FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request

396,000 STUDENTS AT 54 CAMPUSES IN 47 COMMUNITIES

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Minnesota State is the fifth largest system of colleges and universities in the Minnesota State nation with 30 colleges and seven universities across the state. As the largest serves more veterans, provider of higher education in Minnesota, we also are an essential partner to servicemembers, the workforce and employers due to our ability to provide skilled employees and and nontraditional essential training and education for the jobs of the future. Through our work, students, as well Minnesota State: as racially and economically diverse • Serves 396,000 students annually. students, than all • Serves more students of color, first-generation college students, and students other higher education of modest financial means than anyone else in the state. providers in Minnesota • Offers the lowest tuition in Minnesota. combined, including: • Offers 54 campuses that are conveniently located throughout Minnesota, as well as online options. • Produces more graduates for jobs in critical, high-demand fields such as 63,400 health care and information technology than anyone else in the state. Students of Color • Provides essential training and specialized certification options for business, and American Indian industry, and professionals throughout Minnesota. Students 48,500 Our core value First-Generation Provide an opportunity for all Minnesotans to create a better future for College Students themselves, for their families, and for their communities.

84,000 Our core commitments Low-Income Students Minnesota State colleges and universities play an essential role in growing Minnesota’s economy and opening the doors of educational opportunity to all Minnesotans. To that end, we: 95,000 • Ensure access to an extraordinary education for all Minnesotans. Students Aged 25 • Are the partner of choice to meet Minnesota’s workforce and community Years or Older needs. • Deliver to students, employers, communities and taxpayers the highest value/ 10,000 most affordable higher education option. Veterans and Servicemembers Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Minnesota State Overview We are the Workforce Partner Homegrown talent is the key to Minnesota’s future and prosperity Employers across Minnesota rely on The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce reports that Minnesota State for 74% of Minnesota’s jobs will require some level of postsecondary training by talent and training: 2020. Currently, Minnesota is not producing the number of graduates it takes to help every region thrive. We need to make sure all Minnesotans have the opportunity to prepare for the careers of the future so businesses across the 85.5% Percentage of state can grow, communities can thrive, and families can realize a better future. graduates employed Minnesota State develops the talent in a field related to their degree businesses and communities need program Each year, the 37 state colleges and universities that are part of Minnesota State provide an opportunity to more than 396,000 students to develop the talents 2,000 they need to better their lives. Through more than 3,700 academic programs, Number of our students learn technical skills as well as soft skills, such as the ability to businesses and think critically, communicate effectively, and develop creative solutions to be organizations successful. partnered with Minnesota State is the partner Minnesota State to business and industry 15,380 We partner with business and industry to make sure we have the right programs, Number of in the right places, turning out the right number of graduates who are prepared customized and with the necessary knowledge and capabilities. More than 40,000 students specialized training, graduate from our colleges and universities each year and use their know-how occupational, and to help businesses, industries, public-sector organizations, nonprofits, and professional classes communities across the state to grow and thrive. Additionally, our colleges offered and universities provide specialized and customized training to nearly 2,000 businesses and organizations throughout Minnesota. 126,000+ Minnesota State is addressing Number of racial and economic disparities students who take The most effective strategy we have for narrowing the prosperity gap in customized training Minnesota is to ensure all Minnesotans get the education they need to secure a or continuing better future for themselves, their families, and their communities. Our colleges education courses and universities lead the way in serving students of color, first-generation colleges students, and students of modest financial means. Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Minnesota State Overview

FY2018-FY2019 Budget Request

$178 million in new funding over the biennium

$143 million to support and protect campuses By funding inflationary costs at 3% each year of the biennium, your investment will enable Minnesota State to: • Help meet Minnesota’s critical need for talent. • Reduce economic and racial disparities. • Improve student success (particularly for underrepresented students). • Protect access and affordability (funding another two years of tuition freezes). • Support the financial health of every campus, especially in greater Minnesota.

$25 million for critical technology replacement (ISRS Next Generation) (Seven-year project timeline, proposed 50/50 cost sharing) Replace the 20-year-old core information system (ISRS) with a more cost effective tool to ensure: • Our ability to process the more than 100,000 financial transactions that occur per business day, as well as the more than one million student logins that take place at the start of each semester. • An optimal user experience for our students, faculty, and staff. • Our ability to add the latest features for analytics, reporting, mobile use, and most importantly, for monitoring and promoting student success. • Efficiencies in cost and operation, and reduction in risk. • A more secure (cloud-based), agile, essential enterprise-wide technology infrastructure.

$10 million for student incentive grants Targeted financial support to reduce outcome disparities and improve student success: • Provide one-time $500 incentive grant to students making satisfactory academic progress but identified as at-risk for dropping out. • Provide one-time $500 scholarship incentives for college students who complete a two-year transfer pathway degree and enroll in the related bachelor’s degree program at one of our universities. Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Minnesota State Overview We are the 47 Minnesota

Communities We Serve Campus Locations: Albert Lea Alexandria Anoka Austin Bemidji Bloomington Brainerd NHED-Rainy River Brooklyn Park Community College Internaonal Falls Cambridge Northland Community & Technical College Thief River Falls Canby Northland Community NHED-V ermilion Cloquet & Technical College Community College Ely East Grand Forks Bemidji State NHED-Mesabi Range College Coon Rapids University Virginia Detroit Lakes NHED-Hibbing Northwest NHED-Mesabi Range College Community College Eveleth Technical College Hibbing Duluth Bemidji NHED-Itasca East Grand Forks Minnesota State Minnesota State University Community College Moorhead Community and Grand Rapids Eden Prairie Moorhead Technical College Lake Superior College Detroit Lakes Duluth Ely Minnesota Fond du Lac Tribal & Minnesota State Universies State Minnesota State Community College Minnesota State Colleges Eveleth Community Community and Cloquet aandnd Te Tecchnicalhnical Technical College College Wa dena Faribault Moorhead Central Lakes College Fergus Falls Brainerd METRO AREA Minnesota Central Lakes College Staples State Community Pine Technical & Grand Rapids and Technical College Community College Anoka-Ramsey Anoka Community College Fergus Falls Pine City Granite Falls Technical Coon Rapids Alexandria Technical College & Community College Anoka Century Hibbing Alexandria St. Cloud Technical & Anoka-Ramsey North Hennepin College Community College Community Hennepin White Bear Lake Hutchinson Technical Community College College Brooklyn Park St. Cloud State University Cambridge College Brooklyn Park Metropolitan International Falls State University Ridgewater Minneapolis Minneapolis Metropolitan Inver Grove Heights College Community & Willmar Ridgewater State University Minnesota West Technical College St. Paul Jackson College Minneapolis Saint Paul Community Hutchinson Hennepin & Technical Minnesota West College Inver Hills Technical St. Paul Mankato College Community & Minneapolis St. Paul College Community Canby Normandale College Technical College Eden Prairie Community Granite Falls Inver Grove Marshall College Heights Bloomington Southwest Minnesota Minnesota Minneapolis State University South Central State College Dakota County Marshall Southeast College South Central Technical College Moorhead North Mankato Red Wing Rosemount College Minnesota North Mankato Minnesota West Minnesota State Faribault State College Community & University, Mankato Southeast Technical College Riverland Owatonna Rochester Winona Pipestone Community Minnesota West College Community and Winona Pine City Minnesota West Community & Owatonna Technical College State Community & Technical College Rochester University Technical Jackson Riverland Riverland Pipestone College Community College Community College Worthington Albert Lea Ausn 07/16 Red Wing Rochester Rosemount St. Paul Staples Thief River Falls Minnesota State is responsible for the Virginia maintenance of more than 28 million square Wadena feet of facility space, much of which has White Bear Lake Willmar significant deferred maintenance that Winona requires attention. Worthington Extraordinary Facts

54 Campuses $8.3 Billion Economic Impact A 2013 Wilder Research study Minnesota State Universies Minnesota State Colleges 47 Communities revealed Minnesota State METRO AREA operations and student spending 30 Colleges generated an annual economic 7 Universities impact of $8.3 billion in the state.

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3700+ academic 396,000 programs, including Students Served nearly 600 offered entirely online

Average Minnesota State Average Minnesota State College Tuition & Fees University Tuition & Fees $5,364 $8,028 (Before grants and scholarships) (Before grants and scholarships) Our 7 state universities are 1/2 the cost of the Our 30 state colleges are 1/3 the cost University of Minnesota and 1/5 the cost of of private trade schools. private colleges and universities.

105 New and 40,000+ Innovative Programs Degrees, Certificates, Developed in FY16 to and Diplomas Awarded Meet Workforce Demand Annually

Providing a Skilled Responsible for more than 28 million square feet of facility Minnesota Workforce space, which is equivalent to five Malls of America, but • 9 out of 10 mechanics spread across 54 campuses. • 9 out of 10 in manufacturing • 8 out of 10 in law enforcement 5th Largest System of Colleges and • 7 out of 10 in trades Universities in the United States • 7 out of 10 in agriculture • 4 out of 10 in business • 3 out of 4 nurses 16,000+ • 1 out of 2 teachers Dedicated faculty • 1 out of 2 IT professionals and staff focused on student success Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Alexandria Technical & Community College

Location: Alexandria alextech.edu | Laura Urban, President

FY16 Student Profile: 7,953 Total Students Served | 22% Pell Eligible | 9% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE • Transfer programs continue REQUEST DETAILS to expand and become Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Alexandria Technical and easier to navigate with the Community College (ATCC) is a • $2.5 million of $143 million in implementation of Transfer two-year comprehensive college campus support Pathways. • 234 students supported by offering technical and transfer • We offer unique programs in incentive grants (estimated) degrees, as well as diplomas. We computer and voice networking, serve regional high school students mechatronics, speech- through PSEO, Online College in language pathology assistant, the High School. We also serve communication art and design, regional industries including WHAT’S AT STAKE? and interior design. manufacturing, healthcare, retail, A fully funded request will: and transportation. Our largest PARTNERSHIPS • Continue the leveraged equipment programs include diesel mechanic, program that funds the purchase law enforcement, nursing, liberal • 3M: Supplies grant money to of equipment to keep technical arts and sciences, machine tool, and encourage high school students programs relevant. welding technology. to enter high-skill, high-demand • Grow new and expand existing fields. healthcare programs. SERVICE TO MINNESOTA • Ziegler-CAT: Provides diesel mechanic students with Not fully funding the request will: • 98% job placement rate sponsorships and internships. • Delay implementation of a mobile- provides employers with a • Knute Nelson: Partners with the responsive website. skilled workforce. college and local high schools • Defer replacement of existing • PSEO and concurrent in providing a certified nursing information technology enrollment programs serve assistant program. infrastructure, hampering student regional high school students. • SUPERVALU, Coburns, and recruitment and retention efforts. • Online College in the High Herberger’s: Support the new • Put the college at financial risk. School gives students in rural Retail Management Certificate. • Further defer maintenance on school districts statewide access • MN Dept. of Public Safety: existing facilities, resulting in safety to college courses that can Partners for emergency dispatch issues. reduce the cost of college. training statewide.

