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. We would like to express our gratitude to 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

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.