{"id":2517,"date":"2019-03-20T12:40:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T17:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2019-03-20T12:40:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T17:40:54","slug":"truth-is-im-tired-presentation-addresses-issues-minoritized-students-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/20\/truth-is-im-tired-presentation-addresses-issues-minoritized-students-face\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTruth Is I&#8217;m Tired\u201d Presentation Addresses Issues Minoritized Students Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Northwest Technical College Diversity and Inclusion Committee hosted a professional development workshop led by Dr. Jesse Grant, associate vice president for student life and success, entitled &ldquo;Truth is I&rsquo;m Tired: Working with Minoritized Students in Navigating Higher Education&rdquo; on March 18.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty and staff from NTC and Bemidji State University addressed issues that racially minoritized students experience in the classroom and discussed how to improve those conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Grant emphasized the critical role of peer groups in a student&rsquo;s success and challenged attendees to think about ways to support students both inside and outside of the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to encourage and motivate students, especially minoritized students, so that they know that they matter,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;At the end of the day, that&rsquo;s what they really need.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/about\/administration\/affirmative-action\/diversity-and-inclusion\/diversity-and-inclusion-committee\/\">NTC&rsquo;s Diversity and Inclusion Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-893 alignright img-fluid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/07\/MNState-75x150.jpg\" alt=\"Minnstate Logo.\" width=\"100\" height=\"175\">Northwest Technical College<\/b>, located in northern Minnesota&rsquo;s lake district, has prepared students for fulfilling careers in high-demand fields for more than 50 years. The college&rsquo;s accessible, affordable, hands-on programs also help the region&rsquo;s employers meet their ever-growing need for a highly skilled workforce. NTC serves more than 1,000 students with an excellent education, an open-enrollment policy and affordable tuition. Students may pursue nearly 40 degree, diploma and certificate programs in six distinct career paths. Classes are offered on campus, online, or as a combination of both. NTC is a member of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities. For more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/ntcmn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ntcmn.edu<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"smaller\" style=\"text-align: right\">2019-N-P-009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northwest Technical College Diversity and Inclusion Committee hosted a professional development workshop led by Dr. Jesse Grant, associate vice president for student life and success, entitled \u201cTruth is I&#8217;m Tired: Working with Minoritized Students in Navigating Higher Education\u201d on March 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":2518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-people","category-top-story","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2526,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517\/revisions\/2526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}