A FEW WORDS FROM A STUDENT

“The opportunities I am presented every day is one reason why I know I made the right decision to transfer to Alexandria Technical & Community 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST College to pursue my degree in interior design. The curriculum, instruction, and experiences I have • $4.5 million in asset preservation received at ATCC have prepared and enlightened me beyond my expectations for the future.” - Leah Ramon, Interior Design Student, Alexandria Technical & Community College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Anoka-Ramsey Community College

NOTE: Anoka-Ramsey Community College is aligned with Anoka Technical College Locations: and has a combined budget request. Coon Rapids Cambridge anokaramsey.edu | Kent Hanson, President

FY16 Student Profile: 13,216 Total Students Served | 28% Pell Eligible | 21% Students of Colors

ABOUT THE COLLEGE to English Language Learner REQUEST DETAILS students. Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Anoka-Ramsey Community College • Daily orientations accommodate • $6 million of $143 million in (ARCC) is one of the largest as many new students as campus support (with Anoka community colleges in Minnesota. possible. Technical College) We were recently named one of the • Alignment with Anoka • 748 students supported by Top 10 Community Colleges in the Technical College increases incentive grants nation by The Aspen Institute. efficiencies and strengthens SERVICE TO MINNESOTA impact of service to the local communities. WHAT’S AT STAKE? • We annually contribute $327 A fully funded request will: million to the regional economy. PARTNERSHIPS • Maintain student tutors, • We demonstrate results in • Anoka County Workforce counselors, and advisors who help closing the achievement Center (ACWC): Offers close the achievement gap for gap through innovative employment-related services to underrepresented students and programming. job seekers and employers. assist all students in achieving • Our assigned advising model • Allina Health Systems: Partners success. incorporates appreciative with our nursing program to • Support transfer, completion, and advising practices and focuses provide clinical experiences, baccalaureate initiatives. on relationship building and scholarships, and service on the • Allow for continued modernization student success. program advisory board. of classrooms and labs. • Metro North Adult Basic • K-12 School Districts: We Education (ABE) offers classes Not fully funding the request will: partner with 12 high schools on campus for adults studying • Impair ability to expand success and 58 high school teachers for their GED, preparing for strategies for at-risk students. in the delivery of concurrent college-level coursework, • Limit purchase of instructional enrollment courses. and assisting with test prep, equipment necessary to supply a as well as providing support talented workforce. and supplemental instruction • Limit facilities improvements, jeopardizing continued operation of relevant learning environments. A FEW WORDS FROM A FACULTY MEMBER

“I have the joy of watching students learn to 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST love learning, helping students use critical thinking skills to positively impact their future • $4 million in asset preservation and the world around them, and help them see (with Anoka Technical College) themselves as competent and successful in • $4.97 million for Nursing & Active ways they never imagined.” Learning Center Design and Humanities Renovation - System - Heidi Croatt, Ph.D., Communications Studies Instructor, Anoka-Ramsey Community College Priority #12 Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Anoka Technical College

NOTE: Anoka Technical College is aligned with Anoka-Ramsey Community College Location: and has a combined budget request. Anoka anokatech.edu | Kent Hanson, President

FY16 Student Profile: 5,147 Total Students Served | 41% Pell Eligible | 21% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE • We annually contribute more than $78 million to the regional REQUEST DETAILS Anoka Technical College (Anoka Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change economy. Tech) is a stand-alone career and • $6 million of $143 million in • Alignment with Anoka technical college providing high campus support (with Anoka- Technical College increases quality skills-based training in fields Ramsey Community College) efficiencies and strengthens that meet economic and employer • 309 students supported by impact of service to the local demands. With an average student incentive grants communities. age of 27, we serve traditional students coming directly from high PARTNERSHIPS school, as well as career changers, WHAT’S AT STAKE? displaced workers, and other adults • Anoka-Hennepin School A fully funded request will: wishing to upgrade technical skills. District 11: Increased • Maintain student tutors, opportunities for earning counselors, and advisors who help SERVICE TO MINNESOTA college credit and pursuing career pathways. close the achievement gap for • Our job placement rate of more • Graco USA: Equipment underrepresented students and than 90%, with many programs donation provides machining assist all students in reaching their at 100%, supplies work-ready students with industry- potential. talent for Minnesota’s workforce. standard learning. Graco also • Reinvest in classrooms and labs to • The Early Middle College provides paid internships, hires reflect current industry trends to Program with Anoka-Hennepin graduates, and participates on maintain student preparedness and Technical High School has the advisory committee and job placement. created on-site pathways for foundation board. Not fully funding the request will: five Anoka Tech programs • Allina Health Systems: Provides • Delay the launch of strategic (medical assistant, architectural clinical and internship sites enrollment management initiatives technology, landscaping, golf for health program students and limit enrollment services. course grounds management, and participates on advisory • Downsize academic offerings that and administrative specialist), committees and foundation will directly impact responsiveness assuring greater access to board. to industry and student workforce higher education for high school success. students. • Suspend work on key strategic planning initiatives. A FEW WORDS FROM A BUSINESS PARTNER “As a court reporting and captioning firm owner in Minnesota, I feel extremely fortunate to have one of the top schools in the nation right 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST here in our backyard. We are pleased and, in fact, impressed, with the quality of graduates • $4 million in asset preservation coming out of Anoka Tech…so much so that we (with Anoka-Ramsey Community have hired six to date.” College) - Jan Ballman, RPR, CMRS, DSA-MN President, Paradigm Reporting and Captioning Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Bemidji State University

NOTE: Bemidji State University is aligned with Northwest Technical College and Location: has a combined budget request. Bemidji bemidjistate.edu | Faith Hensrud, President

FY16 Student Profile: 7,080 Total Students Served | 30% Pell Eligible | 11% Students of Color

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY graduation of American Indian REQUEST DETAILS students, including 45 in 2016. Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Bemidji State University provides the academic guidance, education, • $5.3 million (with Northwest PARTNERSHIPS Technical College) of $143 million and personal encouragement in campus support students need to exceed their • Sanford Bemidji Medical • 381 students supported by own expectations. We offer 48 Center: Provides hands-on incentive grants undergraduate degrees, nine learning opportunities for nursing graduate degrees, 15 teacher students, who serve patients and licensure fields, 14 pre-professional strengthen the quality of care WHAT’S AT STAKE? programs, and six certificates. available to patients. • 360 Manufacturing Center A fully funded request will: SERVICE TO MINNESOTA of Excellence: Serves as • Protect support services vital to headquarters and provides • Bemidji State is one of two U.S. student success and graduation. leadership for a consortium with schools offering a degree in 3-D • Maintain programs that meet 14 technical and community design for exhibits, conferences, the demand for highly qualified colleges to meet the needs and industry. Thanks to a strong teachers, nurses, and law of the region’s manufacturing partnership with industry enforcement officers across MN. employers by preparing professionals and alumni individuals for rewarding careers Not fully funding the request will: support, the program is a source in manufacturing. • Force a reduction in faculty and of talent for the entire nation. • Marketing Assistance and staff positions, reduce course • Our innovative biology program Research Solutions: This availability, increase class sizes, has been expanded to include student-staffed and faculty- diminish student support, and two new majors – aquatic led marketing agency creates increase student costs because biology and wildlife biology. hands-on learning opportunities more time will be required to Students pursue careers in while offering affordable complete a degree or other fish and wildlife management, analysis and strategic consulting credential. invasive species eradication, for businesses and non-profit • Fail to resolve facilities issues that and conservation. organizations. impact teaching and learning and • We are a leader in the hinder disability access. A FEW WORDS FROM A STUDENT

2017 CAPITAL REQUEST “Here at BSU, I’ve had a lot of opportunities to lead and learn real-world skills from exceptional • $8.1 million in asset preservation faculty. My experience here has challenged me to • $18.9 million for Academic re-imagine where my future could take me.” Learning Center and Campus Renovation and Hagg-Sauer - Jordan Morgan, Environmental Studies and Sociology Demolition - System Priority #6 Student. Bemidji State University Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Central Lakes College

Locations: Brainerd Staples clcmn.edu | Hara Charlier, President

FY16 Student Profile: 7,1 22 Total Students Served | 28% Pell Eligible | 10% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE ensure student success and REQUEST DETAILS community satisfaction. Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Nestled in the premier recreational • Partnerships with area • $3.3 million of $143 million in area of Minnesota, Central Lakes businesses get students working campus support College (CLC) is a comprehensive in the field before graduation. • 348 students supported by community and technical college incentive grants offering the full college experience PARTNERSHIPS through cultural events, theatre, athletics, student housing, an active • Minnesota DNR Enforcement, Student Senate, honors courses, and DNR Forestry, Camp Ripley, WHAT’S AT STAKE? the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. and Crow Wing County: Partnership for students in the A fully funded request will: SERVICE TO MINNESOTA Natural Resources program. • Provide resources for enhancing • Clow Stamping, Brunswick, • We have added more than 5,000 student success through intentional Pequot Tool and graduates to our region over the advising, targeted retention efforts Manufacturing, and Ryerson: past five years. to close the achievement gap, Donate steel and supplies to the • More than 95% of graduates expanded course offerings, and new welding program. are employed in a field related program development. • Cragun’s Resort and Essentia to their study, which fuels the Not fully funding the request will: Health: Sponsor the theatre and economic engine of central and • Continue significant budget cultural arts programs. greater Minnesota by providing reductions such as those already • Local health care partners such graduates who serve as police impacting FY18: 14 retirements as Lakewood Health System, officers, teachers, welders, with limited replacement, three St. Gabriel’s Hospital, and nurses, IT professionals, and position reductions, and $350,000 many more: Provide clinical more. in operating reductions. experiences for nursing and • We partner with more than • Impair ability to implement student allied health programs. 30 area high schools to offer success strategies focused on College in the Schools. retention and advising to close the • Collaborations with industry achievement gap. leaders and community partners • Further reductions in course offerings and academic program closures. A FEW WORDS FROM A FACULTY MEMBER “I believe one of the most important strategies of working with all students is convincing them early that they matter and that I recognize that they are individual people with stories, skills, and talents. I get to know them, their hobbies, their 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST families, and their personal educational goals.” • $2.1 million in asset preservation - Adam Marcotte, 2016 Minnesota State Educator of the Year, English Faculty & Honors Program Coordinator, Central Lakes College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Century College

Location: White Bear Lake/Mahtomedi century.edu | Patrick Opatz, Interim President

FY16 Student Profile: 19,617 Total Students Served | 24% Pell Eligible | 39% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE programming, which improves REQUEST DETAILS student success. Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Century College is a two-year • Connecting hundreds of student • $5.4 million of $143 million in community and technical college interns to area businesses campus support offering degrees, diplomas, and making more than 1,900 • 1,049 students supported by certificates, and courses in general service learning placements in incentive grants education and transfer, business, local organizations. Students human services, health sciences, contribute 37,000 hours of technology, engineering, applied service to their communities. design, industrial, and non-credit workforce training. WHAT’S AT STAKE? PARTNERSHIPS A fully funded request will: SERVICE TO MINNESOTA • International Paper, Owens • Provide continued investment Corning, and Mission Foods: • Lead college on the in services to improve student Among 20 manufacturing national Hope Consortium, retention and completion, companies working with a collaboration bringing especially through academic Century College through innovation and highly trained pathways, reducing the time for the Minnesota Jobs Skills employees to the orthotics and students to attain their degree and Partnership program to deliver prosthetics industry. enter the workforce or transfer. automation skill-based training. • Strengthening the pipeline • Provide continued investment • Neighborhood House, Hmong to post-secondary education in new program development American Partnership, and and expanding concurrent in high-demand fields such as Resource Inc.: Partnering enrollment, this year adding 15 manufacturing, healthcare, and IT. with the college and local courses and serving more than manufacturers to provide Not fully funding the request will: 600 students. pathways to employment. • Limit our ability to develop and offer • Reducing the time needed • FedEx: Contributes financial new academic programs. for students to complete gifts, hires students, provides • Negatively impact direct services their degree by redesigning scholarships, and participates to students. Few other options developmental education on the Century College are available as we have cut and and streamlining academic reallocated $13 million in the past Foundation board. five years, resulting in the elimination of 125 employee positions. A FEW WORDS FROM A STUDENT

“The affordable tuition rate really helped me make the decision to go to Century College… [My future plan] is to become a police officer. I get my 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST energy from the community and being a part of • $7.8 million in asset preservation it. [As a police officer] I would be protecting my • $5.5 million for an Applied community and serving them.” Technology Center (east campus) - Eluid Garcia, Student, - System Priority #13 Century College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Dakota County Technical College

Location: Rosemount dctc.edu | Tim Wynes, President

FY16 Student Profile: 9,342 Total Students Served | 30% Pell Eligible | 21% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS REQUEST DETAILS Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Dakota County Technical College • Zeigler Caterpillar, Xcel Energy, • $2.6 million of $143 million in (DCTC) provides high-quality RDO (largest John Deere campus support education that prepares students dealer), Luther Automotive • 316 students supported by for rewarding careers in a variety Group, Raytheon, General incentive grants of technical fields including Motors, and Hysitron: Provide automotive technician, electrical crucial industry insight for lineworker, HVAC, and heavy duty creating program curriculum truck technology. that meets workforce needs and WHAT’S AT STAKE? often provide job placement SERVICE TO MINNESOTA opportunities for graduates. A fully funded request will: • Apple Valley High School: E3 • Continue to meet student and • We serve high school students STEM provides students in grades employer needs for technology- with college potential through 10-13 the opportunity to explore rich educational opportunities, Upward Bound, a program technical career pathways including emerging industries funded by the U.S. Department through career counseling and that employ energy technicians, of Education. Upward Bound work-based experiences. civil technicians, and information assists high school students • Dakota County Workforce technology professionals. with graduation requirements Center: Partners with DCTC, • Invest in student success to meet while preparing them for Inver Hills, and Metro State to identified educational services enrollment in and completion of best serve Dakota and Scott including veteran services, learning postsecondary education. counties’ workforce needs. center, and the library. • 81% of graduates are employed in a field related to their study • Douglas Differt Difference Not fully funding the request will: (2014). Makers: Endowed scholarship • Limit ability to develop new • A network of student support for students studying Science, programs in response to the needs services provides resources for Technology, Engineering, and of business and industry. students to thrive academically Mathematics with the goal of • Jeopardize occupational programs, and become contributing refining career pathways so possibly resulting in the closure of members of the workforce. graduates have the skills to up to three programs that provide compete in a global marketplace. skilled talent to Minnesota’s workforce. A FEW WORDS FROM A BUSINESS PARTNER “The quality of graduates from this [DCTC electric lineworkers] program is outstanding. We 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST bring in recent DCTC graduates to intern, and quite often our operations supervisors say our • $2.7 million in asset preservation interns are excellent, are more mature, and are ready to transition to having a career.” - Greg Miller, CEO and President, Dakota Electric Association Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College

