{"id":3141,"date":"2020-01-30T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T17:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/?p=3141"},"modified":"2020-01-31T08:44:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T14:44:34","slug":"congratulations-to-the-bemidji-career-academies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/30\/congratulations-to-the-bemidji-career-academies\/","title":{"rendered":"NTC Congratulates Bemidji Career Academies on Youth Skills Training Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northwest Technical College congratulates Bemidji High School&rsquo;s Bemidji Career Academies program for receiving a $90,000 Youth Skills Training grant from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry.<\/p>\n<p>The Bemidji Career Academies is one of 17 programs from across Minnesota to share in $1.5 million in grant funding from the state. The funding will help the academies develop paid-learning opportunities for students who are 16 or older.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Youth Skills Training grants provide students with hands-on workforce training in high-demand, high-growth fields,&rdquo; Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said in the state&rsquo;s announcement of the grant awards. &ldquo;Employers across the state are facing workforce shortages, and these innovative partnerships connect schools with local business to create career pathways for younger Minnesotans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h5>More information<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dli.mn.gov\/news\/seventeen-partnerships-receive-youth-skills-training-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Seventeen partnerships to receive youth skills training grants<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>,&rdquo; Minnesota Department of Labor &amp; Industry,&nbsp; Jan. 22, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2559 size-thumbnail img-fluid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/Minnstatelogo_300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt='\"\"' width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/Minnstatelogo_300x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/Minnstatelogo_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/Minnstatelogo_300x300-226x226.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/Minnstatelogo_300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/b><b><b style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\"><b style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\">Northwest Technical College<\/b><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: normal;\">, 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 <\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: normal;\" 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><\/b><br>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"smaller\" style=\"text-align: right;\">2020-N-32<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northwest Technical College congratulates Bemidji High School&#8217;s Bemidji Career Academies program for receiving a $90,000 Youth Skills Training grant from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-top-story","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3141"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3161,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141\/revisions\/3161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}