West Fargo student receives MSU Moorhead Scholarship

Alecs Peters has received a $6,000 Dragon Scholarship from Minnesota State University Moorhead. Peters, the daughter of Todd and Dawn Peters of West Fargo, intends to major in Art with a photography emphasis.

The Dragon Scholarship awards $1,500 for the freshman year and requires a high school class rank in the top 50 percent and a score of 28 or above on the ACT exam. It's renewable for a maximum of four years with a 3.5 GPA. Minnesota State University Moorhead is a comprehensive regional university enrolling approximately 8,500 students. MSUM offers 76 undergraduate majors with 172 different emphases and options, 15 areas of pre-professional studies, 13 graduate degree programs, and 35 areas of teacher licensure preparation.