On Nov. 1, Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College began distributing laptops to students awarded the Governor’s Emergency Educational Relief grant funding. The nearly $500,000 grant was used to purchase and provide distance learning technology to students in need.
This is the second year of a three-year grant that will allow Bemidji State and Northwest Tech to award 125 laptops and 30 stipends for hotspots, jetpacks and data plans to students each year.
Chrissy Downwind, executive director of BSU’s American Indian Resource Center, says the grant program addresses a critical need to provide the technology necessary for underserved students to continue receiving access to educational services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Contact
- Chrissy Downwind, director of the American Indian Resource Center; chrissy.downwind@bemidjistate.edu
Links
- BSU Receives Governor’s Emergency Educational Relief Grant to Support Underserved Students
- NTC Receives Governor’s Emergency Educational Relief Grant to Support Underserved Students
- Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund
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