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HAYS, Kan. -- This year's edition of Fort Hays State University's annual 13-city Student Recognition Program will begin in Denver on Jan. 16 and end in Dodge City on Feb. 2. The highlight at each event is the recognition of scholarship winners.

High school juniors and seniors and transfer students in Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado have been invited to SRPs in their areas. The programs are held in communities across Kansas, in southern Nebraska and in Denver to accommodate area students and their parents and guardians.

Receptions hosted by local FHSU alumni include dessert buffets or pizza buffets provided by the FHSU Alumni Association. Students and their parents have the opportunity to mingle with FHSU faculty, staff and administrators and with area FHSU alumni before and after the scholarship presentations.

Any student who lives outside the designated area SRP areas (listed in the schedule at the end of this news release) are welcome to attend the SRP nearest them, but must RSVP by calling 1-800-628-FHSU (3478) or 785-628-5666 or by signing up online at www.fhsu.edu/admissions/srp.

Many high school seniors and transfer students will receive certificates for a variety of scholarships awarded to them by FHSU.

FHSU alumni and other interested community members are also encouraged to attend.

Scholarships to be awarded at this event include the $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award and the $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. Both are renewable provided students maintain the minimum required academic standing. Also to be awarded are the $2,000 Presidential Scholarship, the $700 Fort Hays Bronze Academic Awards and the $500 Copper Academic Award, all of which are one-time scholarships awarded only to incoming freshmen enrolling in college for the first time. Also awarded are the $1,000 Transfer Student Scholarship, which is also a one-time award.

Students can also receive $500 or $900 Academic Opportunity Awards, given to scholars by individual academic departments.

Each SRP event also features a multimedia presentation by FHSU President Edward H. Hammond and two drawings -- one for a $400 FHSU Student Recognition Program Scholarship and another for a laptop computer. Four $400 SRP scholarships will be awarded at the reception in Hays.

The SRP schedule that follows includes the area served at each program site.

Denver, Colo., 1:30 p.m. Mountain time Sunday, Jan. 16, at the Renaissance Denver Hotel, 3801 Quebec St. Dessert will be served.

The Denver SRP serves students from all Colorado counties except for Bent, Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson and Prowers counties, which are served by SRP programs in Colby and Garden City.

Beloit, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24, at Beloit High School, 1711 Walnut. Dessert will be served.

The Beloit SRP is for students from the Kansas counties of Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Republic and Washington and from the cities of Osborne and Downs in Osborne County. Students the Nebraska counties of Clay, Jefferson, Nuckolls and Thayer are also invited.

Phillipsburg, Huck Boyd Community Center, 860 Park St., 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27. Dessert will be served.

Students invited to this SRP are from Norton, Phillips, Smith and Graham counties and from the cities of Stockton and Palco in Rooks County.

Wichita, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, at the Marriott, 9100 Corporate Drive. Dessert will be served.

The Wichita SRP serves students from 19 south-central and southeast Kansas counties: Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner, Wilson and Woodson.

Salina, 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 30, at the Salina Country Club, 2101 Country Club Rd. Dessert will be served.

Students from eight counties are invited to Salina: Chase, Clay, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Marion, McPherson, Ottawa and Saline.

Hays, 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, at the FHSU Memorial Union, 700 College Drive. Dessert will be served.

The Hays SRP serves students from Ellis and Trego counties and from the cities of La Crosse in Rush County; Natoma in Osborne County; Plainville in Rooks County; and Ransom in Ness County.

Holdrege, Neb., 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, at The Tassel, 1324 Tilden St. Pizza will be served.

Students from 14 Nebraska counties are invited to Holdrege: Adams, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Hall, Harlan, Kearney, Lincoln, Phelps, Red Willow and Webster.

Great Bend, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, at the Highland Hotel, 3017 W. 10th St. Dessert will be served.

Students invited to the Great Bend SRP are from Barton, Pawnee, Pratt, Rice, Russell and Stafford counties and from Bison and Otis in Rush County.

Kansas City, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, at the Doubletree Hotel, 10100 College Blvd. Dessert will be served.

The Kansas City SRP serves students from 12 eastern Kansas counties: Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and Wyandotte.

Topeka, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, at the Ramada Inn, 420 SE Sixth Ave. Dessert will be served.

Topeka serves students from 13 counties: Brown, Coffey, Geary, Jackson, Lyon, Marshall, Morris, Nemaha, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee and Wabaunsee.

Colby, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, at Colby Senior High School, 1890 S. Franklin. Pizza will be served.

Students from nine Kansas counties and two Colorado counties are invited to the Colby SRP: Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and Wallace in Kansas; and Cheyenne and Kit Carson in Colorado.

Garden City, 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, at Garden City High School, 1412 N. Main, Dessert will be served.

Garden City serves students from 13 southwest Kansas counties and four southeast Colorado counties: Greeley, Wichita, Scott, Lane, Hamilton, Kearny, Finney, Stanton, Grant, Haskell, Morton, Stevens, Seward, in Kansas; and Baca, Bent, Kiowa and Prowers in Colorado.

Dodge City, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, at Dodge City High School, 2201 W. Ross Road. Pizza will be served.

The Dodge City SRP serves eight counties -- Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa and Meade -- and Ness City in Ness County.