Michigan State University gave out the first cycle of its Spartans Will Completion Grants to 67 low-income, undergraduate students. These grants are part of a $4 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Great Lakes Higher Education Guarantee Corp., in which MSU is participating as part of its membership in the University Innovation Alliance, or UIA.
The grant program assists students who are approaching graduation, but face financial hurdles restricting their ability to enroll, persist and subsequently complete their undergraduate degree.
The last-dollar grants are for currently enrolled low-income students, in good academic standing, that are within a few semesters of graduating and have an unpaid balance on their account of less than $1,000.
Students are randomly selected to participate and can’t apply for the program. This semester, grants ranged from $100 to $980.
Advisers called the students who received the grants to notify them and encourage them to continue in their studies.
The grants will be distributed again in the spring semester.
For more information about the UIA please go to its website. For more information or any questions about the Spartans Will Completion Grants please contact Renata Opoczynski.
