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Provides Somali/East African middle and high school students with the tools, knowledge, and skills to be self-sufficient.

• Leadership Training: Summer leadership training for students

• Mentorship: Provided by Somali/East African college students and graduates over video conferencing platforms. An individualized plan is created to help with academics, college admission, online learning, etc.

• Middle School Strive Program: Provides a space in which East African youth can connect to discuss, learn, and get the support needed from their peers and program mentors

• Mindfulness Training: Provided to resettled youth to help cope with resettlement and adjustment

• Youth Strive Program: Serves recent refugees of Somali and/or East African descent who are in middle and high school to help them navigate post-graduation options

• Youth Workshops: Provides short-term workshops regarding professional development that includes creating a resume, cover letter, and interview best practices, and digital literacy that includes cyberbulling, internet security, researching, and professional engagement.

Assists families, schools, and the community to:

• Enroll homeless students in a stable education program
• Make transportation arrangements that promote stability including school of origin if feasible
• Gather school records from other locations
• Distribute school supplies and make referrals to agencies that meet basic needs
• Increase awareness and support in the community regarding conditions of homelessness
• Be an advocate within the school system as well as in the community helping assure homeless students are respected and addressed

Provides Somali/East African middle and high school students with the tools, knowledge, and skills to be self-sufficient.

• Leadership Training: Summer leadership training for students

• Mentorship: Provided by Somali/East African college students and graduates over video conferencing platforms. An individualized plan is created to help with academics, college admission, online learning, etc.

• Middle School Strive Program: Provides a space in which East African youth can connect to discuss, learn, and get the support needed from their peers and program mentors

• Mindfulness Training: Provided to resettled youth to help cope with resettlement and adjustment

• Youth Strive Program: Serves recent refugees of Somali and/or East African descent who are in middle and high school to help them navigate post-graduation options

• Youth Workshops: Provides short-term workshops regarding professional development that includes creating a resume, cover letter, and interview best practices, and digital literacy that includes cyberbulling, internet security, researching, and professional engagement.

The workshop program engages students creatively through a variety of theatre-based activities focused on using body, voice, and imagination to create exciting characters and tell fantastic stories. From improv to playwriting, drama workshops are designed to build confidence, communication, and social-emotional skills in addition to identity exploration through the tools of theatre. Designed for elementary and middle school-aged students, we teach drama workshops at and in partnership with various community organizations such as KIDSTOP, Promise Neighborhood, Too Much Talent, D Blake Center, Youthset, etc.

Minnesota State students can access support for their mental health through a partnership with Mantra Health. Mantra Health Whole Campus Care provides students with access to:

• Campus-based and community resources for basic needs support

• ConnectNow for 24 hour/7 days a week, in-the-moment emotional needs, as well as urgent care, crisis response, and de-escalation

• Navigation and triage services

• Peer support communities through Togetherall (available 24/7)

• Referrals for specialty clinical care

• Self-paced, self-care practices

• Twelve clinical therapy sessions each year

• Wellness coaching

Basic Needs SupportAll thirty-three colleges and universities of Minnesota State have myriad supports and resources to help students gain access to resources. Some schools offer counseling or student health centers. All colleges and universities have on-campus food pantries or cupboards.

Campus Information

• University Information: (612)625-5000

• University M Health and Fairview Hospital and Clinic Information: (612)273-3000

• University Police Department, Transportation, and Safety Building: 511 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis; Phone: (612)624-2677 or (612)624-COPS to report a crime that is not an emergency and is not in progress

General Services

• Alumni Association, University of Minnesota: (612)624-2323

• Art Museum, Weisman: (612)625-9494

• Bookstores: Minneapolis campus (612)625-6000, Saint Paul campus (612)624-9200

• Dental Clinic (612)301-9000

• Human Resources: (612)624-8647

• Gopher Athletics: (612)625-4090

• Northrup Dance Season Ticket Office: (612)624-2345

• Student Unions: Coffman Memorial Union (612)624-4636, West Bank Union (612)624-4636, and Saint Paul Student Center (612)625-9794

Educational Services

• Bell Museum of Natural History: (612)626-9660

• Continuing Education and Extension: (612)624-4000

• Distance Education: (612)625-4000

• Labor Education Service: (612)624-5020

• Library Information: Wilson Library Service Desk (612)624-3321 or visit website for a complete listing of libraries at https://www.lib.umn.edu/

