{"id":35435,"date":"2019-02-19T13:21:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T19:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=35435"},"modified":"2019-02-19T13:21:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T19:21:40","slug":"affinity-plus-scholarship-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2019\/02\/19\/affinity-plus-scholarship-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Affinity Plus Scholarship Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Affinity Plus Foundation announced the winners of the 2018-2019 Campus Scholarship including Crystal Hotzler, a student attending Bemidji State University. Hotzler is a junior from Bemidji, Minn. majoring in environmental studies with an ecosystem emphasis.<\/p>\n<p><b>STUDENTS SHARE PERSPECTIVES <\/b><br>\nAll of the scholarship recipients shared a strong desire to keep debt at a manageable level, develop good savings habits and prepare for the future<\/p>\n<p>On being a good role model, leader and student Hotzler said, &ldquo;Between classes, while my children are in school, I stay on campus and set up study groups for the classes that I am enrolled in. All are welcome to attend. I feel that if we as students can help each other outside of class, we have a better chance of succeeding in the classroom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><b>ABOUT AFFINITY PLUS<\/b><br>\nAffinity Plus Federal Credit Union is a not-for-profit, financial cooperative that puts people first above profits. Members of Affinity Plus receive maximum value through competitive rates, minimal fees, and unique, member-centric products and programs. Established in 1930, Affinity Plus has 28 branches located throughout Minnesota and is owned by more than 195,000 members. Affinity Plus has over $2 billion in assets. Additional information is available at <u><a href=\"http:\/\/affinityplus.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">affinityplus.org<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>The Affinity Plus Foundation has awarded 10 annual Campus Scholarships to students at six Minnesota state universities and students at four state community and technical colleges. The Foundation&rsquo;s Campus Scholarship provides support to Affinity Plus members in the campus communities that the credit union serves across Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Those universities include:<br>\n&bull; Bemidji State University;<br>\n&bull; Minnesota State University &ndash; Mankato;<br>\n&bull; Minnesota State University &ndash; Moorhead;<br>\n&bull; St. Cloud State University;<br>\n&bull; University of Minnesota &ndash; Twin Cities; and<br>\n&bull; Winona State University.<\/p>\n<p><b>ABOUT THE AFFINITY PLUS FOUNDATION <\/b><br>\nThe Affinity Plus Foundation is a 501(c)(3) serving Minnesota communities. Established in 2000 by Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union, the Foundation&rsquo;s mission is to engage, educate and empower individuals and communities. Additional information is available at <u>www.affinityplusfoundation.org. <\/u><\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24884 alignright img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175-e1539967051802.jpg\" alt=\"MN State logo\" width=\"78\" height=\"143\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175-e1539967051802.jpg\">Bemidji State University<\/b>, located amid the lakes and forests of northern Minnesota, occupies a wooded campus along<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: 1rem\">the shore of Lake Bemidji. Enrolling more than 5,100 students, Bemidji State offers more than 80&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: 1rem\">undergraduate majors and eight graduate degrees encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. BSU is a member of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities and has a faculty and staff of more than 550. The university&rsquo;s Shared Fundamental Values include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and international and multicultural understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"intro smaller\" style=\"text-align: right\">2019-B-096<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Affinity Plus Foundation announced the winners of the 2018-2019 Campus Scholarship including Crystal Hotzler, a student attending Bemidji State University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[872,681,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-news-updates","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35435"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35438,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35435\/revisions\/35438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}