Primary Faculty

Campus

Title and Description

Amount Granted

Rose Chu

Metropolitan State University

Connecting Prospective Urban Teachers to Gateway to Technology Program: Partnering with Minneapolis Public Schools to allow students to explore innovations in teaching and learning of mathematics.

$10,000

Rosa Fagundes

Metropolitan State University

Preparing Prospective Urban Teachers for the Gateway for Technology Practicum: Working with students in the above program to give them language and mentoring skills to add to their mathematics teaching experience by being good mentors.

$10,000

Debbie Drinkard-Grovum

Northwest Technical College

College Readiness Workshop: Teaming with the North Country Vocational Cooperative Center to provide a two-week college readiness workshop for 28 new learners who plan to enroll and who have not passed the math component of the ACCUPLACER.

$10,000

Karen Hynick

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

College Readiness Reach-Back: Working with Minneapolis Public Schools students to raise college readiness in ESOL students, increase their access to postsecondary education, and to create articulation between high school and college curricula.

$10,000

Maria Mikolchak

St. Cloud State University

German Language Instruction: High School-College Partnership: Partnering with Tech High School in St. Cloud to connect high school and college students as a community of learners to teach language acquisition and develop foreign language interest within each group.

$9,985

Stace Rierson

Winona State University

Latino and Latin American Perspectives: Culturally Responsive Community-Based Learning: Winona State University, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Winona, and several Winona County School District schools work together to develop a course to create intercultural exchanges between Winona State University students and Latino/a students to improve Latino/a students' college readiness.

$10,000

Margie Tomsic

Saint Paul College

The Saint Paul College/Saint Paul Public Schools College Math Readiness Initiative: In Saint Paul Public Schools, launch an intensive math-readiness initiative aimed at increasing access and opportunity for underserved populations and students of color. The program focuses on high school seniors unsuccessful in meeting requirements for graduation.

$10,000

Georgia Robillard

Lake Superior College

Northern Bridges Collaboration: Creates collaboration between six system colleges and numerous Northeast Minnesota schools to expand college readiness and meet the needs of students with disabilities.

$9,800

Kayla Westra

Minnesota West Community and Technical College

Jump Start: All five Minnesota West campuses team with many local school districts to expand a program that provides incoming college students—with special emphasis given to underrepresented students—with dedicated services designed to ease the transition from high school to college.

$10,000