{"id":111,"date":"2018-07-03T21:20:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T21:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/student-life-success\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2021-08-25T14:09:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T14:09:02","slug":"pregnant-and-parenting-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/student-life-success\/frequently-asked-questions\/pregnant-and-parenting-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant and Parenting Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regardless of the student&#8217;s situation \u2014 married or single, individual or multiple children, alone or with support \u2014 BSU is here to help. Bemidji State University recognizes the private\u00a0nature of a pregnancy and seeks to provide students with confidential and supportive services. Some students choose to utilize on-campus services, while others prefer to access\u00a0off-campus resources<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can pregnant students continue to live in BSU residence halls?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nYes. Pregnant students may continue to live in their residence halls. Once the child is born, the on-campus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/reslife\/housing\/residence-halls\/cedar-apartments\/\">cedar apartments complex<\/a>\u00a0is reserved for parenting students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it possible to make arrangements with professors if it necessary to miss class<\/strong>?<br \/>\nYes. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/student-life-success\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vice President for Student Life and Success<\/a> can assist with this process in a confidential manner. Professors will not be informed of the pregnancy unless the student chooses to tell them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is necessary to withdraw from classes?<\/strong><br \/>\nSome students choose to take a\u00a0leave of absence\u00a0for a semester with the intention of returning to the university to resume classes. Other students may choose to withdraw and transfer elsewhere. An academic adviser can help explain\u00a0the implications of a withdrawal or absence\u00a0on academic standing. Each academic program has different requirements. A counselor can assist students in preparing to talk with their academic advisers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>After a baby is born, can parenting students take him\/her with them to class?<\/strong><br \/>\nClasses are intended only for adult students. Therefore, it will be necessary to arrange for childcare when parenting students are in class.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does health insurance cover a parenting student\u2019s child?<\/strong><br \/>\nPossibly. Most insurance providers allow the insured person to add family members: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/health-counseling\/health-services\/family-planning\/\">https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/health-counseling\/health-services\/family-planning\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regardless of the student&#8217;s situation \u2014 married or single, individual or multiple children, alone or with support \u2014 BSU is here to help. Bemidji State University recognizes the private\u00a0nature of a pregnancy and seeks to provide students with confidential and supportive services. Some students choose to utilize on-campus services, while others prefer to access\u00a0off-campus resources [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":159,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/student-life-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/student-life-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/student-life-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/student-life-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/student-life-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/student-life-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":683,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/student-life-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions\/683"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/student-life-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/student-life-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}