{"id":57443,"date":"2020-12-04T08:53:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T14:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=57443"},"modified":"2020-12-04T08:53:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T14:53:57","slug":"children-of-fhsu-alumni-create-scholarships-to-honor-their-fathers-legacies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=57443","title":{"rendered":"Children of FHSU alumni create scholarships to honor their fathers\u2019 legacies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a loved one has passed, family and friends often search for ways to honor or commemorate that person\u2019s life. Two such families found a way to do just that by establishing scholarship funds at Fort Hays State University, the alma mater of their deceased fathers \u2013 Bill Confer and Dr. Larry Good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill Confer, father of Cindy\nColdiron and David Confer, was an ardent advocate of higher education. After\ngraduating from Fort Hays State University in 1955, he became a high school\nscience teacher and encouraged all of his students to continue their education.\nHis children have carried on his legacy by establishing a scholarship in his\nhonor \u2013 a contribution they know he would be proud of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlthough our dad grew up in\nWichita, he had fond memories of his time at Fort Hays State,\u201d said Confer\u2019s daughter, Cindy. \u201cHe was always grateful for the\neducation he received at FHSU.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Bill E. Confer Educator\nin Science Scholarship will support students in the area of science or STEM\neducation and there continues to be a need for both,\u201d stated Janet Stramel, professor\nwithin FHSU\u2019s College of Education. \u201cThrough the generous gift of the Confers,\nwe can now offer another scholarship to help fill that need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like the Confer family,\nsiblings Jeffrey Good, Gretchen McIlnay and Heather Holmes took similar action in\nhonoring their father, a 1962 graduate of FHSU. The Dr. Larry R. Good Science\nScholarship will support students majoring in biology, pre-med or\npre-dentistry. Preference may be given to southwest Kansas high school\ngraduates, as Good was a native of Hugoton. His children established additional\nscholarship preferences that represent Good\u2019s life and his experiences on\ncampus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From his time as a student\nuntil his passing, Good was an avid supporter of Fort Hays State and was well\nknown in the community as he served Hays area residents as a family dentist for\n48 years. Good \u2013 student body president and a resident assistant during his\ncollege days \u2013 knew the university well and could always recall old stories,\nmemories and nostalgia of his alma mater to share with loved ones. Good felt\nthat everyone should have the opportunity to get an education. According to his\nchildren, Good would often say, \u201cGo get your degree \u2013 an education will benefit\nyou for the rest of your life, and no one can ever take it away from you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDad had such a fantastic\nexperience at FHSU,\u201d daughter Gretchen said. \u201cThe university gave him an\namazing foundation for his entire life. While going through the house after Dad\npassed, we came across letters that he\u2019d sent to his parents (my grandparents)\nwhile he was in school at Fort Hays State. At only 21 years old, Dad wrote in\none of his letters, \u2018I hope that someday I\u2019m able to repay FHSU for all that it\nis offering me.\u2019 He would be so pleased with this scholarship and would have\nloved to have met his recipients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These two scholarships\ncreated in honor of their fathers\u2019 legacies not only pay tribute to the\nuniversity that their dads treasured, but they also will pave the road for\nfuture Fort Hays State students for years to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone wishing to establish\na scholarship in honor of a friend or family member, please contact Jared\nSchiel or Mary Hammond at the FHSU Foundation at 785-628-5620 or foundation@fhsu.edu<\/a>. To learn more, visit https:\/\/foundation.fhsu.edu<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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