Location: Cloquet fdltcc.edu | Larry Anderson, President

FY16 Student Profile: 3,389 Total Students Served | 28% Pell Eligible | 22% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS REQUEST DETAILS Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Fond du Lac Tribal and Community • Fond du Lac Band of Lake • $1.2 million of $143 million in College (FDLTCC) brings together a Superior Chippewa: Partnership campus support tribal college and state community ranging from student preparation • 176 students supported by college. We offer a postsecondary to curriculum to employment and incentive grants education to honor the past, for occupational training. those living in the present and • Sappi Fine Paper: FDLTCC dreaming the future through a supports training for 560 paper spirit of respect, cooperation, and mill employees in a Knowledge WHAT’S AT STAKE? unity. We provide postsecondary Management and Training education in a culturally diverse, System. A fully funded request will: welcoming environment, and • Inter-Faith Training Center: • Support programming for at-risk we look forward to the new Trains 150 employees to increase students, particularly intrusive opportunities ahead. skills and positively impact advising programs that require quality of residents’ care. hands-on staffing such as our SERVICE TO MINNESOTA • Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe: Nandagikendan (Seek to Learn) Provides academic outreach and Academies for high school students • The college has added more than occupational training via ITV entering college, transfer students, 1,200 graduates to our region the and on-site training. and staffing for our learning past five years, more than 200 of • Carlton, Fond du Lac Ojibwe, communities: Weekend College, whom are American Indians. and South Ridge High Schools: DegreeMe, and the Academic • We annually graduate more than FDLTCC provides College Excellence Academy. fifty law enforcement students who enter careers in public Bound and College Connect, Not fully funding the request will: safety and protection. college preparation programs • Threaten retention and completion • We offer Environmental Institute for students who otherwise initiatives for at-risk college and programs, including research and would not have access to an high school students, including land grant extension education introduction to postsecondary staffing essential to carrying out featuring a STEM emphasis. education. the work.

A FEW WORDS FROM AN ALUMNA “I would like to give praise to the incredible diversity the college offers. I also would like to thank all the faculty and staff who helped me 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST whenever I was in need, even the littlest question was treated with respect and kindness. It was an • $220,000 in asset preservation amazing experience for me, considering I am not a traditional age student.” - Carrie Kulas, Alumna, Class of 2016, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Hennepin Technical College

Locations: Brooklyn Park Eden Prairie hennepintech.edu | Merrill Irving Jr., President

FY16 Student Profile: 18,532 Total Students Served | 44% Pell Eligible | 43% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE metalforming, continues to REQUEST DETAILS prepare men and women Hennepin Technical College (HTC) Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change from diverse backgrounds for is the largest stand-alone technical • $4.9 million of $143 million in manufacturing careers with life- college of higher education in campus support sustaining wages and benefits, Minnesota. We offer more than • 727 students supported by as well as opportunities for 45 high-quality programs that incentive grants continued advancement. provide a gateway to promising futures for students from diverse PARTNERSHIPS backgrounds, many of whom are • Twin Cities RISE, Metro Transit WHAT’S AT STAKE? first generation and lower income. We build communities, individuals, and Metropolitan Council: A fully funded request will: and families by reducing the skills Develop and design a unique • Ensure continued investment gap and raising the knowledge Metro Transit technician in student support initiatives to and expertise of our students program to reduce the mechanic meet identified educational goals, as evidenced by our 98% job labor shortage. including veteran services and placement rate. • Ford ASSET: Innovative Ford retooling the workforce to meet sponsored program uniquely current market needs. SERVICE TO MINNESOTA combines automotive training • Support services to improve and internship experiences at • The college has the largest completion rates and accelerate sponsoring dealerships. customized training and time to completion. • Imagine!: Develop and deliver business solutions division Not fully funding the request will: courses to 196 employees at the in Minnesota that addresses • Result in a reduction in the Imagine! MN headquarters. business and industry needs. investment of instructional • Great Lakes Higher Education • Multi-partner community-based equipment and critical preventive Guaranty Corporation: Foster agreements work to reduce facility maintenance, and a relationships with organizations youth violence, increase high reduction in the development of building tomorrow’s workforce school graduation rates, and new programs. by establishing 66 paid increase college enrollment. • Jeopardize technical program internships that will support • M-Powered, a fast-track, offerings. classroom learning, build industry standard training in • Adversely impact dual enrollment/ employment skills, and provide CNC lathe/mill and precision PSEO programs by decreasing students real-world experience. access. A FEW WORDS FROM A STUDENT

“The [metro transit bus maintenance technician] 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST program makes me feel good about myself. It gives me a better outlook on life. This is the best • $5.4 million in asset preservation decision I have ever made. I can raise a family and retire with a pension” - Marques Solomon, Student, Hennepin Technical College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Inver Hills Community College

Location: Inver Grove Heights inverhills.edu | Tim Wynes, President

FY16 Student Profile: 15,599 Total Students Served | 30% Pell Eligible | 31% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE service, on-campus counseling REQUEST DETAILS and advising. Our institutional Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Inver Hills Community College research department provides • $3.1 million of $143 million in offers nearly 40 degree options, data and analyses to support campus support including an AA with nine emphasis planning and policy development. • 540 students supported by areas, an AS and an AAS, as well as incentive grants an AFA in art, theatre, and music. PARTNERSHIPS Nursing and EMS are flagship • Dakota County Burnsville programs. In 2016, we were WorkForce Center: Provides recognized nationally for providing support for the South of the exemplary service to military WHAT’S AT STAKE? River Education Center. veterans and adult learners. A fully funded request will: • Goodwill/Easter Seals • Continue investment in student SERVICE TO MINNESOTA Minnesota via the Career Navigator program: Provide success to meet identified • Minnesota Training Connection one-on-one academic and educational goals, including veteran delivers high-quality, responsive career guidance. services and retooling adult learners technical/professional education • Travelers via the Travelers to current workforce needs. customized for nonprofits, EDGE program: Provides • Expand and strengthen STEM private businesses, and scholarships and internships. course offerings, supporting government agencies. • CHS via the Agricultural transfer initiatives and workforce • TRIO SSS provides support Sciences Pipeline program: talent demands. to first-generation college Spotlights careers in agriculture. • Help close the achievement gap students, students from low- • Douglas Differt Difference for students of color and at-risk income families, and students Makers: Endowed scholarship students. with disabilities. for students studying Science, Not fully funding the request will: • The Center for Experiential Technology, Engineering, and • Reduce course offerings, causing Learning and the Inver Hills Mathematics with the goal of a delay in students’ ability to Foundation continue to create refining career pathways so graduate. internships for students. graduates have the skills to • Limit purchase of instructional • Student success is fostered compete in a global marketplace. equipment necessary to keep through established, student- programs on the cutting edge. focused events, as well as full-

A FEW WORDS FROM A STUDENT “I am a first-generation college student. My plan is to transfer to the U of M or UND to earn a BS in civil engineering, gain in experience working 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST here and then return to Haiti. I want to serve as a • $3.5 million in asset preservation bridge between the U.S. and my homeland.” • $1 million for a Technology and Business Center (Design) - System - Jean Donald Douglas, Student & 2010 Haiti Priority #16 Earthquake Survivor, Inver Hills Community College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Lake Superior College

Location: Duluth lsc.edu | Patrick Johns, President

FY16 Student Profile: 11,315 Total Students Served | 26% Pell Eligible | 12% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE Academic Excellence in Cyber REQUEST DETAILS Defense, offering a network Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Lake Superior College offers a fully administration and cybersecurity • $3.4 million of $143 million in transferable AA degree and more degree with a transfer agreement campus support than 60 career-oriented technical to complete a bachelor’s degree. • 405 students supported by certificate, diploma, and degree • We offer a practical nursing incentive grants programs, including aviation, degree in six months for veterans nursing and healthcare specialties, with military medic training. manufacturing, and IT. We also provide workforce training and PARTNERSHIPS WHAT’S AT STAKE? continuing education for business and industry. • MnDOT Technical Certification A fully funded request will: program: We provide statewide • Provide students continued access SERVICE TO MINNESOTA construction competency and to affordable tuition. safety training to personnel • We address workforce needs for • Maintain staff and services in working on bridges and roads. aviation maintenance technicians student support functions. • Enbridge Energy Partners: We with AAR Aircraft Services. • Ensure technology replacement provide industrial fire and safety • We provide training and continues to meet student needs. training to a major oil and gas services for women interested • Continue initiatives on campus employer. in construction or truck-driving that benefit underrepresented, • Essentia Health and St. Luke’s careers with the City of Duluth, diverse, first-generation, and other Health Care System: We the WorkForce Center, SOAR historically disadvantaged at-risk provide crucial training such as Career Solutions, and Adult Basic students. health certifications, refresher Education. Not fully funding the request will: coursework, and clinical • We partner with healthcare • Result in staff and faculty partnerships. providers and K-12 schools to reductions. • Area Partnership for Economic provide summer career camps in • Postpone efforts to develop Expansion (APEX): We partner nursing, cybersecurity, aviation, new academic programming in to promote economic and talent robotics, and more. emerging high-demand, high-wage development in the region • We serve as a National Security fields. via engagement with local Agency/Department of businesses. Homeland Security Center of A FEW WORDS FROM AN ALUMNA “As a Property Services Specialist for the city of Duluth, I work on lease and license agreements, resolve property and title issues, and acquire and 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST sell real estate for the city of Duluth. I use my • $1.4 million in asset preservation paralegal education from Lake Superior College every day at work.” - Danielle Erjavec, Alumna, Paralegal Certificate at Lake Superior College at 29, LSC Student of the Year Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Metropolitan State University

Locations: St. Paul Minneapolis metrostate.edu | Ginny Arthur, President

FY16 Student Profile: 11,836 Total Students Served | 42% Pell Eligible | 40% Students of Color

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY growing underrepresented REQUEST DETAILS communities engaged to Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Metropolitan State University (Metro complete their programs. State) offers bachelor’s, master’s, • $6.2 million of $143 million in • Student and industry demand for and doctoral programs to transfer campus support nursing graduates have made our and returning students across • 1,018 students supported by BSN program the second largest incentive grants the metro region and online. Our in the state. MSN and DNP students have access to experiential programs prepare high-demand instruction and convenient nursing managers and faculty. program delivery enriched by a WHAT’S AT STAKE? diverse environment, community PARTNERSHIPS engagement, and service learning. • Children’s Minnesota, Hennepin A fully funded request will: County Medical Center, Mercy • Support more courses that SERVICE TO MINNESOTA Hospital, Regions Hospital, students seek in high-demand • We offer dual admission Unity Hospital, VA Medical fields—cybersecurity, biology, programs for new students, Center: Offer clinical sites for finance, computer science, nursing, as well as on-site bachelor’s nursing students. law enforcement, and accounting. degree completion programs and • The Nerdery, LogicPD, • Expand online programs. student services for community Maverick Software Consulting, • Support the needed expansion of college students. Veritas Technologies, Black high-demand STEM programs, • We enlist practitioner faculty Data Processing Associates, building on the opening of our with current professional MN High-Tech Association, Blue Science Education Center. experience to prepare students Cross Blue Shield, Thomson for fields with strong demand Not fully funding the request will: Reuters, Unisys, and Microsoft: for talent, like cyber-security. • Result in fewer sections of high- Regularly work with the Advance • Our faculty prepare diverse demand major courses, which IT MN Center of Excellence. classes of students to close could delay students’ graduation • Travelers EDGE Program: the impending talent gap in and increase student debt. Provides career guidance, the state. Small classes and • Further delay filling critical faculty internships, job-shadowing, diverse faculty and staff create and advising positions, slowing and scholarships for students a campus climate that keeps students’ degree progress and interested in insurance and risk students from Minnesota’s increasing their debt load. management industries. A FEW WORDS FROM AN ALUMNUS

