GRINNELL, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - Grinnell College is launching a new scholarship program aimed at Iowa’s high-performing students.

The private university announced the new Iowa Dean’s Scholarship — an annual, renewable $50,000 scholarship — Thursday in a news release. Students from Iowa need to have earned a 4.0 or higher grade-point average or “have succeeded in the most demanding curriculum offered by their schools” to qualify for the scholarship, the release stated.

“Iowa has always been home to Grinnell College, and Grinnell College champions Iowa. We are grateful for the support and advocacy that we receive from the state, the Grinnell community, and all of the people who make Iowa home for these outstanding students,” President Anne Harris said in the release. “This sch

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