Carrie Anne Erickson Carlstrom Endowed Scholarship

Recipients shall be residents of Story County, Iowa. Recipients shall demonstrate academic excellence as evidenced by a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. Recipients shall have demonstrated financial need as determined by the Office of Student Financial Aid. Recipients shall have demonstrated leadership as evidenced by participation in extracurricular or community organizations and activities as determined by the administering authority. First preference shall be given to residents of towns in Story County with populations of less than 15,000 people. Second preference shall be given to female students enrolled in the College of Engineering as permitted by Federal and State law, and University policy. If there are no qualified female applicants then an engineering student who meets the above stated criteria may be selected. All awards shall be for one (1) year. This award shall be made available to incoming first-year students.