“I was deputy director of the civil rights department at the city of Minneapolis and I had a lot of credits, 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST but didn’t have a degree. Metropolitan State walked me through the courses that I would have to • $700,000 in asset preservation take to graduate. It is a powerful moment when you can see the path going forward.” - Gary Cunningham, Alumnus, President and CEO of MEDA Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Minneapolis Community & Technical College

Location: Minneapolis minneapolis.edu | Sharon Pierce, President

FY16 Student Profile: 13,511 Total Students Served | 50% Pell Eligible | 56% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE • We provide assistance for REQUEST DETAILS transit, meals, clothing, and Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change As a comprehensive public childcare. Expanded healthcare community and technical college, • $5.4 million of $143 million in offerings supporting student Minneapolis Community & campus support success and retention. • 1,239 students supported by Technical College (MCTC) offers incentive grants 110 credentials in 44 liberal arts PARTNERSHIPS and career and technical programs. We have strong ties to corporate • Graco, Target, Hennepin and industry partners that help County, Hennepin County Medical Center, Fairview Health WHAT’S AT STAKE? fund student scholarships, provide state-of-the-art training and Services, Children’s Hospital, A fully funded request will: equipment, and offer internship and Augustana: Actively recruit and • Continue to funnel diverse, employment opportunities. hire graduates. highly qualified individuals into • Minneapolis Public Schools, Minnesota’s workforce in high- SERVICE TO MINNESOTA Hennepin County, Northside Achievement Zone, YouthLink, wage earning, high-demand fields. • Destination: Diploma to local workforce centers, local • Allow continued service as the Degree (D3), PSEO, TRiO and employers, and Project for Pride only open access college in concurrent enrollment programs in Living: Support the tripartite Minneapolis. serve high school students from goal of increased retention, Not fully funding the request will: underserved communities. sustainability, and relevancy with • Impair our ability to contribute • We contribute greatly to resources for guided pathways graduates to the 74% of jobs in MN economic security for the city to living-wage employment and estimated to require some post- by providing skilled workforce four-year degrees. secondary credentials by 2020. for in-demand fields such as our • The Power of YOU: Free college • Impair our ability to help bridge welding and metal fabrication program that boosts college- the state’s employment gap with and CNC machining programs, going behavior in Minneapolis underrepresented students that providing 100% placement for and increases a student’s odds constitute the majority of its job-seekers. In some cases, of successfully completing student body. work is available while in school college by as much as 67%. • Place us at financial risk. with tuition reimbursement and top earning potential. A FEW WORDS FROM A STUDENT “MCTC has made it easier for me to realize my dream of being the first in my family to graduate. The low cost gives me the opportunity to go to 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST school without having to borrow. I have been able to choose my schedule so that I can work and • $4.4 million in asset preservation study at the same time. The MCTC location is very • $4.5 million for Hennepin Skyway convenient because I can arrive by car, bicycle or Renovation - System Priority #18 bus from my house.” - Estefania Navarro, Student and Star Scholar Advisor, Minneapolis Community & Technical College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Minnesota State College Southeast

Locations: Red Wing Winona southeastmn.edu | Dorothy Duran, President

FY16 Student Profile: 4,618 Total Students Served | 35% Pell Eligible | 14% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE Foundation estimated our REQUEST DETAILS economic impact on the regional Minnesota State College Southeast Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change economy to be $69 million and (MSCS) prides itself in being a • $2 million of $143 million in 848 jobs, generating $4 million in friendly, student-centered college. campus support state and local tax revenue. • 228 students supported by Whether a recent high school graduate or an adult seeking to incentive grants PARTNERSHIPS upgrade skills, every student is important. Among our largest • Southeast Perkins IV Regional programs are two of our most Consortium: A major player in unique: band instrument repair and developing partnerships with WHAT’S AT STAKE? guitar repair and building. regional schools. A fully funded request will: • Every Hand Joined: A cradle- • Maintain academic quality, including SERVICE TO MINNESOTA to-career project designed to ensure at-risk students are the technology necessary to ensure • Our mission is to provide recognized and supported. students learn relevant skills. education for employment, skill • Red Wing Manufacturers • Allow for more dedicated student enhancement, retraining, and Association: Partner to develop services staff to support retention transfer. skilled manufacturing workforce. and student outcomes. • By working closely with business • Project FINE: Reaches ethnically • Expand recruitment opportunities and industry leaders through diverse populations through in an increasingly competitive program advisory committees, education, information, and environment. we stay current with the resources. • Provide direct financial support equipment and skills needed to • 7Rivers Alliance: A tri-state to students in immediate, serious place successful graduates in leadership council dedicated need through incentive grants. the regional workforce. to regional economic growth Not fully funding the request will: • Our new associate of arts by fostering collaboration in • Delay or reduce maintenance and degree expands our mission Southwest Wisconsin, Southeast facility upgrades needed to ensure a beyond technical education and Minnesota, and Northeast Iowa. safe, effective learning environment. allows students to complete a • Divert critical funding from transferable two-year degree. instruction and student support • A recent study by the Wilder services to basic college operations. • Result in further staff reductions to A FEW WORDS FROM AN ALUMNA an already stressed employee pool. “Southeast helped me realize I could achieve my goal. I knew I did the right thing when I got my first A. At that point I knew I could make a change for the better. “ 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST - Jacki Swagger, Medical Support Careers Alumna • $2.8 million in asset preservation (Current title Health Unit Coordinator, St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester) Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Minnesota State Community and Technical College

Locations: Fergus Falls, Detroit Lakes, Moorhead, Wadena minnesota.edu | Peggy Kennedy, President

FY16 Student Profile: 13,544 Total Students Served | 36% Pell Eligible | 16% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE a unique online concurrent REQUEST DETAILS enrollment program. Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Minnesota State Community and • We expanded nursing assistant Technical College (M State) offers • $4.9 million of $143 million in training in high schools. campus support 70 career and liberal arts degrees and certificates, including unique • 740 students supported by PARTNERSHIPS incentive grants programs such as gas utility construction and service, equine • American Crystal Sugar: We science, power sports technology, offer training in a variety of skill dialysis technician, cardiovascular areas and delivering a 16-credit technology, and music. industrial workforce certificate WHAT’S AT STAKE? to employees. A fully funded request will: SERVICE TO MINNESOTA • Marvin Windows: We provide • Develop new programs needed on-site skills-based training to • The college creates and delivers by regional health care and employees. on-site certifications in areas manufacturing industries. • United Way of Cass Clay and such as soft skills, diversity • Expand workforce development Lakes and Prairie Community training, and supervisory services offerings to train the and Action Partnership: leadership. incumbent workforce and new We provide an occupational • We deliver free workplace Americans. workforce readiness certificate readiness classes for new and welding certificate. Not fully funding the request will: Americans in the Fargo- • North Star Electric Cooperative • Require M State to further review Moorhead region. and Baudette Economic academic programs and student • We have developed new Development: We deliver a full services, possibly resulting in programs to ensure alignment electrical line worker technology the elimination or reduction of with regional workforce needs. program. programs critical to the region. • We annually serve more than • Essentia, Ecumen, Sanford, • Require vacancies to remain 1,700 students earning college Lake Regions and Tri-County unfilled, thereby impacting our credit through M State’s Hospitals: We provide funds ability to serve our students and NACEP-accredited concurrent for capital projects and student the region. enrollment program. scholarships. • We deliver courses through eCampus in the High School, A FEW WORDS FROM AN ALUMNA 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST “Not everyone knows what they want to do right • $2.2 million in asset preservation out of high school, and that is okay. M State was • 978,000 for Center for Workforce a second chance at completing my college degree Success - System Priority #3 but, more importantly, it was an education that I • $820,000 for Library and Student was excited about for the first time.” Development Renovation - System Priority #4 -Erin Fischer, 2016 alumnus, Graphic Design Technology Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Minnesota State University, Mankato

Location: Mankato mnsu.edu | Richard Davenport, President

FY16 Student Profile: 20,246 Total Students Served | 24% Pell Eligible | 15% Students of Color

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY • The MavCLASS app, which REQUEST DETAILS launched in 2016, is a student Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Since its founding in 1868, success tool that alerts learners • $13.1 million of $143 million in Minnesota State University, via mobile devices to important campus support Mankato, has been an institution deadlines and campus events. • 822 students supported by where real-world thinking helps • Future Maverick partnerships incentive grants students transform their big ideas with South Central College into rewarding futures. It is the and Riverland Community second largest public university in College create seamless transfer Minnesota, with 140 undergraduate, pathways for students. WHAT’S AT STAKE? 80 graduate, and five doctoral programs. The faculty, staff, and A fully funded request will: PARTNERSHIPS students at Minnesota State • Continue work to meet the Mankato are committed to finding • Open Door Health Center: A increasing demand for an solutions that make life better for non-profit community health educated workforce needed to people throughout our state, our center where dental hygiene fuel the growing regional and state region, and our world. students learn real-world skills economy while providing affordable as they provide care to patients access to higher education for SERVICE TO MINNESOTA of all ages. Minnesotans. • Minnesota Corn Growers • Maverick Software Consulting Not fully funding the request will: Association: Works with the provides real-world experience • Result in possible cost reduction automotive and manufacturing to dozens of Information measures that would encompass engineering technology Technology and Computer all financial, physical, and human department to research Engineering students each year. resources. Such reductions could expanded uses for ethanol. • The Minnesota Educators lead to decreased access and • Bolton & Menk: An engineering Partnership, a consortium of 10 affordability. and infrastructure company partner school districts and the that mentors civil engineering College of Education, works to students as they complete their advance student success from senior projects. pre-K through college.

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“Minnesota State Mankato supplies its students with countless valuable opportunities—whether it be starting a business with your Integrated Business Experience 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST classmates in a low-risk environment, leading 30-40 new students as a Community Advisor during their transition • $1.9 million in asset preservation to college, or joining a club or organization that presents • $6.5 million for Clinical Sciences critical values, beliefs, and support.” Phase II - System Priority #11 - Harley Ries, Student, Minnesota State University, Mankato Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Minnesota State University Moorhead

Location: Moorhead mnstate.edu | Anne Blackhurst, President

FY16 Student Profile: 6,983 Total Students Served | 26% Pell Eligible | 10% Students of Color

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY alternative high school in space leased on our campus. REQUEST DETAILS MSU Moorhead offers a tradition Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change • Hearing screenings are offered in the liberal arts combined with • $7.1 of $143 million in campus by speech language and hearing innovation and technology for support sciences students in regional today’s challenging careers. Several • 306 students supported by high schools, child care centers, graduate programs are included the incentive grants and senior centers. 2016 U.S. News & World Report Best • Hundreds of K-12 students learn Online Programs rankings. Faculty about astronomy at the our establish close relationships with planetarium each year. students and take pride in teaching, WHAT’S AT STAKE? receiving more Carnegie Professors PARTNERSHIPS A fully funded request will: of the Year awards than any higher • Offset general inflation costs and education institution in the five- • Microsoft: The third largest preserve our ability to meet critical state area. Microsoft campus is in Fargo- workforce and community needs Moorhead, and through several at a time when education is more SERVICE TO MINNESOTA partnerships, students become sought-after applicants for necessary than ever to the economic • We offer online programs for high technology careers. and social well-being of our region. school teachers to earn advanced • Moorhead Economic Not fully funding the request will: degrees for teaching college Development Authority • Result in a budget reduction that will classes within their high school. and Moorhead Business limit the course sections available • Hundreds of high school Association: We are an to students and potentially delay students from across the region active member in downtown graduation, jeopardize critical participate in field research at redevelopment. academic and student support our Regional Science Center. • Greater Fargo-Moorhead services necessary to recruit and • Our faculty partner with John Economic Development serve the needs of an increasingly Deere engineers to mentor a Corporation: Collaborates diverse student body, defer high school robotics team. for listening sessions with key investments in technology and • Lakes Country Service business/industry sectors. equipment that support our high Cooperative holds classes for its quality academic environment, and defer facilities work critical to safety, security, and operational efficiencies. A FEW WORDS FROM A STUDENT “I didn’t have the perfect high school experience. But through all the people I’ve met and all I’ve been involved in, MSUM has given me the best 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST possible college experience. I’m thankful for how • $5.9 million in asset preservation my experience has transformed me.” • $775,000 for Weld Hall - Macie Miller, Student (project manager, Mound Renovation (Design) - System MN), Minnesota State University Moorhead Priority #15 Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Minnesota West Community & Technical College

