Student Support
Campaign Iowa State has added almost 600 new scholarships for Iowa State undergraduate and graduate students. This is crucial since tuition and fees continue to rise and the average debt load for Iowa State students stands at over $30,000.
Hixson Opportunity Awards
The Hixson Opportunity Awards is a need-based scholarship program that was established in 1995 by Christina Hixson to help students with the ability and desire to pursue a college degree but who face significant hurdles because of personal and financial hardships.
The scholarship at Iowa State is awarded to approximately 400 Iowa high school graduates each year. A recent gift by the Lied Foundation Trust through Hixson during Campaign Iowa State adds to the scholarship program and will endow program activities designed to promote the retention and success of students leadership and mentoring opportunities.
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Lyle J. and Marcia L. Higgins Engineering Scholarship Fund
Few scholarships at Iowa State have had the type of impact on campus that the new Lyle J. and Marcia L. Higgins Engineering Scholarship Fund has had on engineering students.
In just its first year of existence, more than 90 aerospace, agricultural, chemical, civil, computer, construction, electrical, industrial, materials, and mechanical engineering students received the $1,000 scholarship.
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Fred Foreman Scholarship for Growth in Leadership Participation
Dana and Martha Robes of Round Pond, Maine, have established the Fred Foreman Scholarship for Growth in Leadership Participation. The program recognizes the top volunteers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences who have demonstrated leadership skills in the college and encourages new students to volunteer, particularly in college recruiting.
Each academic year, another 20 sophomores will be selected for the scholarship, with 60 students participating in the program.
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