{"id":44620,"date":"2021-11-01T16:59:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T21:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=44620"},"modified":"2021-11-01T17:57:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T22:57:06","slug":"governors-emergency-educational-relief-grant-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/01\/governors-emergency-educational-relief-grant-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji State Students Receive Emergency COVID-19 Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_44622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44622\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44622 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0051.jpg\" alt=\"Ann Humphrey, associate director of retention at Northwest Tech&rsquo;s American Indian Resource Center\" width=\"1500\" height=\"966\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0051.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0051.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0051-768x495.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ann Humphrey, associate director of retention at Northwest Tech&rsquo;s American Indian Resource Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>On Nov. 1, Bemidji State University and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/01\/governors-emergency-educational-relief-grant-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Northwest Technical College<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a> began distributing laptops to students awarded the Governor&rsquo;s Emergency Educational Relief grant funding. The nearly $500,000 grant was used to purchase and provide distance learning technology to students in need.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-44620 gallery-size-small-image row row-cols-2 row-cols-md-2 my-4'><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href='https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0035.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0035-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-1 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"GEER laptops for distribution\" columns=\"2\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"44623,44621\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"44623,44621\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-44623\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0035.jpg\" data-caption=\"GEER laptops for distribution\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0035-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0035-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0035-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0035-1365x910.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption visually-hidden' id='gallery-1-44623'>\n\t\t\t\tGEER laptops for distribution\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href='https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0057.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0057-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-1 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"Ann Humphrey, associate director of retention at Northwest Tech\u2019s American Indian Resource Center\" columns=\"2\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"44623,44621\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"44623,44621\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-44621\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0057.jpg\" data-caption=\"Humphrey distributing laptops\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0057-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0057-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0057-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/GEER_LaptopDistribution_0057-1365x910.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption visually-hidden' id='gallery-1-44621'>\n\t\t\t\tHumphrey distributing laptops\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Chrissy Downwind, executive director of BSU&rsquo;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.<\/p>\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Chrissy Downwind, director of the American Indian Resource Center; <a href=\"mailto:chrissy.downwind@bemidjistate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">chrissy.downwind@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2020\/08\/21\/bsu-and-ntc-receive-governors-emergency-educational-relief-grant-to-support-underserved-student-body\/\">BSU Receives Governor&rsquo;s Emergency Educational Relief Grant to Support Underserved Students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/2020\/08\/21\/ntc-bsu-receive-governors-emergency-educational-relief-grant-to-support-underserved-student-body\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">NTC Receives Governor&rsquo;s Emergency Educational Relief Grant to Support Underserved Students<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohe.state.mn.us\/mPg.cfm?pageID=2410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Governor&rsquo;s Emergency Education Relief Fund<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2022-N-027<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bemidji State began distributing laptops and internet resources to students awarded COVID-19 emergency relief funding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,872,950,9,681,980,5,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about","category-homepage","category-landing-page","category-news","category-news-updates","category-strategic-plan","category-student-life","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44620","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=44620"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44630,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44620\/revisions\/44630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}