Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) has announced the winner of their first Valedictorian Scholarship. The winner, Aubrey Schmitt of West Burlington High School, will be attending classes at the DMACC Boone Campus this fall and will play volleyball for the bears. The Valedictorian scholarship program was launched this spring and is available to Iowa’s best high school students, those who ranked first in their graduating class and have an ACT composite score of 26 or higher. This is also DMACC’s most prestigious scholarship that pays 100 percent of tuition costs for two years, plus a $500-per-year stipend for books and supplies. The total value of the scholarship over two years is nearly $10,000. This is a first-of-its kind program for any of the Iowa community colleges and is a part of the DMACC Honors Program.
