Augustana College is offering a new financial incentive for local students to enroll. On Wednesday, the college in Rock Island announced the Quad City Promise Scholarship.
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President Steven Bahls says the board and local donors have been talking about it for years.
But now, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the college decided to initiate the program to help local students attend college closer to home at Augustana.
Admissions Director, Karen Dahlstrom, says the scholarship will provide $2,000 a year for up to four years to new students from Rock Island, Scott, Henry, and Mercer counties.
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High school graduates and transfer students may apply for Augustana's Quad City Promise Scholarship from Friday, May 1st through the end of August.