Scholarship Dates
New and Renewal Scholarships Applications are Available:
September 1st - June 30th
Scholarships
Endowed and Annual Scholarships
Garden City Community College offers over 300 academic scholarships each year. When you submit your scholarship application, it is criteria matched with every single endowed/annual scholarship GC3 offers. So, if you don't know the name of a particular scholarship it won't disqualify you from being a candidate. Please feel free to reach out to scholarships at 620-276-9519 or ruby.solorzano@gcccks.edu with any questions you may have. To learn more about the Endowment Association visit their webpage here.
Special Scholarships
*Students must submit a new scholarship application every year to be eligible for special scholarships (please see Scholarship Application). Students must also email ruby.solorzano@gcccks.edu indicating which special scholarship(s) listed below, they are interested in applying for.
Provided by: Alta Brown Elementary School/Wayne Stagaard Memorial
Amount: Varies
Amount: Varies
Provided by: Ardis and Luther Fry Endowed Scholarship Fund
Amount: Varies
Provided by: Buffalo Jones "BUFFS" Endowed Scholarship Fund
Amount: Varies
Provided by: Casey Gillespie Endowed Memorial
Amount: Varies
Provided by: American Legion
Amount: Varies
Amount: Varies
Provided by: David Beasley Endowed Memorial
Amount: Varies
Provided by: Edith Scheuerman Elementary School Endowed Scholarship Fund
Amount: Varies
Amount: Varies
Provided by: Garfield Elementary School Endowed Scholarship Fund
Amount: Varies
Provided by: Georgia Matthews School/Bernard Killer Endowed Memorial
Amount: Varies
Provided by: Jennie Wilson Elementary School Endowed Fund
Amount: Varies
Provided by: Phonathon/Auction
Amount: Varies
Available to: current member; or spouse, child or grandchild of a current member of the Garden
City Co-op OR be a current employee; or spouse, child or grandchild of a current employee
of the Garden City Co-op; 2.75 GPA
Amount: Full Tuition and Full Fees Apply to: GCCC Scholarship office with a two page essay entitled "My Co-Op" The applicant's essay is to address the following questions;
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- Tell us about yourself and your connection to the Garden City Co-op
- One of the cooperative principles is "Concern for the community". If awarded this
scholarship, what are you going to do to emulate our cooperative values and pay it
forward in your community?
If you have already received a scholarship from us last year, you were asked what you were going to do to emulate our cooperative values and to pay it forward in your community in return for this scholarship. FOR RETURN APPLICANTS ONLY: - During this last school year, in what ways have you demonstrated this commitment?
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Provided by: Victor Ornelas Endowed Fund
Amount: Varies
Local Community Organizations/Miscellaneous Awards and Funds
Many area organizations provide one to four-year scholarships, grants and loans to students who fulfill their specific qualifications. Area organizations of which you may want to inquire would be churches, high schools, PTA groups, service clubs, fraternal organizations, professional organizations, and the company or business where parents are employed . Some corporations may also sponser National Merit Scholarships. Your high school counselor usually has a detailed list of such programs.
Other Scholarship Opportunities
State of Kansas Scholarship Programs
The State of Kansas Scholarship Programs are administered by the Student Assistance Section of the Board of Regents . Further information may be obtained from the College's Financial Office, a guidance counselor or the Student Assistance Department of the Board of Regents, 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 520, Topeka , KS 66612-1368. Phone 785-430-4255 or www.kansasregents.org