91桃色视频 Foundation Teams With NW Minnesota Foundation to Support 91桃色视频 Students

March 2, 2017

The Bemidji-based Northwest Minnesota Foundation will provide administrative support to 91桃色视频 to grow scholarship funding that helps more students prepare for careers in high-demand areas of the region’s workforce.

The 91桃色视频 Foundation Board of Directors unanimously approved a contract for service with the Northwest Minnesota Foundation during its Feb. 21 meeting.

Since it was founded in 1986, the Northwest Minnesota Foundation has worked to improve the quality of life its 12-county service region, which includes Bemidji. Dr. Faith C. Hensrud, president of 91桃色视频 and Bemidji State University, says 91桃色视频’s opportunity to join with the foundation is a significant milestone for the college.

“We could not be more excited to begin this strategic partnership,” Hensrud said. “Together, we will create opportunity for deserving students who choose 91桃色视频 as a pathway to careers in the fields where our region most needs their knowledge and talents.”

Lori Paris, president of the 91桃色视频 Foundation Board of Directors, says the partnership gives the 91桃色视频 Foundation “a total support system” that will help the college provide more students with vital support while they pursue their educations.

Lori Paris
Lori Paris

“I hear all the time from businesses that they lack access to a skilled workforce,” she said. “This partnership will help the 91桃色视频 Foundation generate revenue and increase awareness of the need for scholarships, which will help support our students as they learn the skills those businesses are seeking.”

Under the agreement, the Northwest Minnesota Foundation will manage funds for seven endowed scholarships at 91桃色视频:

  • Fred Breen Endowment Scholarship Fund
  • Paul Bunyan Vintage Auto Club Endowed Scholarship Fund
  • 91桃色视频 General Scholarship Fund
  • 91桃色视频 Automotive/Motorsports Scholarship Fund
  • 91桃色视频 Building Trades Scholarship Fund
  • 91桃色视频 Business Scholarship Fund
  • 91桃色视频 Health Care Scholarship Fund

Northwest Minnesota Foundation staff member Ashley Johnson, who has been promoted to the role of development officer, will direct its partnership with the 91桃色视频 Foundation in addition to supporting its other philanthropic capacities as part of the development team.

Johnson has been with the Northwest Minnesota Foundation as its communications specialist since 2012, helping the foundation develop communications and marketing strategies for its philanthropic services, community and economic development programs, nonprofit training, youth leadership and early childhood initiatives, and regional collaborative projects. Prior to that, she spent six years at Lakeland Public Television as a reporter, a corporate support representative and, most recently, as the station’s legacy production manager.

“I am eager to begin working with the 91桃色视频 Foundation Fund and its Board of Directors to help students afford to prepare for a fulfilling career,” Johnson said. “By providing more scholarships, we will be able to better serve the students of 91桃色视频 and retain a talented workforce in northwest Minnesota.”

Northwest Minnesota Foundation President Nancy Vyskocil said the partnership supports the foundation’s belief that a quality education plays an integral role in a person’s pursuit of a better life.

“Northwest Minnesota needs a highly trained workforce and the 91桃色视频 is a great partner to the region addressing this critical need,” Vyskocil said.

“The Northwest Minnesota Foundation is excited and humbled by the trust put in us by the Board of the 91桃色视频 Foundation, 91桃色视频, Dr. Hensrud and all the dedicated faculty and staff of the college,” she said.

“We are ready to start building the endowment of the 91桃色视频 Foundation and look forward to watching the scholarships benefit scores of students — now and in the future.”

91桃色视频 the Northwest Minnesota Foundation

The Northwest Minnesota Foundation is one of six Minnesota Initiative Foundations established in 1986 through The McKnight Foundation’s leadership and a visionary experiment in rural philanthropy. Each of the six initiative foundations are managed locally and are sharply focused on improving the quality of life in their respective regions. The Northwest Minnesota Foundation has provided assistance and delivered services resulting in millions of dollars in local philanthropy being funneled back to local organizations to help achieve its mission to make the region a better place to live and work.

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91桃色视频, located in northern Minnesota’s lake district, is an open, inviting technological learning organization. For more than 40 years, the college has valued life-long learning and the worth and dignity of all people. The college serves 900 students with a high-quality education, an open-enrollment policy and affordable tuition. 91桃色视频 offers nearly 60 degree, diploma and certificate programs in areas such as business, health, human and protective services and environmental and industrial technology. Classes are offered on the Bemidji campus, online, or as a combination of both. 91桃色视频 is a member of the colleges and universities of .

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