Locations: Canby, Granite Falls, Jackson, Pipestone, Worthington mnwest.edu | Terry Gaalswyk, President

FY16 Student Profile: 10,107 Total Students Served | 28% Pell Eligible | 18% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE and serving nearly 900 students REQUEST DETAILS last year for concurrent and dual Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Minnesota West Community & enrollment courses. • $2.8 million of $143 million in Technical College (Minnesota • Service and success in our campus support West) has five campuses and two students is demonstrated by our • 285 students supported by learning centers offering more than graduation and persistence rates. incentive grants 60 majors online and on-campus. Named a top 150 college in the PARTNERSHIPS nation by the Aspen Institute, we • JBS, Monogram Meat Snacks, are an educational leader in allied Chandler Industries, Schwan’s health, agriculture, energy, and WHAT’S AT STAKE? Global Food Chain, Bedford manufacturing programs, as well as A fully funded request will: Industries, Toro Windom online education. • Expand and revitalize programming Plant, AGCO Jackson Plant, in manufacturing, healthcare, and SERVICE TO MINNESOTA Ziegler, and SW MN Workforce STEM related areas in response to Partner: Develop long-term workforce demands. • 83% of our graduates live, work, training partnerships that • Expand career pathways in and contribute to Minnesota. include workforce development, partnership with local industry and • President’s Advisory Committee extended equipment purchases, high schools to meet employment collaborates with business/ and academic advising that needs and fill the skills gap. workforce leaders to meet have ensured more than 1500 • Provide additional education and workforce demands with employees are receiving career support for students from technical-based programming. updated and relevant training. diverse backgrounds, particularly • We offer accessibility to • Nobles County Integration in the Worthington area, the students through multiple class Collaborative, SW MN Adult second most diverse community in delivery options such as online, Basic Education, Bremer greater MN. on-campus, and hybrid courses. Foundation, K-12 partners: • We have trong ties with high Offer joint programming, Not fully funding the request will: schools through the NACEP • Stall investments in new services to students, opportunity accreditation program, programming to meet the needs of for educational growth, and partnering with 52 high schools employers in southwest MN. workforce connections. • Cause continued deterioration in A FEW WORDS FROM A STUDENT the condition of our facilities. “Minnesota West is preparing me for my career pathway to nursing with hands-on learning as well as, opportunities through work-study to 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST helping me reach my goals!” • $1.8 million in asset preservation - Nancy Phongkeo, Nursing Student, Minnesota West Community & Technical College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Normandale Community College

Location: Bloomington normandale.edu | Joyce Ester, President

FY16 Student Profile: 1 7,7 7 1 Total Students Served | 30% Pell Eligible | 35% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS REQUEST DETAILS Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Normandale Community College • The Donaldson Company: • $4.9 of $143 million in campus provides two-year degrees and Contributes scholarships to our support certificates, is a top transfer Academy of Math and Science, • 966 students supported by school for Minnesota four-year which provides a financial and incentive grants colleges and universities, and advising support system for partners with Minnesota State students pursuing STEM fields. University, Mankato, Metropolitan • The Otto Bremer Foundation’s State University, and Southwest Finish Line Program: Provide Minnesota State University to offer support, experiences, and wrap- WHAT’S AT STAKE? bachelor’s and master’s degrees on around services to encourage A fully funded request will: campus. degree completion at the post- • Provide support for moving our secondary level. advisor-to-student ratio from 856- SERVICE TO MINNESOTA • HIRED (via the Carlson Family to-1 closer to the national average of • Developmental education to Foundation): Our partner to 296-to-1 to better serve students. prepare students for college- provide Optimizing Talent and • Create opportunities to provide level work. Opportunities, a program for accelerated development courses • Partnerships with area high un- and underemployed workers that help students develop college schools to offer PSEO, interested in management success skills. concurrent enrollment, positions in the hospitality Not fully funding the request will: articulated credit, and other industry. • Result in reduced availability of opportunities. • ReSound, a Bloomington-based advising and other student support • Programs are closely tied to hearing-aid manufacturer: We services, slowing student progress local, state and federal workforce work to develop courses that toward degree completion. agencies to leverage economic enhance company growth and • Require balancing building repairs development resources. help ReSound prepare mentors, with other critical academic and • We strive to ensure education coaches, and trainers within the student support functions. and training is aligned with the organization. state’s changing economy.

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“While I was at Normandale, I became much 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST more than I ever imagined I would be. I am living my dream because I was continually told by • $4.8 million in asset preservation Normandale mentors that I could do it. They never • $1.1 million for Classroom & doubted my success. I will be forever thankful to Student Services Renovation my Normandale support team.” Project (Design) - System Priority #14 - Olya Homonchuk, Alumna and 2013 Jack Kent Scholar, Currently Attending the University of Oxford Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: North Hennepin Community College

Location: Brooklyn Park nhcc.edu | Barbara McDonald, President

FY16 Student Profile: 10,424 Total Students Served | 41% Pell Eligible | 46% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE more programs scheduled by the fall of 2018. REQUEST DETAILS North Hennepin Community College Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change • We launched a new human (NHCC) has been engaging students • $3.6 million of $143 million in services program to address and changing lives for 50 years. We campus support talent demand. offer nearly 70 associate degrees • 888 students supported by • We collaborate with seven high and certificates designed to transfer incentive grants schools to offer concurrent to four-year universities or prepare enrollment courses. students for the workplace, as well as bachelor’s degrees through PARTNERSHIPS university partnerships on campus. WHAT’S AT STAKE? • METRO Blue Line Extension: Collaborate on lightrail plans A fully funded request will: SERVICE TO MINNESOTA that will provide accessibility to • Positively impact our goals of • The college has been the college beginning 2021. closing the opportunity gap and proclaimed a Yellow Ribbon • Hennepin County Leadership advancing completion, transfer, and Company, reinforcing our Workforce Council, The baccalaureate degree attainment. commitment to being a military- Manufacturers Consortium, • Maintain campus facilities, friendly campus. the North Hennepin Chamber technology, and other essential • We have launched initiatives of Commerce, the cities of services that ensure student to help close the achievement Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn retention and success. gap, including the Excellence in Center, and Maple Grove: • Allow for innovation and Education with Equity program, Collaboration to identify and program development to support focused on replicating proven address workforce needs that Minnesota’s workforce needs. classroom strategies that close shape programming. the achievement gap. Not fully funding the request will: • Brooklyn Bridge Alliance • We are increasing • Result in elimination of programs for Youth: Collaboration to baccalaureate-prepared and services to students, narrow the achievement gap of graduates going into the threatening student completion underrepresented students. workforce by delivering 12 and success rates. • More than 20 K-12 districts: bachelor degree programs on • Cause further layoffs and Participation in PSEO campus via partnerships with jeopardize our ability to deliver programming with NHCC. quality programs and services. four-year universities with 10 A FEW WORDS FROM A FACULTY MEMBER “I have created an opportunity for ‘at-risk’ students to take ownership of their learning. Each voluntary member of this program focuses as 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST much on practicing positive student behaviors as • $3.1 million in asset preservation they do on content mastery. They have exceeded their own expectations!” - Lisa Smith, Chemistry Faculty, North Hennepin Community College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Northeast Higher Education District

Locations: Ely, Eveleth, Grand Rapids, Hibbing, International Falls, Virginia nhed.edu | Bill Maki, President

FY16 Student Profile: 16,560 Total Students Served | 38% Pell Eligible | 15% Students of Color

ABOUT NHED and hiring a shared regional REQUEST DETAILS recruiter to reach out to larger Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change The Northeast Higher Education population bases to increase • $4.8 million of $143 million in District (NHED) is comprised of five, student diversity. campus support autonomous yet interdependent, • We provide college in the • 676 students supported by two-year colleges in Northeast schools, including technical incentive grants Minnesota: Hibbing Community education opportunities College, Itasca Community College, to seventeen northeastern Mesabi Range College, Rainy River Minnesota school districts with Community College, and Vermilion 25 high schools. Community College. Many NHED WHAT’S AT STAKE? • We have implemented best specialty programs focus on A fully funded request will: practices in intrusive advising, environmental fields and local • Ensure quality access to higher supplemental instruction, industry. Our student success rate is education can be provided early alert systems, behavioral 72% and the three-year graduation in a 13,000 square mile rural intervention, and learning rate is 61%. landscape that has an economically communities to strengthen disadvantaged population. SERVICE TO MINNESOTA advising with the goal of • Replace leaky roofs that are well increasing student success. beyond life expectancy to mitigate • NHED has had the lead role • We have implemented financial interior damage through asset in the Recharge the Range literacy programs with the goal repair funding. initiative by facilitating of limiting student loan debt. • Sustain financially viable colleges an educational and talent Programming is administered in northeastern MN through development work group that from the point of entry in school operational funding. brings together private and to the point of loan repayment public sectors. after graduation. Not fully funding the request will: • We have developed a new • Significantly reduce the workforce collective marketing strategy and services provided to students. • Continue deterioration of buildings and limit space for instructional use.

2017 CAPITAL REQUEST • $6.1 million in asset preservation (roof replacements - part of total NHED request) • $11.2 million for Campus Rightsizing at Hibbing Community College - System Priority #8 Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: NHED - Hibbing Community College

NOTE: Hibbing Community College is part of the Northeast Higher Location: Education District (NHED). Hibbing

hibbing.edu | Bill Maki, President

FY16 Student Profile: 11,701 Total Students Served | 46% Pell Eligible | 12% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE • We offer student success- REQUEST DETAILS focused programs on campus Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Hibbing Community College (HCC) such as TRIO work to ensure • $4.8 million (as part of NHED) of is a two-year comprehensive students get the most out of $143 million in campus support community college. We offer their college experience. • 202 students supported by transfer options as well as a • We prepare students for success incentive grants wide variety of career programs in the classroom and their career leading to immediate employment, through two campus leadership including nursing, diesel mechanics, events, intrusive advising, culinary arts, dental assisting, and financial literacy, and tools such automotive mechanics. WHAT’S AT STAKE? as Strengths Quest. A fully funded request will: SERVICE TO MINNESOTA • Ensure quality access to higher PARTNERSHIPS • We consistently graduates education can be provided • Fairview Range: This students in technical programs in a 13,000 square mile rural comprehensive healthcare serving local employers. landscape that has an economically network provides grants, work • We strive to create an inclusive disadvantaged population. opportunities, and more to and equitable environment from • Replace leaky roofs well beyond healthcare programs. recruitment through retention life expectancy to mitigate interior • Ziegler CAT: Provides diesel and graduation, including damage through asset repair mechanic students job implementation of best practices funding. opportunities. in course instruction and • Sustain financially viable colleges • Iron Range Resources and delivery to improve the student in northeastern MN through Rehabilitation Board: State experience and success rates. operational funding. of Minnesota development • We offer programs such as Not fully funding the request will: agency located in Eveleth PSEO, College in the Schools, • Significantly reduce the workforce provides valuable support and and Upward Bound to foster and services provided to students. resources to HCC in the form of strong relationships with local • Continue deterioration of building collaborative partnerships and high school students. and limit space for instructional use. monetary grants.

