The social worker student stipend program provides new social workers with stipends to work in under-resourced communities after they graduate.

The college has recently formed articulation agreements with Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe Community College and Lake Superior State University to create transfer pathways for Early Childhood Education students.

The partnership will provide debt-free education to employees of participating Chick-fil-A operators who seek to obtain a career-aligned college degree in certain frontline education areas. 

The NetVue grant will fund the university’s Virtues for Vocation project, which will explore the university’s history and mission.

The four new pathways will lead students into the university’s Lean Systems Engineering Technology bachelor degree program.

The new Diagnostic Medical Sonography will provide students with an Associate of Applied Science degree in General Sonography.

The new scholarship was established by alumnus Dr. Ron Lykins and his wife to provide a full-tuition scholarship to a first-year student from Adams County, Ohio. 

The partnership will focus on re-engaging nontraditional students who left the university before completing a degree, setting them back on the path to graduation.

The university will utilize the grant funding to determine how it can best make use of artificial intelligence in the future.

The new STEM Education Center will serve as a hub for STEM education and instruction throughout the state, as well as a pipeline for future STEM teachers.