The Bill Mason Business Scholarship has been established to award four selected business students with a one-year, $2,500 scholarship for their sophomore year at Hesston College. Recipients will be selected by the Business Department faculty from all qualifying* business students based on the Business Practices of Excellence:

1. Demonstrate high personal standards
2. Maintain a positive outlook
3. Take personal responsibility for ALL you do
4. Be decisive and persistent
5. Demonstrate urgency and a sense of imperative
6. Be a team player — cooperate and collaborate
7. Ask questions and be curious
8. Be service and result oriented
9. Pursue self-development and keep learning
10. Communicate effectively — verbally and in writing
11. Promote new ideas — share your knowledge, time and skills
12. Be there every time and on time

Business Department faculty, in collaboration with Bill Mason, will evaluate and select the recipients near the end of the spring semester. Recipients of the Bill Mason Business Scholarship will be announced publicly each year at the LarkFest.

*Qualifying students must:

• be advised by a business faculty member
• be declared business majors
• have a minimum GPA of 3.0 in business courses
• be a returning student having taken business courses during their freshman year at Hesston College.