The latest recipients of scholarships from the “Gene Kauffman Scholarship Foundation, Inc.” have been approved by the Board of Directors of the foundation.
A total of 24 female graduates of North Mercer High School and Princeton High School in Mercer County, Missouri, have been awarded a combined total of $126,005.85 in scholarships for the Spring 2023 semester. Each recipient provided signed statements that they meet all criteria established for the program, the most unique of which is being a non-smoker.
The recipients are attending a variety of institutions in Missouri as required by the program. The institutions and the names of the recipients attending each are:
Central Methodist University:
Brea Shipley
Missouri State University:
Jazmine Main
North Central Missouri College—Trenton:
Kylie Gannon, Emily Hanson, Esabel Holt, Kelsey Houk, Rebecca Kile, Tori Meinecke, Gillian Sapp, Trinity Shively, and Aubrey Wilson
Northwest Missouri State University—Maryville:
Raynah Collins, Jillian Finney, Payton Goodin, Jaden Purdun, and Kasen Purdun
Paul Mitchell—The School:
Avery Weber
State Technical School at Linn:
Kelsey Moore and Charleen Prentice
Truman State University:
Cortney Goodman
University of Central Missouri—Warrensburg:
Sara Spencer
University of Missouri—Columbia:
Lindsey Batson, Kaydee Cunningham, Savannah Martin
The “Gene Kauffman Scholarship Foundation, Inc.” is funded by a trust established by the late Edward E. “Gene” Kauffman of Princeton in Mercer County, Missouri. Mr. Kauffman specified basic guidelines which he established that scholarships are to be awarded to female, unmarried, non-smoking graduates of Mercer County, Missouri High Schools who have evidence of need. Additionally, the recipients must be enrolled for and pass at least 12 hours of credit in an accredited Missouri college or university and maintain a certain grade point average. Each of the recipients has certified that they meet the criteria as established by Mr. Kauffman and the Board of Directors.
Each applicant must have filed the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) by April 1, 2022, to be eligible for the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters.
Applications for the Fall 2023 semester will become available on May 1, 2023. You can pick up the application at the Princeton R-V principal’s office or the North Mercer R-III principal’s office. The scholarship application will also be available on each school’s website.
