Wayne State, Aksarben Foundation announce new cooperative scholarship program
The program - presented in conjunction with the Northeast Nebraska Growing Together initiative - will provide four-year scholarships for 15 students beginning this fall.
By News Channel Nebraska
NORFOLK - Some of the first steps in the Northeast Nebraska Growing Together initiative are being put in motion.
Wayne State College and the Aksarben Foundation announced the creation of the Cooperative Education Program in a news conference Friday.
The program will take 15 Nebraska students interested in business, information technology, and communications fields. The students will get scholarships financed through a $360,000 dollar donation by Aksarben, with the idea that the students will spend their final year of school living and interning in Norfolk.
College officials say the goal is to keep students in the region.
The program includes an Aksarben scholarship package worth $24,000 over four years.
Wayne State says they plan to grow the program to 75 new students each year.