• Library References: Anderson Library Archives and Special Collection (612)624-7469, Biomedical Library (612)626-4045, Government Publications (612)624-0241 or (612)624-3321, Saint Paul Magrath Library (612)624-2233, Walter Library Science and Engineering Reference (612)624-3366, and Wilson Library (612)624-3321

• Summer Session: (612)624-4000

• Veterans Services: (612)625-8076

Crisis Services

• Sexual Violence Crisis Line/Aurora Center: (612)626-9111; open 24 hours/7 days a week

Student Services - All Campuses

• Admissions: Twin Cities campus (612)625-2008, Duluth campus (218)726-7171, Morris campus (320)589-6035, Crookston campus (218)281-6510

• Disability Services: (612)626-1333

• Financial Aid: Twin Cities campus (612)624-1111, Duluth campus (218)726-8000, Morris campus (320)589-6035, Crookston campus (218)281-8550

• Health Services: Minneapolis campus (612)625-3222, Saint Paul campus (612)624-7700, Duluth (218)726-8155, Morris campus (320)589-6070, Crookston campus (218)281-8512

• Housing and Residential Life: Twin Cities campus (612)624-2994, Duluth campus (218)726-8178, Morris campus (320)589-6475, Crookston campus (218)281-8531

• Urban Research and Outreach Engagement Center: 2001 Plymouth Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55411; phone (612)626-8762; email [email protected]

Provides Somali/East African middle and high school students with the tools, knowledge, and skills to be self-sufficient.

• Leadership Training: Summer leadership training for students

• Mentorship: Provided by Somali/East African college students and graduates over video conferencing platforms. An individualized plan is created to help with academics, college admission, online learning, etc.

• Middle School Strive Program: Provides a space in which East African youth can connect to discuss, learn, and get the support needed from their peers and program mentors

• Mindfulness Training: Provided to resettled youth to help cope with resettlement and adjustment

• Youth Strive Program: Serves recent refugees of Somali and/or East African descent who are in middle and high school to help them navigate post-graduation options

• Youth Workshops: Provides short-term workshops regarding professional development that includes creating a resume, cover letter, and interview best practices, and digital literacy that includes cyberbulling, internet security, researching, and professional engagement.

Assists families, schools, and the community to:

• Enroll homeless students in a stable education program
• Make transportation arrangements that promote stability including school of origin if feasible
• Gather school records from other locations
• Distribute school supplies and make referrals to agencies that meet basic needs
• Increase awareness and support in the community regarding conditions of homelessness
• Be an advocate within the school system as well as in the community helping assure homeless students are respected and addressed

Scholarship Information - see intake procedures Johnson O'Malley Program - 15 multi-tribal projects that serve Indian students in urban areas that do not have access to reservation-based programs. The education Plan is a written document that outlines a plan for providing programs to meet the unique and specialized educational needs of Indian students. It is developed in coordination with the district and the Indian Education Committee. It identifies needs of the Indian students, the goals and objectives to be accomplished, procedures to be followed and the methods to be used in evaluating the program as well as proposed budgets. Limited to Anoka, Coleraine, Cook/Cherry, Eveleth, Fridley, HIbbing, HOTE, International Falls, Minneapolis, Moundsview, Robbinsdale, St. Paul, Tower, Virginia, and Warroad.

Counselors help with home and school problems for minority students by tutoring and counseling

Provides school-based, on-site services for students and families that address school success, truancy, mental health and chemical dependency issues through support, advocacy and case management.

Provides Somali/East African middle and high school students with the tools, knowledge, and skills to be self-sufficient.

• Leadership Training: Summer leadership training for students

• Mentorship: Provided by Somali/East African college students and graduates over video conferencing platforms. An individualized plan is created to help with academics, college admission, online learning, etc.

• Middle School Strive Program: Provides a space in which East African youth can connect to discuss, learn, and get the support needed from their peers and program mentors

• Mindfulness Training: Provided to resettled youth to help cope with resettlement and adjustment

• Youth Strive Program: Serves recent refugees of Somali and/or East African descent who are in middle and high school to help them navigate post-graduation options

• Youth Workshops: Provides short-term workshops regarding professional development that includes creating a resume, cover letter, and interview best practices, and digital literacy that includes cyberbulling, internet security, researching, and professional engagement.