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2017 CAPITAL REQUEST “The instructors and staff at HCC have provided every opportunity for me to learn and feel • $6.1 million in asset preservation accomplished in the field of study that I have (roof replacements - part of total chosen. I feel prepared as I enter into my chosen NHED request) career because of the great people there.” • $11.2 million for Campus Rightsizing - System Priority #8 - Quinn Vork, Electrical Maintenance Student, Hibbing Community College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: NHED - Itasca Community College

NOTE: Itasca Community College is part of the Northeast Higher Location: Education District (NHED). Grand Rapids itascacc.edu | Bill Maki, President

FY16 Student Profile: 1,734 Total Students Served | 38% Pell Eligible | 16% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE committed to public-private REQUEST DETAILS partnerships in education and Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Itasca Community College (ICC) is a talent development. two-year community college where • $4.8 million (as part of NHED) of students gain hands-on, practical $143 million in campus support PARTNERSHIPS • 186 students supported by experiences relating to their incentive grants chosen field, including practicums, • Arrowhead Economic participation in conferences, and Opportunity Agency: Partner project-based learning. We offer a with Adult Basic Education to wide variety of transfer programs as provide full suite of services directly on campus, reducing WHAT’S AT STAKE? well as career programs in industries with high employment demand. barriers for at risk students. A fully funded request will: • Grand Rapids High School: We • Ensure access to high-quality, SERVICE TO MINNESOTA developed local lab space at the meaningful education in the Grand high school for partnered use • Partner with four local Rapids area that will transform for ICC’s industrial technology- school districts to develop lives of the disadvantaged and process operations program, interdisciplinary career contribute to the economic interdistrict high school career pathways education in five sustainability of the region. pathways instruction, and local occupational areas aligned with industry for training operations. Not fully funding the request will: regional workforce needs. • Second Harvest North Central • Jeopardize facilities critical to • Foundational partner in Food Bank: Support food shelf student success, including large developing Itasca Diversity on campus to meet student portions of the heavily used library Alliance, a community group needs, reducing hunger as a will be forced to close due to roof committed to strengthening barrier to success. leaks and structural deterioration relationships and supporting a • Northeast Minnesota Office of buildings. growing minority population. of Job Training: Shares a • Educational partner in Blandin workforce coordinator with ICC, Foundation’s countywide regional creating workforce development workforce development initiative. strategies and intermediating • College provost serves as a between businesses and public representative on Recharge the sector. Range, a large business team

A FEW WORDS FROM AN ALUMNUS “Itasca Community College has made innovative changes to their curriculum over the years in order to stay relevant with changes that are 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST happening in the local economy. This allows • $6.1 million in asset preservation Itasca alumni to bring new perspectives and (roof replacements - part of total ideas to the workforce.” NHED request) - Tom McBride, Alumnus, Itasca Community College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: NHED - Mesabi Range College

NOTE: Mesabi Range College is part of the Northeast Higher Locations: Education District (NHED). Virginia Eveleth mesabirange.edu | Bill Maki, President

FY16 Student Profile: 1,882 Total Students Served | 34% Pell Eligible | 14% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE services, and the University REQUEST DETAILS of Minnesota Duluth Small Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Mesabi Range College offers an Business Development Center. • $4.8 million (as part of NHED) of AA degree as well as numerous • The college serves as the center $143 million in campus support technical programs such as for the visual/performing arts • 163 students supported by industrial mechanical technology within the Northeast Higher incentive grants (millwright), welding, early Education District. childhood/early childhood special education, welding, practical PARTNERSHIPS nursing, and graphic design media. WHAT’S AT STAKE? • East Range Consortium SERVICE TO MINNESOTA Partnership: Collaborates with A fully funded request will: Vermilion Community College, • A robust diversity committee • Ensure that quality access to Mesabi Range College, Rainy of faculty, staff, and students higher education can be provided River Community College, enhances the college’s mission in a 13,000 square mile rural and 14 local school districts and vision of inclusivity to landscape that has an economically to distribute Perkins funding address the achievement gap. disadvantaged population. to create pathways and • We host an annual skills fair • Replace leaky roofs that are well opportunities in career and competition where an average beyond life expectancy to mitigate technical education. of 300 students in grades 10-12 interior damage through asset • Applied Learning Institute: compete in more than 14 skills repair funding. Serves 17 regional high schools areas as a way to experience • Sustain financially viable colleges to provide career pathways in career and technical education. in northeastern MN through the high schools for college • The college is on-campus host operational funding. credit. to Lutheran Social Services, Not fully funding the request will: North East Minnesota Office • Significantly reduce the workforce of Job Training, GED testing and services provided to students. • Continue deterioration of buildings and limit space for instructional use.

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“After being laid off because of the recent downturn in the mining industry, I found myself at Mesabi Range College. The friendly staff really 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST understood the hardship I was in and worked with • $6.1 million in asset preservation me every step of the way to get on a path that (roof replacements - part of total would be best for me for the new career I was NHED request) interested in...with a second-to-none education.” - Laura Holter, Student, Mesabi Range College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: NHED - Rainy River Community College

NOTE: Rainy River Community College is part of the Northeast Location: Higher Education District (NHED). International Falls rainyriver.edu | Bill Maki, President

FY16 Student Profile: 441 Total Students Served | 49% Pell Eligible | 22% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS REQUEST DETAILS Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Rainy River Community College • Rural Health Care Initiative: • $4.8 million (as part of NHED) of (RRCC) offers high-quality RRCC partners with Essentia $143 million in campus support academics, on-campus housing, Health, Rainy Lake Medical • 43 students supported by athletics, student organizations, Center, City of International incentive grants and the opportunity for life-long Falls, Koochiching County friendships! Our students tell us how Economic Development much they appreciate the small class Agency, and the United States sizes and individual attention they Department of Agriculture WHAT’S AT STAKE? get from our instructors and staff. to develop short- and long- term strategies addressing the A fully funded request will: SERVICE TO MINNESOTA healthcare worker shortage in • Ensure our continued ability to rural Minnesota. provide quality higher education • The Voyage Forward Strategic • Voyageurs National Park: to the communities in rural far- Planning initiative serving Training for seasonal staff; northern MN, where the next Koochiching County identifies students from underrepresented closest campus is 100 miles away. our college as an important populations get to experience • Provide community enrichment driver in the mission to grow a the outdoors. and workforce development to help vibrant and thriving region. • Minnesota Workforce Center retain our cultural opportunities • We are the primary higher and Northeast Minnesota and promote employment growth. education provider to develop Office of Job Training:On- • Supply the means for continued a skilled, trained, and educated campus services including high-quality, dual-credit options for workforce to meet area demand. career counseling, retraining our secondary educational partners. • We provide dual-credit opportunities to our secondary assistance, and resources. Not fully funding the request will: partners through concurrent • Arrowhead Economic • Result in budget and personnel enrollment, including recent Opportunity Agency | Adult reductions impacting access, approval to offer the full Basic Education: RRCC offers opportunity, and service to our associate of arts degree at Falls college-prep, GED curriculum, students and community. High School. and English as a Second • Negatively impact Koochiching Language instruction. County, which is already disadvantaged in terms of readily A FEW WORDS FROM AN ALUMNUS available graduates. “The community college system is underappreciated for the important work it does. It truly sets the standard for value in post- 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST secondary education. I wish more people took advantage of this opportunity – it’s an effective • $6.1 million in asset preservation way to expand people’s horizons, particularly (roof replacements - part of total when time and funds are limited.” NHED request) - David C. Herman, MD, Essentia Health CEO and Rainy River Community College Alumnus Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: NHED - Vermilion Community College

NOTE: Vermilion Community College is part of the Northeast Higher Location: Education District (NHED). Ely vcc.edu | Bill Maki, President

FY16 Student Profile: 802 Total Students Served | 31% Pell Eligible | 14% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE a wide variety of Minnesota REQUEST DETAILS and federal agencies, including Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Vermilion Community College is water districts, state parks, • $4.8 million (as part of NHED) of located in the heart of Superior Department of Natural $143 million in campus support National Forest on the doorstep Resources, and forestry offices. • 81 students supported by of the Boundary Waters Canoe • Active community involvement incentive grants Area Wilderness. We are through campus activities, nationally recognized for our niche clubs, and service learning programming in the areas of natural projects in which our students resource use and natural resource volunteer time and effort. WHAT’S AT STAKE? protection. Our most popular degrees include fisheries and A fully funded request will: PARTNERSHIPS wildlife biology, natural resource • Continue to provide students technology, wildland/wildlife law • National Park Service: from throughout the state access enforcement, wilderness and parks Vermilion is one of seven to educational opportunities and management, outdoor leadership, colleges in the country with an career paths in the natural resources and watershed science. Our unique accredited pathway to provide arenas. location affords students a million National Park Rangers. • Protect past investments currently acre outdoor laboratory out our • Minnesota Department threatened by aging roofs and back door. More than three-fourths of Natural Resources: The infrastructure. of the college’s students come from college conducts a number of Not fully funding the request will: beyond the immediate commuting wildlife research studies for the • Impact our ability to continue to be area, which makes Vermilion a true DNR, benefiting the state and a strong partner in providing highly residential college. providing research opportunities trained employees for multiple MN for our students. agencies and businesses. SERVICE TO MINNESOTA • Minnesota Pollution Control • Greatly restrict our ability Agency: Over the past three • Unique programming focused to reinvest in our academic years we have facilitated over on training students for programming and state-of-the-art a quarter of a million dollars in careers working directly with equipment for in-field training, as MPCA water quality/research Minnesota’s natural resources. our limited resources will need to projects for the state. • Degree specific internships with be directed towards infrastructure replacement. A FEW WORDS FROM AN ALUMNA

“The Vermilion faculty and staff are not only helpful but inspiring. They are easily 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST approachable and can relate well to student’s interests. It is the faculty and staff that set • $6.1 million in asset preservation Vermilion apart.” (roof replacements - part of total - Melissa Thompson, NHED request) MNDNR Wildlife Lakes Specialist and Vermilion Community College Alumna Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Northland Community & Technical College

Locations: East Grand Forks Thief River Falls northlandcollege.edu | Dennis Bona, President

FY16 Student Profile: 7,7 36 Total Students Served | 30% Pell Eligible | 18% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE the importance of giving back. REQUEST DETAILS • We actively partner and Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Northland Community & Technical collaborate with all K-12 schools College (NCTC) is a comprehensive • $2.9 million of $143 million in in our service area. campus support community and technical college featuring a strong liberal arts • 322 students supported by PARTNERSHIPS incentive grants transfer program as well as technical programming in nursing, Our extensive partner network allied health, construction trades, donates funds and equipment for manufacturing, and nationally programs, and are the primary acclaimed aerospace programs that employers for many graduates. WHAT’S AT STAKE? include the nation’s first unmanned Partners provide curriculum aerial systems maintenance program. expertise and offer internship and A fully funded request will: Athletics is also a point of pride for clinical opportunities. • Invest in supporting students, make NCTC, with seven NJCAA varsity • Altru and Sanford Health critical equipment and facilities sports fielding 220+ student athletes. Systems: Support nursing and upgrades, and continue to support allied health programs. the needs of business and industry. SERVICE TO MINNESOTA • Crystal Sugar, Digi-Key, Arctic Cat, Polaris, Philadelphia • $85 million annual economic Not fully funding the request will: Macaroni, and Simplot: impact in the region. • Result in continued staff and service Support manufacturing and • The college works with employer cuts, including 10 positions already industry programs. community to define programs scheduled for layoff in FY18. • United States Air Force, offered and provide training to • Put us at serious financial risk Northrop Grumman, and prospective employees. as expenses have already been University of North Dakota: • We have developed pathways significantly reduced. Support the aerospace for students regardless of past programs. academic success, taking some • Cities of East Grand Forks, from illiteracy to the capacity to Thief River Falls, Roseau: pursue an advanced degree. Support the public sector law • We instill in students the value of and public safety programs. public service, citizenship, and

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“After one year and three major changes at a four-year college in North Dakota, I decided to 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST try Northland. I would choose Northland 100 times over!” • $3.9 million in asset preservation • $826,000 for Laboratory - Kaitlyn LaPorte, Surgical Technology Student, Renovations - System Priority #5 Northland Community & Technical College See Kaitlyn’s story at northlandcollege.edu/stories Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Northwest Technical College

NOTE: Northwest Technical College is aligned with Bemidji State University and Location: has a combined budget request. Bemidji ntcmn.edu | Faith Hensrud, President

FY16 Student Profile: 2,316 Total Students Served | 29% Pell Eligible | 19% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE or continuing their education. REQUEST DETAILS • One of a few schools in the Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Northwest Technical College country offering training in high- • $5.3 million (with Bemidji State (NTC) is a technologically focused performance engine machining. University) of $143 million in learning environment that is highly campus support responsive to workforce needs in PARTNERSHIPS • 120 students supported by northern Minnesota. Collaborative incentive grants relationships are key to our ability • Greater Bemidji: NTC to meet the needs of students and provides customized, timely employers in the Bemidji region and mechatronics training for WHAT’S AT STAKE? beyond. employees of regional manufacturing companies. A fully funded request will: SERVICE TO MINNESOTA • Beltrami County Health and • Protect support services vital to Human Services Department: • Major regional provider of student success and graduation. NTC is the host partner for trained professionals for a • Maintain programs and teaching Workforce Impact, a new variety of rapidly growing tools to meet demand for highly countywide workforce training health-related fields, with qualified dental assistants, nurses, initiative. about 60% of all NTC students child care providers, and building • Bemidji-based 360 studying practical or associate tradespeople in northern MN. Manufacturing Center of degree nursing, dental assisting, Not fully funding the request will: Excellence: NTC is a member health care administrative • Force a reduction in employee of consortium a with BSU and 13 support, and medical coding positions, reduce course availability, other Minnesota State colleges and transcription. increase class sizes, diminish to meet the needs of the region’s • Child Care and Education student support, and increase manufacturing employers. programs meet a constant need student costs because more time • Distance Minnesota: Lead for highly trained child care will be required to complete a partner in an online higher providers throughout northern degree or other credential. education consortium that Minnesota, with graduates • Cause region-wide disruption of new serves NTC, BSU, and the state becoming child care providers career pathways designed to help colleges in the region. and teaching paraprofessionals, adults move off public assistance and provide alternatives for high school students who choose not to A FEW WORDS FROM AN ALUMNA pursue a four-year degree. “Being someone who had moved to Bemidji, started a job, and went to school all at the same time, there was always someone there who 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST supported me and helped with whatever I was • $1.9 million in asset preservation doing all along the way. They have a good handle on what they’re offering.” - Connie Norman, Alumna, Northwest Technical College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Pine Technical & Community College

