Hansen Scholarships available to JC students

The Dane G. Hansen Foundation will make scholarships available in four categories to students in 26 Northwest Kansas counties for the 2024-2025 academic year. Students from an accredited high school, registered independent, private, or home school in 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.

Scholarships available for students who will graduate in the current academic year are:

Seven Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarships with annual stipends of $10,000 renewable for three additional years if criteria established by the scholarship committee are met. Recipients must attend an accredited four-year public, private, or church related Kansas college or university.

Thirty-Five Hansen Scholar Scholarships with annual stipends of $6,500 renewable for three additional years if criteria established by the scholarship committee are met. Recipients must attend an accredited four-year public, private, or church related Kansas college or university.

Seventy Hansen Student Scholarships with annual stipends of $4,000 renewable for one additional year if criteria established by the scholarship committee are met. Recipients must attend an accredited community, public, private, or church related college or university in Kansas.

To qualify for the above scholarships, a student must have taken the ACT test and have a composite score of 23 or higher and have at least a 3.50 GPA 9un-weighted). The student should be an active participant in extracurricular school and community activities, display good citizenship, leadership, and moral integrity.

Students planning to enter the competition for Leaders of Tomorrow, Hansen Scholar, or Hansen Student scholarships must register at their school and take the qualifying test at locations to be announced. Information on all scholarships has been sent to qualifying area schools. Tentative test dates have been set for Sept. 11 and 12, 2024.

One hundred Hansen Career and Technical Education Scholarships with annual stipends of $4,000 renewable for one additional year if criteria established by the scholarship committee are met. Career and Technical Education Scholarships are available to encourage high school seniors who seek competence through career training. An applicant for the Career and Technical Education Scholarship must complete an application form that is available from the high school counselor, or it can be downloaded from http://www.danehansenfound ation.org. The scholarship committee is interested in the student’s character, activities and goals. Applicants for the Hansen Career and Technical Education Scholarship are not required to take a qualifying test. A 3.50 GPA is not necessary to apply for this scholarship. Career and Technical Education Scholarships must be used at one of the following pre-approved schools in Northwest Kansas: Fort Hays Tech | North Central (Beloit or Hays), Colby Community College, Fort Hays Tech | Northwest, Hays Academy of Hair Design (Hays or Salina), Cloud County Community College, Salina Area Technical College, Fort Hays State University (2-year program) or Kansas State Polytechnic - Salina (2-year program). A student planning to pursue a 1 or 2-year technical or associate degree program at a school not included in the above pre-approved list is not eligible to apply.

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.

The Hansen Foundation is in its 50th 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.

All students interested in the scholarship program are encouraged to visit the foundation’s Facebook page and website for the current information on our scholarships. The website is available at http://www.danehansenfoundation. org