Bemidji State offers renewable $1,000 scholarships to transfer students

March 15, 2016

Students at nearly a dozen Minnesota two-year colleges, including Anoka-Ramsey Community College, are eligible to pursue scholarships of up to $4,000 through Bemidji State University’s new Two-Year Transfer Scholarship program.

Scholarships of $1,000 per semester, renewable for four semesters, are available to students who transfer from one of the eligible two-year colleges in Minnesota and major in one of 10 participating academic programs at Bemidji State. Participating majors include: English, environmental studies, geography, indigenous studies, mass communications, music, professional education, psychology, sociology and Spanish.

Students must also hold a 3.0 grade-point average at their two-year college and must have completed either an associate’s degree or all requirements of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) before the beginning of their first fall semester at Bemidji State. While at BSU, students must maintain a 3.0 grade-point average, live on campus with a full meal package, and remain in their originally declared major or transfer to another major eligible for the program.

The $1,000 scholarships can be awarded for a maximum of four semesters, up to a total of $4,000.

Participation in the program is limited to five scholarships in each of the 10 eligible programs, for a total of 50 scholarships. Interested students will be given priority based on the date of their application.

Dr. Martin Tadlock, BSU provost and vice president for academic affairs, said the scholarships will help encourage students to explore the university’s outstanding academic programs.

“There is value in diversifying the student body at Bemidji State University by welcoming students here from all over the state,” said Dr. Martin Tadlock, BSU provost and vice president for academic affairs. “For students in the southern part of Minnesota, BSU may not be on their radar. We want them to experience outstanding academic programs in the environment of the North Woods that combine to create a distinctively different place for students.”

All eligible colleges

Anoka-Ramsey Community College; Inver Hills Community College; Minneapolis Community & Technical College; Minnesota West Community & Technical College; Normandale Community College; North Hennepin Community College; Ridgewater Col­lege; Riverland Community College; Rochester Community and Technical College; St. Paul College; and South Central College

For more details, contact Andy Bartlett, associate director of communications & marketing at 218-755-2041, jbartlett@bemidjistate.edu; @abart01