Location: Pine City pine.edu | Joe Mulford, President

FY16 Student Profile: 3,322 Total Students Served | 22% Pell Eligible | 12% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE with the East Central Regional REQUEST DETAILS Development Commission. Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Pine Technical & Community • Pearson Vue affiliated testing College (PTCC) is a vibrant • $919,000 of $143 million in center provides certification comprehensive college and campus support exams, reducing travel for community resource, empowering • 124 students supported by students and graduates who learners and partnering with incentive grants are seeking certification, and local communities. We offer a credentialing exams for students diverse program mix, including in healthcare fields. unique programs in gunsmithing, human services eligibility worker, WHAT’S AT STAKE? PARTNERSHIPS cybersecurity, and American Sign A fully funded request will: Language. • East Central Minnesota • Expand program offerings to Educational Cable Cooperative: students and ensure we have state- SERVICE TO MINNESOTA We provide leadership and technical assistance to the 14 of-the-industry technology and • The college offers continuing member school districts. equipment available. education to child care • Wyoming Machine: PTCC • Provide opportunity to grow new providers and administers delivers on-site training to programs to align with changing scholarships and grants for employees through mediated regional workforce needs. Child Care Aware, Department telepresence. Not fully funding the request will: of Human Services. • First Light, Allina Health, and • Delay new program development • We provide regional technology Essentia Health Systems: necessary for meeting today’s and infrastructure support to 13 Ensure qualified healthcare regional workforce needs. school districts, the East Central professionals are educated to • Further reduce student support Library System, Pine County, meet talent needs. services critical for supporting first- and Pine City through East • Mid-continent Engineering, generation students. Central Minnesota Data Center. Eaton Hydraulics, Bayer Interior • Limit continuation of leadership • Our incubator is currently Woods, Ryan Companies, role in regional economic housing a new start-up projected Stantec, SEH, Kendall Howard, development. to bring 200 jobs to the region and Atscott Manufacturing: We • Result in both a reduction of staff and is funded in partnership provide manufacturing training. and potential program closures. A FEW WORDS FROM A STUDENT “I was completely clueless as a first generation student on what I needed to do for the career I wanted. [PTCC staff] helped me identify all the 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST steps I needed to take. As a PSEO student, I took • $668,554 in asset preservation a lot of general education credits. So when I started Computer Programming, I could actually jump into classes for my program.” - Brianna Bixby, Computer Programing Student, Pine Technical & Community College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Ridgewater College

Locations: Hutchinson Willmar ridgewater.edu | Douglas Allen, President

FY16 Student Profile: 11,946 Total Students Served | 35% Pell Eligible | 14% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE • We award an average of REQUEST DETAILS 1,100 degrees and certificates Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Ridgewater College believes that annually, helping fill critical higher education is the path that • $3.6 million of $143 million in workforce needs for our enables people to achieve their campus support communities and region, • 387 students supported by dreams. We believe our role is ensuring the economic vitality of incentive grants to help students find that path. Minnesota. We value inclusiveness, active learning, affordability, continuous PARTNERSHIPS improvement, lifelong learning, and • 3M and dozens of other WHAT’S AT STAKE? ethical behavior—all delivered in a supportive student success-focused manufacturing businesses: We A fully funded request will: environment. provide a variety of education • Enable us to continue to award and training in manufacturing. over 1,100 degrees and certificates SERVICE TO MINNESOTA • Jennie-O Turkey and dozens annually and provide essential of agricultural businesses: • The college assists with pre- workforce development. The college partners to provide college academic preparation training in everything from truck Not fully funding the request will: for underserved students and driving to human resources to • Limit or cut student support new Americans to attend production line processes. services necessary to continue college via partnerships with • More than 100 healthcare to improve student success and Adult Basic Education and providers from long-term student retention efforts. partnerships with CMJTS and care facilities to hospitals to • Limit or cut efforts to recruit and DEED. clinics: We partner to provide serve the needs of an increasingly • We partner with the Department education in healthcare, ranging diverse student body. of Public Safety to deliver from continuing education to • Prevent facilities improvements motorcycle rider training paramedic degrees to nursing. and limit our ability to provide program for the State of equipment necessary to deliver Minnesota. relevant programming. • Force the college to reduce personnel and cut programs in order to offset the additional cost A FEW WORDS FROM A STUDENT associated with employee pay and benefits. “As a first generation student, I was uncertain which path to take to achieve my educational goals. Coming to Ridgewater was the best decision that I could have made. My instructors are so amazing; their number one goal is the 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST success of their students.”

• $2 million in asset preservation - Jonathan Garcia, Liberal Arts Student, Ridgewater College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Riverland Community College

Locations: Albert Lea Austin Owatonna riverland.edu | Adenuga Atewologun, President

FY16 Student Profile: 8,954 Total Students Served | 33% Pell Eligible | 19% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE financial consulting to 500+ local farmers. REQUEST DETAILS Riverland serves students, 70% Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change • We partner with 16 regional high of whom are underrepresented, schools in concurrent/PSEO • $2.8 million of $143 million in through Best in Class programs. The campus support courses, lead an active Perkins college offers 76 Quality Matters™ • 272 students supported by Consortium, and support Certified online programs and has incentive grants Northfield High School’s received HLC re-accreditation TORCH program. until 2026. Riverland has a vibrant • Our truck driving program liberal arts and science curriculum, recently expanded partnerships partners with 16 area high schools, and training to increase safety and offers a Theater AFA degree WHAT’S AT STAKE? and provide a specialized- with two full musicals annually. A fully funded request will: endorsement curriculum to • Allow full implementation of SERVICE TO MINNESOTA assist in addressing Minnesota’s the new food, agricultural, and acute industry shortage. • More than 60% of radiologic biological (FAB) systems programs. technicians in the SE Minnesota • Provide for the development of PARTNERSHIPS region are graduates of our new programs and maintain current • Habitat for Humanity: Partner radiography program. programs with relevant technology with the construction program • Criminal justice and corrections to meet regional workforce needs. to build homes each year. program supplies a high • Continue recently implemented • Hormel Foods, Lou Rich, and percentage of sworn officers in enrollment management plan Viracon: We train hundreds of local police departments. initiatives that have increased our incumbent workers at these • New food, agricultural, and fall 2016 enrollment by 3.2%. companies annually. biological (FAB) systems • The Hormel Foundation: Not fully funding the request will: program prepares students Provide support to enroll at-risk • Cut more than $2 million from for the agriculture and food students in Cycles for Success/ the college budget over the manufacturing industries. Be Your Best programs. biennium, jeopardizing up to 12 • Farm business management • Waseca Correctional Facility: full-time faculty and staff positions program annually provides Partners with the college to and reducing departments’ non- customized management and offer a cosmetology degree. personnel budgets. A FEW WORDS FROM A BUSINESS PARTNER

“With the high demand for skilled labor, it is 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST important for Lou-Rich, Inc. to partner with Riverland to enhance the learning environment for • $2.7 million in asset preservation the students and better prepare them for the local • $7.4 million for Transportation, workforce.” Trade, and Industrial Education Center renovation (System Priority #17) - Steve Tufte, General Manager of Lou-Rich, Inc. Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Rochester Community & Technical College

Location: Rochester rctc.edu | Mary Davenport, Interim President

FY16 Student Profile: 12,060 Total Students Served | 40% Pell Eligible | 24% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE • We offer counseling, advising, REQUEST DETAILS financial assistance, health Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Rochester Community & Technical services, and tutoring all aimed • $3.8 million of $143 million in College (RCTC) is the oldest public at our top priority of seeing our campus support two-year college in Minnesota, students succeed. • 629 students supported by combining the best in liberal arts, incentive grants technical, and life-long learning with PARTNERSHIPS more than 70 credit-based programs and more than 100 credential • Mayo School of Health options. Sciences and Mayo Clinic: WHAT’S AT STAKE? Provide clinical/internship SERVICE TO MINNESOTA experiences for students, A fully funded request will: offers annual financial program • The college provides skilled • Allow employers to continue to rely support, and serves on many workers ready to enter the fast- on RCTC for filling critical open program advisory committees. growing, high-tech workforce. positions in the rapidly growing • Kemps, Inc.: RCTC provides • We work with students and southeastern MN economy. training on mechanical and area K-12, alternative learning • Continue innovative, interactive electrical for maintenance staff. providers, and four-year learning styles to provide relevant, • Rochester Chamber of institutions to map educational accessible and affordable Commerce: RCTC sponsors and and career goals and create a educational opportunities to our supports initiatives including plan to best achieve them. diverse and growing community. Leadership Greater Rochester • The college is the education Not fully funding the request will: and the STEAM summit (science, choice for our region, with • Cause course cancellations and technology, engineering, arts, programs that can be completed possible program suspensions or and math) for high school juniors. in one semester, or one or two closures in high-demand areas. • Destination Medical Center: years. Students can be trained • Increase the backlog of deferred RCTC leadership serves to and enter the workforce with a maintenance and cause energy align educational opportunities smaller investment of time and efficiencies to be unrealized, with planned community and money compared to traditional causing safety and standards issues economic growth. four-year universities. impacting learning environments. A FEW WORDS FROM A STUDENT

“After enrolling at RCTC, I ran for Student Senate secretary, and this year I was elected Student Senate president. Running for these leadership positions was 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST one of the best decisions I made for myself. I represent students on committees that have a major impact on • $2.5 million in asset preservation the quality of education they receive. I have developed • $21.7 million for Memorial and professionally and continue to do so.” Plaza Halls Demolition Design and - Sofia Alston, Student Senate President, Renovation - System Priority #7 Rochester Community & Technical College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Saint Paul College

Location: St. Paul saintpaul.edu | Rassoul Dastmozd, President

FY16 Student Profile: 11,351 Total Students Served | 53% Pell Eligible | 61% Students of Color

REQUEST DETAILS ABOUT THE COLLEGE • We are the number one college Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change choice of students in Saint Paul Ranked no. 1 in the nation by Public Schools. Programs such as • $3.6 million of $143 million in Washington Monthly in 2010 and Early College and Postsecondary campus support 2013 for student engagement, • 1,137 students supported by Education Options (PSEO) allow collaborative learning, faculty incentive grants high school students to earn interaction, support for learning, college credits, reducing time and first-year retention rates, Saint and tuition debt. Paul College is focused on offering innovative programs, training, quality PARTNERSHIPS WHAT’S AT STAKE? instruction, and student success • 3M: Provides scholarships for leading directly to employment or students interested in high-skill, A fully funded request will: transfer to four-year institutions. high-demand STEM careers. • Provide support for high-demand • Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, programs and maintain course SERVICE TO MINNESOTA LLP: Provides scholarships offerings that supply skilled • Power of YOU™ for new high and internships for accounting graduates to the workforce. school graduates and Make It students; serves on the technical • Maintain essential support services Count for students over age 24 program advisory committee. personnel who ensure student provide tuition and support for • Productivity Inc.: Supplier access to college and success. underserved populations. of high-tech automated Not fully funding the request will: • College Readiness Academy manufacturing systems, provides • Reduce 400-500 graduates annually and intensive math tutoring scholarships and plays an in high-demand STEM programs. enable students to bypass some advisory role to ensure programs • Cut specialized courses and developmental coursework and are relevant to employer needs. support services for underprepared save on tuition. • Graco USA, Huot students, potentially reducing • With funding from Minnesota Manufacturing Co., and Mo- retention and completion rates. DEED, skilled trade unions, and Tech Corp: All three firms • Reduce funding for the Power of philanthropic foundations, the employ graduates, donate YOU and Make It Count programs, Trading Up™ program creates equipment, support scholarships decreasing access for 50 full- pathways to construction and provide technical advice to time underrepresented students and trade careers for women, ensure students receive industry annually. veterans, and students of color. standard training.

