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.

La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux (The Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses), is an independent, invitation only, honor society of American veterans and service members; more commonly known as The Forty and Eight.   

The Forty and Eight is committed to charitable and patriotic aims. Our purpose is to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, to promote the well-being of veterans, their widows, widowers and orphans, and to actively participate in selected charitable endeavors, which include programs that promote child welfare and nurses training.

The titles and symbols of The Forty and Eight are derived from the experiences of U.S. troops during World War I.  American soldiers were transported to the front on the French rail system.  Cramped into narrow gauge boxcars, each stenciled with "40 Hommes/8 Chevaux", denoting its capacity to hold either 40 men or 8 horses.  

The Forty and Eight was founded in 1920 by American veterans returning from France.  Originally an arm of the American Legion, the Forty and Eight became an independent and separately incorporated veteran's organization in 1960.  

The LaVerne and Nell Tollefson Memorial Scholarship is eligible for any program at Mitchell Technical College. Also the recipient must have a current GPA of 2.5 or higher and be a current student. 

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.