Support for Rural Teachers & Teachers of Color

Bemidji State University’s School of Education received grant funding to recruit and support future teachers. This includes adding a high school concurrent enrollment course and funding to support teacher candidates of color. We would like to express our gratitude to the Collaborative Urban and Greater Minnesota Educators of Color Grant (CUGMEC), the Rural Schools Collaborative Grant, and Margaret A. Cargil Philanthropy. These grants will be implemented under the new Amikwiish initiative to support rural teachers and teachers of color. Amikwiish is an Ojibwe word meaning a beaver lodge.

For more information, visit our Amikwiish page.

Contact: Amikwiish@bemidjistate.edu

Northwoods Literacy Conference

Bemidji State University’s School of Education received grant funding from the Minnesota Humanities Center to support their 3rd annual Northwoods Literacy Conference. This work is funded in part by MHC with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

The Northwoods Literacy Conference will be held on the BSU campus on July 22nd from 8am-3:30pm.

Register for the Diverse Texts Conference today!

BSU receives 2023-2024 Catalyst Initiative Grant

As part of Bemidji State University’s five-year strategic plan, “Inspired by Place, Enriched by Diversity,” the School of Education at BSU is hoping to better engage and empower aspiring teachers in the Anishinaabe American Indian communities, on whose ancestral home BSU is located. The teacher corps will seek to accomplish this through a network of peer and school mentors, and funded opportunities to visit BSU’s campus.