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“My instructors were so knowledgeable and dedicated. Saint Paul College has a supportive 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST and inclusive environment that values all students. • $2.5 million in asset preservation I know they wanted me to succeed.”

- Michelle, ’16 Alumna, Practical Nursing, Saint Paul College Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: South Central College

Locations: North Mankato Faribault southcentral.edu | Annette Parker, President

FY16 Student Profile: 15,164 Total Students Served | 36% Pell Eligible | 18% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE hands-on experience wherever REQUEST DETAILS they are located. Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change South Central College (SCC) is a comprehensive community and • $3 million of $143 million in PARTNERSHIPS technical college offering liberal arts campus support and sciences programs that enable • Minnesota Department of • 362 students supported by students to earn their associate Transportation District 7: incentive grants degree before transferring to pursue Partners with civil engineering a bachelor’s degree, as well as a technology to meet workforce wide array of technical career and demand by licensing the professional programs that prepare instructor to teach certification WHAT’S AT STAKE? students for their chosen career. courses essential for A fully funded request will: employment. • Continue basic services and provide SERVICE TO MINNESOTA • Mayo Clinic Health System and other healthcare providers: innovative opportunities for our • The college leads the Minnesota Enable nursing and allied health changing student population. Advanced Manufacturing students to gain real-world • Establish new programs aimed at Partnership (MnAMP), a clinical experience at a variety closing the achievement gap. consortium working to close the of healthcare sites. • Sustain and grow programs that manufacturing skills gap through • Pepsi Cola of Mankato: meet the significant workforce the Learn Work Earn program Provides repairable soda needs in this growing region. that implements industry- machines and parts to HVAC Not fully funding the request will: recognized credentials, career students to gain experience. • Continue significant cuts made pathways, and apprenticeships. • Local and National Industry during the current biennium that • We run the Southern Minnesota Partners: Contributed have included reducing operating Center of Agriculture, aligned equipment in FY16 with a value expenses by $2 million and with industry to provide resources of $229,537, $216,890 of which eliminating positions. to students and develop and was matched through the • Delay work on a critical strategic sustain a talented workforce. Minnesota leveraged equipment enrollment management plan. • We have established an program, resulting in a total of • Continue to defer maintenance, industry-leading distance $446,427 in student equipment. putting facilities at further risk. learning model that enables mechatronics students to gain

A FEW WORDS FROM AN ALUMNUS “I was a shy and timid person and when I came here I became more active and social and 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST advanced all the way up to state officer for SkillsUSA. My instructors and classmates helped • $4.2 million in asset preservation me grow into the person I am today.” • $9.6 million for STEM and Healthcare Renovation - System - Robert Ulrich, 2016 South Central College Alumnus and Current Minnesota State University, Mankato Student Priority #2 Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Southwest Minnesota State University

Location: Marshall smsu.edu | Connie Gores, President

FY16 Student Profile: 9,094 Total Students Served | 11% Pell Eligible | 9% Students of Color

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY employment rate. REQUEST DETAILS • We are the largest provider of Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change Southwest Minnesota State concurrent enrollment programs • $4.3 million of $143 million in University (SMSU) prepares in the state, serving more than campus support students for personal and 5,000 students annually through • 222 students supported by professional success with high- College Now, our nationally incentive grants quality professional programs accredited (NACEP) program. offered in the liberal arts tradition. In response to industry demand, PARTNERSHIPS we have renewed emphasis • Schwan Food Company: Lends WHAT’S AT STAKE? on agriculture programs. New industry expertise and student initiatives also include a four-year A fully funded request will: intern opportunities. exercise science program delivered • Sustain new investments in key • Ralco: Partners for faculty and on Twin Cities two-year campuses; academic programs such as student research projects and strategic partnerships addressing agriculture education, agronomy, invests in significant scholarship shortfalls in special education exercise science and education. and internship support. licensure across the state; and the • Help maintain necessary support • City of Marshall: Partners only four-year degree program in programs for student retention and with SMSU to share valuable culinology in the country. completion. technology, space, and student Not fully funding the request will: SERVICE TO MINNESOTA services on campus. • SWWC Service Cooperative • Jeopardize the quality of programs • SMSU is the regional education and SMSU: Partner for a and service to students. hub for southwest MN, with paraprofessional-to-special- • Result in faculty and staff nearly 40% of degree-seeking education licensure program that reductions. students coming from the region. addresses MN’s teacher shortage. • Lead to fewer sections and • Annual economic impact on • AURI: Partners with the electives offered, which will hinder Marshall and surrounding culinology program to build a a timely path to student degree communities is more than $140 food sensory lab to increase completion. million. the capacity for product • Graduates have a 99% development.

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“I chose SMSU to get a better job to support my family. At SMSU, the professors always talk to me. They treat me like a person, and they know 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST how to teach the way I learn...I get the personal attention from my professors to help me succeed. • $3.5 million in asset preservation I want to help children in [Burma], and the U.S., go to school to get an education.” -Mu Mu Aye, Sociology Student, Southwest Minnesota State University Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: St. Cloud State University

Location: St. Cloud stcloudstate.edu | Ashish Vaidya, Interim President

FY16 Student Profile: 29,121 Total Students Served | 26% Pell Eligible | 16% Students of Color

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY college to improve success rates REQUEST DETAILS for low income, first generation, Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change St. Cloud State University offers and students of color. • $14.6 million of $143 million in more than 200 highly accredited • Living communities for students campus support academic programs that emphasize in recovery, LGBT students, • 904 students supported by hands-on learning in real-world transfer students, and student incentive grants settings. At the graduate level the veterans help students make the university’s more than 60 programs transition to college life. include degrees in regulatory affairs and services, applied clinical PARTNERSHIPS WHAT’S AT STAKE? research, and medical technology programs that tap a growing • Microbiologics: Distributor A fully funded request will: demand in this industry. technical program uses • Fulfill goals to advance the Integrated Science and graduation rates, deepen SERVICE TO MINNESOTA Engineering Laboratory Facility industry partnerships, and build (ISELF) for training. • Our RN to BSN online nursing a sustainable level of program • GeoComm: Works with ISELF’s degree completion program offerings and community visualization lab students to is helping nurses further their engagement as we continue design software to help 911 careers. our commitment to helping our operators pinpoint a caller’s • Our paraprofessional residency changing student body succeed location in a building. program in partnership with and prepare for life, work, and • CentraCare Health: Works with District 742 is creating alternate citizenship in the 21st century. the School of Public Affairs pathways for people of color to Not fully funding the request will: Research Institute to measure its become teachers. • Cause open positions resulting economic impact. • A new STEM education from retirements or resignations • More than 75 global graduate certificate is preparing to remain unfilled, leading to partnerships: Offer education elementary, early childhood increased class sizes and fewer abroad and faculty exchange education, and special education class time options. opportunities. teachers to integrate STEM • Hinder our ability to invest in new • Husky Productions: Partners concepts into their classrooms. technology and maintain our built with Fox Sports North to • Redesign the first year of infrastructure. produce live hockey broadcasts. A FEW WORDS FROM A STUDENT “St. Cloud State offers experiences that give students the skills they need to join the region’s 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST workforce and create a better future for our community. It has given me the opportunity to grow • $3.3 million in asset preservation in ways I never imagined and gave me proficiency • $18.6 for Student Health and in more than just my degree.” Academic Renovation - System Priority #10 - Mikaela Johnson, Graphic Design Major and Student Government President, St. Cloud State University Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: St. Cloud Technical & Community College

Location: St. Cloud sctcc.edu | Joyce Helens, President

FY16 Student Profile: 10,325 Total Students Served | 43% Pell Eligible | 19% Students of Color

ABOUT THE COLLEGE • We implemented an early alert REQUEST DETAILS system to ensure students Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change St. Cloud Technical & Community receive the immediate help they College (SCTCC) provides career, • $3.1 million of $143 million in need to be successful. technical, and transferable campus support • We provide free Summer • 678 students supported by education. More than 90 program Bootcamps to prepare students incentive grants options closely match the region’s for college. job demand, confirming our commitment to meet community PARTNERSHIPS needs. Within a year of program completion, 98% of our graduates • CentraCare: Provides students WHAT’S AT STAKE? are employed in their fields of study. on-campus training access to A fully funded request will: EPIC, (electronic healthcare • Increase flipped advising and SERVICE TO MINNESOTA software), student internships, access to clinical sites, and tutoring support services for at-risk • We actively engage and donated equipment. student populations. collaborate with approximately • Cold Spring: Local granite • Provide investment for critical 40 program advisory groups company hires students technology to ensure a strong IT to ensure academic courses enrolled in skilled trade and infrastructure is in place to support are relevant to industry industry programs for part-time academic access and instruction. requirements. employment with flexible hours • Invest in up-to-date instructional • We provide e-orientation, flipped at $12/hour. equipment that aligns with the advising, and individualized • Talon Innovations: We needs of today’s workforce. assistance to address barriers to partner to provide training in Not fully funding the request will: student success. management, engineering, • Reduce student resource and • We have connected area K-12 and production to newly hired advising services, cause faculty superintendents with local employees. and staff layoffs, delay program business and industry partners • Xcel Energy: Partners to expansions in high-demand at a college-hosted event to help develop the nuclear energy programs, and prolong investments superintendents envision how technician program, provide job in technology and equipment that technical careers are pathways shadowing, and scholarships. impact our ability to provide a for their students. skilled workforce. A FEW WORDS FROM A BUSINESS PARTNER

“SCTCC is so important not just to Park Industries’ success but our community’s success because of the opportunities the college provides for people 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST to be educated, furthering their career growth • $2 million in asset preservation and creating a strong labor pool for business across the St. Cloud area.” - Joan Schatz, COO, Park Industries Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request: Winona State University

Location: Winona winona.edu | Scott Olson, President

FY16 Student Profile: 10,964 Total Students Served | 25% Pell Eligible | 10% Students of Color

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY elementary-age students. • Partnership with RTP Company REQUEST DETAILS To many, Winona State University Dollar amounts are estimates and subject to change awards scholarships for (WSU) represents the promise of an • $8.3 million of $143 million in composite materials engineering exceptional education in a beautiful campus support students. residential campus environment • 443 students supported by • More than 92% of graduates are at an affordable cost. Additionally, incentive grants employed in their field of study we are a great innovator. Our within one year of graduation. integration of technology into learning is nationally recognized, PARTNERSHIPS and regional partners in education, WHAT’S AT STAKE? business, and industry value our • Mayo Clinic: WSU is a major A fully funded request will: responsiveness to their needs. provider of nurses and other • Continue commitment and professionals. investments in high-demand SERVICE TO MINNESOTA • Hawthorne Learning Center and Hiawatha Valley Mental professions such as nursing, • Center of Excellence Health Center in Rochester: teacher education and business. (Healthforce Minnesota) On-site training allows • Bolster investments in serving the collaborates to increase and counselor education students to expanding higher education market diversify healthcare workers, provide supervised counseling. in the Rochester area. integrate health science • Austin 2+2 Teacher Preparation Not fully funding the request will: education practice and Program: Delivered entirely face- • Potentially result in reductions of research, and enhance the to-face and on-site in partnership personnel, dramatically impacting quality of patient care. with Austin Public Schools and the ability to serve students and • Success Coach Program pairs Riverland Community College. the region. underrepresented students with • Business and industry across • Significantly limit the ability to mentors to improve retention southern Minnesota: WSU respond to the urgent needs of and graduation. supplies engineering talent to employers in southeastern MN. • WSU-Rochester’s Elementary the composite materials industry Education courses at Riverside cluster in southeastern MN and Central Elementary School is a key partner for specialized prepare teacher candidates and customized training. to engage with diverse,

A FEW WORDS FROM AN ALUMNA “In the Hmong culture, the son takes care of the mom in her old age, but because I don’t 2017 CAPITAL REQUEST have any brothers, it’s up to my sisters and me. Receiving a degree means I will be able to • $3.2 million in asset preservation provide a better future not only for myself, but • $25.3 million for Education Village for my mother.” Phase II Renovation - System - Ka Vang, Alumna, Priority #9 Winona State University Minnesota State FY2018-FY2019 Legislative Request Minnesota State Board of Trustees

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