By: CBS News
Lake Superior State University established the nation s first chemistry program focused on cannabis when it launched The Cannabis Center of Excellence in 2019 and now, the school is offering its first scholarship.
Steadfast Labs, a Michigan-based research facility with the goal of ensuring access to safe cannabis medicine, has established an annual $1,200 scholarship for cannabis chemistry students at LSSU, the school announced Monday.
To qualify, applicants must be sophomores or older and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Students who live in Wayne and Oakland Counties, areas that the company services, will also be given preference. This donation not only continues our trendsetting ways in this vital new field but also makes our already affordable tuition even more reasonable, said Dr. Steven Johnson, Dean of the College of Science and the Environment at LSSU. By funding this scholarship, Steadfast Labs again demonstrates their commitment to supporting fu
Updated: 10:23 AM PDT, April 06, 2021
Lake Superior State University says that the cannabis industry is expected to create more than 500,000 jobs by 2022 as the plant grows in popularity and legality.
Call it “higher learning.” One Michigan university is the first in the country to offer cannabis chemistry scholarships, CBS News reported.
Lake Superior State University is offering its first cannabis scholarship thanks to Steadfast Labs, a Michigan-based research facility that allows for access to safe cannabis medicine. The school and lab have established an annual $1,200 scholarship for cannabis chemistry students at the university.
The news came Monday and in order to qualify, students must be sophomores or older and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, according to the school. Students who live in Wayne and Oakland Counties, areas that the company serves, will also be given preference, according CBS News.
People who chronically smoked marijuana were known as potheads.
Now in the span of my lifetime a United States University is offering a scholarship to those who want to learn more about marijuana, weed, pot, Mary Jane, grass, reefer, ganja, herb and bud. A university that resides right here in the state of Michigan.
Lake Superior State University is proud to announce the first cannabis chemistry scholarship in the country. The scholarship is a modest $1,200 a year, but as anyone who went to college knows any amount helps. The scholarship is offered by Steadfast Labs, a company based in Hazel Park, Michigan.
Michigan university is the first in the US to offer cannabis chemistry scholarship of $1,200 a year
Lake Superior State University is offering a $1,200 annual scholarship to applicants within their cannabis chemistry program, which started in 2019
Applicants will need to be at least a sophomore with a 3.0 GPA or higher
The scholarship was established by Steadfast Labs, which studies cannabis
Students in the program study cannabis chemistry and separation
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Posted at 7:40 AM, Apr 06, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-06 07:40:33-04
(WXYZ) â A university in northern Michigan is offering the first scholarship in the country for students looking to study the chemistry behind marijuana.
Lake Superior State University, which has a Cannabis Center of Excellence, is now offering a scholarship for its cannabis chemistry program.
Steadfast Labs, based in Hazel Park, established the $1,200 annual scholarship for students pursuing a degree in cannabis chemistry. To apply, you have to be at least a sophomore with a 3.0 GPA or higher.