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University of Minnesota launches Land-Grant Legacy scholarship

The University of Minnesota has launched a new scholarship aimed at attracting and retaining more students from Greater Minnesota.

Brian Buhr, Dean of the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) on the Twin Cities campus, says the Land-Grant Legacy Scholarship harkens back to the inception of Land Grant Universities in 1862.

“And what we’re looking at is this idea that we want to maintain and assure, consistent with that, our accessibility and availability to all students.  So this Land-Grant Legacy scholar carries that Land-Grant Act background.”

Beyond a rural connection, Buhr tells Brownfield scholarship recipients should fit certain leadership criteria.

“Have they been involved in activities such as FFA (in) leadership roles there (or) in their high school careers?  We’re certainly looking at their academic success, and then from there it’s very simple.”

Buhr says Land-Grant Legacy scholarships are available now, with an annual target of 25 students receiving $5,000 dollars each year for four years.