Gov. Steve Bullock awarded $250,000 to MSUN. | Facebook
Gov. Steve Bullock awarded $250,000 to MSUN. | Facebook
Montana State University Northern (MSUN) has received $250,000 in funding from the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEERF) for its Apprenticeship Initiative.
In total, Gov. Steve Bullock and Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton Christian awarded 19 projects with $2.2 million, according to MSUN News Service. These funds will help projects that "support workforce development and remote education" in the state.
“Quality, accessible education is vital to our communities and by enabling more Montanans to pursue college and technical education training, we can ensure that even small towns across our state never lack opportunities,” Bullock said, according to MSUN News Service. “I look forward to this partnership in recruiting the new, innovative learners who will help us strengthen Montana.”
The GEERF fund received approximately $3 billion from the state's $30.75 billion in Education Stabilization Fund that came from the CARES Act. Of the funding, $2.2 billion was awarded to schools like MSUN to help with remote methods of education.
“We appreciate the dedication and hard work of the governor, the Montana Department of Labor and Industry, the Office of Public Instruction and all of our campus partners who have made the support of these programs possible,” Christian said in the press release. “We look forward to seeing the results, as students complete their programs and bring newly minted skills to the workforce to help lead our economic recovery.”
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