arrangements with the FHSU Foundation last week for a surprise announcement with the students via Zoom.
Preference for these scholarships are given to first-generation students from Kansas planning to major in healthcare, education, business, entrepreneurship, arts, or communication programs.
After a trying year for many during the pandemic, members of the Kansas Wesleyan University family celebrated graduates at a commencement ceremony Saturday.
Everyone in attendance at Tony s Pizza Events Center had a feeling of relief that this time had finally come. We re here, we ve made it, we re in person, just like we have been all year, said KWU President Matt Thompson.
Thompson quoted Vice President Kamala Harris about being the solution daily and a warrior in future battles. Graduates, there will be battles ahead, personal, professional and civic, Thompson said. During your time here though, you have been prepared for what s to come.