Avera Queen of Peace is a leading supporter and partner of Mitchell Technical College. An endowment was established in 2002 and now provides scholarships each year to MTC's Health Science programs. The scholarships will be awarded in January each year and applied to recipient's accounts the following Fall semester.

The scholarship was established by the former faculty and staff of Mitchell Tech.

These scholarships are provided to full-time Incoming students enrolled at Mitchell Tech. The funding for this scholarship is provided by the contributions to the Mitchell Technical College Foundation by the staff and faculty of Mitchell Technical College.  Recipients will be notified of awards mid-summer. All awards will be credited to student accounts for the Fall semester.

The first endowed fund for scholarships at Mitchell Technical College, the GF Thomsen Family Scholarship has been awarded annually since 1995. This scholarship for Incoming Mitchell Tech students in any program will be awarded by April 1 each year and applied to the recipient's accounts the following Fall semester.