Finalists will be selected on the basis of academic information from their admission files. Specific scholarship information will be mailed directly to students named as National Merit semifinalists in September 1999.
Scholarships are renewable for eight semesters.
Available to first-year students at Iowa State University. Selection reflects academic accomplishments, evidence of leadership involvement and of community service during high school. The President's Leadership Class meets for one hour each Sunday evening in the home of President Gregory L. Geoffroy. Class combines discussions with leaders from politics, government, business, and philanthropy and class exercises to strengthen leadership ability to use at ISU in student clubs and organizations. Candidates for this award will be selected in May from among those who have accepted their offer of admission.