{"id":30094,"date":"2017-10-16T15:30:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T20:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=30094"},"modified":"2017-10-16T15:30:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T20:30:36","slug":"bemidji-pioneer-higher-education-anoka-tech-bsu-reach-transfer-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/16\/bemidji-pioneer-higher-education-anoka-tech-bsu-reach-transfer-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji Pioneer: HIGHER EDUCATION: Anoka Tech, BSU reach transfer agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEMIDJI — Anoka Technical College in the Twin Cities now offers a direct path to three bachelor’s degrees at Bemidji State University.<\/p>\n

The college and university entered into a new articulation agreement on Tuesday, Oct. 10, to offer a path in 15 associate degree programs to a four-year degree.<\/p>\n

Students at Anoka Tech who complete an associate of science degree may now transfer into one of three related four-year degree programs offered through BSU, with options online and on campus.<\/p>\n

BSU President Faith Hensrud and President of Anoka Technical College Kent Hanson signed the articulation during a ceremony held Tuesday afternoon on Anoka Tech’s campus. Administrators, faculty and staff from both colleges were in attendance.<\/p>\n

“This is tremendous,” Hensrud said in a release. “It is really exciting for us to share some of these highly technical degrees with students of highly technical programs.”<\/p>\n

The new agreement allows students to complete the first two years of an associate degree program at Anoka Technical College, and complete the second two years through a bachelor’s  degree or bachelor’s of applied science degree program at BSU, in order to be granted a four-year degree. The programs are offered either online or on campus.<\/p>\n

“I’m really excited to see our technical students have a chance to expand their skills into a baccalaureate degree program,” Hanson said in the release. “We can better serve our communities by training students in our programs who want to advance to a bachelor’s degree and achieve higher earning potential.”<\/p>\n

Students may complete a bachelor of applied science degree in applied engineering and applied management after completing two years in various programs.<\/p>\n

For more information on the agreement and the specific programs, visit www.bemidjistate.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

BSU to host math contest<\/strong><\/p>\n

BSU will host 900 high school mathematics students from across northern Minnesota for the 45th Annual Northern Minnesota Math Contest on Tuesday, Oct. 17.<\/p>\n

Registration begins at 10 a.m. in the Gillett Wellness Center’s Hall of Fame lobby, and activities for students begin at 10:15 a.m.. The one-hour test begins at 11:30 and, and the afternoon features an optional campus tour for students and advisers, according to a release from BSU.<\/p>\n

The contest is being held by Bemidji State’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.<\/p>\n

The contest is divided into two mathematics tests: a lower-division test primarily open to freshmen and sophomores consisting of arithmetic, elementary algebra and geometry; and an upper division designed for juniors and seniors covering higher algebra, geometry and trigonometry. Each test consists of 40 multiple-choice questions, and many of the test problems utilize general problem-solving skills rather than rote memorization and application of formulae. Students may enter a division above his or her grade level, but not below.<\/p>\n

Participating schools will compete in class A or AA, according to their Minnesota High School League classification, for team awards. Team awards will be given to the top four teams in Class A and the top two places in Class AA in each division. Team finishes in a respective division and class are determined by a sum of the scores of a school’s three highest-scoring individuals. There will be no awards ceremony and awards will be sent to winning schools after the contest.<\/p>\n

Awards will also be sent to individuals with the 10 highest scores in each division without regard to class, and the top three individuals on each team will receive a Northern Minnesota Mathematics Contest T-shirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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