David Henschke Lakes Media Scholarship
The Lakes Media Collaborative and executive director David Henschke assisted by dozens of former BHS students brought thousands of hours of local access television programming to the Brainerd Lakes Area funded by the local access taxes charged to cable television subscribers. As part of the commitment to education the Media Collaborative and David Henschke have established this scholarship fund to help qualifying students pursue a career in broadcast media or similar field.
Impact
The David Henschke/ Lakes Media Scholarship is an annual scholarship that once awarded may be renewed for a 2nd year the award recipient maintains a C average (2.0) during their first year of undergraduate studies. The award recipient should be seeking a degree in broadcast media or a field related to,bringing media production to the public. The award recipient must have demonstrated interest and dedication to technology and media production through coursework, clubs, and extracurricular activities centered around, creating, improving, and/or producing media to be shared by everyone with preference given to students that have taken classes at BHS in video production, technology, and communications. (including digital photography)