GRAND RAPIDS, MI - For two years, Grand Rapids Community College sophomore Alexsandra Aguilar-Delgado has planned to earn her associate’s degree and transfer to nearby Ferris State University.

Those plans will soon be a reality, and they’ll come without a large tuition bill for the 19-year-old studying plastics engineering technology.

Aguilar-Delgado, who enrolled at GRCC after graduating from City High Middle School, is one of hundreds of Grand Rapids students who will soon qualify for up to $14,000 per academic year towards the cost of their bachelor’s degrees.

They’ll do so through an expansion of the Grand Rapids Promise Zone Scholarship .

The scholarship currently provides eligible students within the city limits with a tuition-free associate’s degree at GRCC. Soon, it will also

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