Special programs offer extra services
Many state colleges and universities offer extra services to help students succeed. For example, if your parents didn't attend college, programs such as TRiO Minnesota can help you get started successfully. They can help you sharpen your writing skills, learn study techniques and get organized to make the best use of your time. Tutors and special study classes also may be available for some class topics. Some special programs are listed below; you can find out about more special programs at the admissions office.
Alliss educational foundation grant
The Alliss grant is an opportunity grant, designed to help adult learners begin
college or return to college. The grant is not based on family income and is
available to all new Minnesota community college students who qualify. Grants
are available to start school any term.
eFolio Minnesota
eFolio Minnesota is a multimedia electronic portfolio designed to help students create a living showcase of their education, career and personal achievements. All Minnesota residents, including students enrolled in Minnesota schools, educators and others can use eFolio Minnesota to reach their career and education goals.
Guard Online
Soldiers of the Minnesota Army National Guard can take college courses online. Courses will be provided by Minnesota Online, the gateway to Internet-delivered instruction of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. This information will also be useful to college and university advisors and other staff who will be assisting these soldier students.
Fire/EMS/Safety Center
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities' Fire/EMS/Safety Center provides statewide fire, emergency medical service and environmental health and safety training and education to
state colleges and universities with fire, EMS and environmental health and safety training/education programs, statewide fire fighting and EMS services and the general public with an interest in life and property safety.
Information for international
students
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities offer hundreds of choices: economics
to engineering, management to multimedia, philosophy to pre-law, computer science
to cabinetmaking, culinary arts to performing arts. Diversity is valued, and
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities include people of all ethnic cultures,
skills, interests and experiences. Meeting people from a variety of backgrounds
is a great way to learn.
Post-Secondary Enrollment
Option (PSEO)
Earn college credits in high school. High school juniors and seniors can receive both high school and college credit for college-level courses completed through the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options program, also known as PSEO. In 2005, almost 19,000 students took college-level courses through PSEO programs offered by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
You may take courses on a campus or, where available, at your high school at no cost to you as long as you also earn high school credit. To learn more, ask your high school counselor or the admissions office at the college or university you want to attend.
State student associations
The Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA) and the Minnesota State University Student Association (MSUSA) work to ensure accessible, quality and affordable public higher education while providing students with representation, leadership development and communication across the state.
Study abroad opportunities
Have you ever wanted to live in a castle? St. Cloud State University students
have the opportunity to study and live in Alnwick Castle in Alnwick, England.
Minnesota state colleges and universities offer dozens of opportunities to study
in places like England, China, Costa Rica, Taiwan, Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
Germany, France and more. Semesters abroad, exchange programs and short-term
travel opportunities tied to specific courses and programs are offered at many
state colleges and universities.
TRiO Minnesota Programs
While student financial aid programs help students overcome financial barriers to higher education, TRiO Minnesota programs help students overcome class, social and cultural barriers to higher education.
TRiO Minnesota now includes six outreach and support programs to assist low-income, first-generation college students. The programs also serve students with disabilities to help them successfully progress from middle school to the post-baccalaureate level.
You should contact the college or university you are most interested in attending
to find out more about these and other opportunities that might be available
to you.
Last updated: 3/08
