The Elvis and Joyce Stephens Scholarship is awarded to students who meet the minimum entrance and continuing academic performance standards of the Department of Management in effect at the time of the award, maintain full-time enrollment at UNT unless they have fewer than twice the number of semester hours required to be full time remaining in their degree program, enroll as a full-time student in the Department of Management at UNT, major in Organizational Behavior/Human Resources Management or any other Management program, are first in family to attend college, i.e., parents and siblings did not attend college (In the event no applicant meets the criterion set forth in above, the remaining criteria will be used.), and demonstrate financial need.
Kristy Hanks
My name is Kristy Hanks and I am originally from Lindsay, Texas. I started UNT as an undergraduate in 1991, took a small detour while serving in the U. S. Air Force, and then returned to UNT. I graduated with a B.S. in Education and taught high school English and coached for two years. I have since joined an instructional management solutions company and I have worked for four years at night and on the weekends to complete my MBA in Operations Management, which I will finish this December. My experience at UNT’s College of Business has been rich and varied. Since I work full time and am also a single mother, it is very difficult to keep on top of everyday expenses, let alone the cost of a graduate degree. I would not have been able to finish without the help of UNT Alumni and the generous donors who reach out to students like myself. I feel blessed that I have not only received an excellent education in business management, but that I have also been acquainted with such a demonstration of stewardship from UNT donors, faculty and administrators.
