Student Parent Campus-Based Resources

 

This list of studet parent campus-based resources was compiled by the OHE Whole Family Coordinator to assist student parents in exploring higher education options in Minnesota.

Campuses with on-site child care:

• Bethel University, Arden Hills - Child Development Center
• Central Lakes College, Brainerd - Annie’s Child Care and Learning Center
• Concordia University, St. Paul - Hand in Hand Daycare Center
• Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Cloquet - Li’l Thunder Learning Center
• Lake Superior College, Duluth - Creation Station Child Care
• Martin Luther College, New Ulm - MLC Early Childhood Learning Center
• Minnesota State University, Mankato - The Children’s House
• Minnesota State University, Moorhead - MSUM Early Education Center
• Minnesota West Community & Technical College, Granite Falls - Puddle Jumpers Learning Center
• Pine Technical & Community College, Pine City - Pine Children’s Early Learning Center
• Riverland Community College, Austin - Apple Lane Child Care Center
• St. Catherine University, St. Paul - Early Childhood Center & Montessori Program
• St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud - Lindgren Child Care Center
• St. Cloud Technical and Community College, St. Cloud - Playhouse Child Care
• Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall - The Child Care Center
• University of Minnesota, Crookston - Early Childhood Development Center
• University of Minnesota, Duluth - Children’s Place
• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - Shirley G. Moore Child Development Laboratory School
• University of Northwestern St. Paul, Roseville - Child Development Center
• Winona State University, Winona - WSU Children’s Center

Campuses with Student Parent Resource Centers

• Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Cloquet - Student Family Support Center
• Hibbing Community College, Hibbing - Parent Lab/Parent Club
• Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis - Student Parent Resource Center
• Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis - Student Parent Center
• St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud - Student Parent Support Center/Bridge to Community Resources
• St. Catherine University, St. Paul - Access and Success
• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - Student Parent Help Center

Institutions that received CCAMPIS 2022-2023 federal funding to help students pay for child care:

• Hennepin Technical College - Child Care Grants
• Metropolitan State University - Student Parent and Resource Center
• Minneapolis Community and Technical College - Child Care Grant
• St. Cloud State University - CCAMPIS FAQs

Campuses with on-site housing options for parenting students

• Bemidji State University, Bemidji - Cedar Hall housing for student parents (partner with Northwest Tech)
• Bethany Global University, Bloomington - Housing options for students with families
• North Central University, Minneapolis - 901 Building Apartments for nontraditional students/married students
• Northwest Technical College, Bemidji - Cedar Hall housing for student parents (partner with Bemidji State)
• Oak Hills Christian College, Bemidji - Southgate housing option for married/single parents/students with families
• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - 2 housing options available to parenting students: Como Student & Community Cooperative and Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative

Campuses with parenting student organizations/clubs:

• Hibbing Community College, Hibbing - Parent Club
• Metropolitan State University - Student Parent and Resource Center
• Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis - Group through the Student Parent Center
• Northwestern Health Sciences University, Bloomington - Student Parent Association
• Riverland Community College, Albert Lea/Austin/Owatonna - Riverland Student Parent Club meets via Zoom
• St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud - Group through the Student Parent Support Center
• United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, New Brighton - Parents and Guardians of Children
• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - Parents as Students support group

Institutions with student parent scholarships:

• Alexandria Technical and Community College, Alexandria - Kathy Pfeffer Honorary Scholarship ($250, single parents)
• Augsburg College, Minneapolis - “Parent Grant” offers parenting students discount ($50/credit hr adult undergrad; $80/credit hr graduate)
• Central Lakes College, Brainerd -  Brainerd Friends Scholarship Fund ($500, non-traditional single moms in 2nd year); Mary Barr Memorial Scholarship ($252, awarded to Practical Nursing student who is a single parent from Crow Wing County); Maxwell Douglas Adamek Best Endowment Fund ($500, student enrolled in the child development, home health or nursing program, must be a single parent with school-aged children); Robert and Valerie Miller Scholarship ($ amt varies, preference to a returning student or single parent)
• College of St. Scholastica, Duluth - Modern Woodmen of America ($1000, must be primary caregiver to 1 or more children); Scholarship for Single Parents ($10,000, single parent in online degree program or campus program with significant online component)
• Dakota County Technical College, Rosemount - Lube Tech Leadership Scholarship ($ amt not specified, gives preference to single parent applicants); Peggy Rasmussen King Memorial Endowed Scholarship ($ amt not specified, gives special consideration for single mothers who are first generation college students and demonstrate financial need); others give special consideration for applicants with "challenging life circumstances"
• Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis - Women in Technical Careers scholarship (provides a $1500/yr childcare stipend to eligible recipients)
• Hibbing Community College, Hibbing - Women Empower grant (provides funding for childcare expenses)
• Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights - Gail’s Fund ($1000/yr, up to 10 students)
• Itsaca Community College, Grand Rapids - Blandin Foundation provides child care grants once MN child care grant is exhausted
• Martin Luther College, New Ulm - Bill & Jerry Patterson Grant (up to $3000 to pre-seminary students who are second-career or have children); By Grace Scholarship ($ amt not specified, Staff Ministry or Pastoral Ministry students who have dependent children, who are in good academic standing, and have unique gifts to be used in God’s kingdom)
• Mesabi Range College, Eveleth - Darrell & Palachie Asselin Scholarship ($2000, 22+yrs old or caregiver to a child); Modern Woodmen of America ($10000, Primary caregiver to a child)
• Minnesota State University, Mankato - Coplan-Donohue Single Parent Scholarship ($2500); Bonnie Teigum Scholarship ($1500); Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship ($2000, preference given to underrepresented populations including single parents); Mary Jane Young Scholarship for Re-Entry Women ($500-3,000)
• Minnesota West Technical and Community College- Robert T. Olson MD and Joan Olson Scholarship ($1000)
• Northwestern Health Sciences University, Bloomington- Sweere Scholarship for Single Parents ($ amt not specified); Healy Family Single Parent Scholarship ($ amt not specified)
• Riverland Community College - Hope Scholarship ($1000)
• Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester - Warren Skaaren Scholarship ($1000-$5000, preference given to single parents who are raising one or more children and/or students of color)
• St. Catherine University, St. Paul - LiveYourDream.org provides grants for low income women with dependents who are primary financial providers
• St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud- Elizabeth McDowall Scholarship for Single Parents ($1000); Marcia Summers Career Opportunity for Single Parents ($1000); Mary Jane Young Scholarship ($ amt varies, special consideration for student parents); Morris Family Scholarship ($2000, special consideration for student parents); Ruth K. Meyer Scholarship ($1000-$2000, special consideration for single parent students); Shri Sadashiv and Gopika Parnerkar Memorial Scholarship for Single Parents ($1200); Mary Beth Wedum Single Parent Scholarship ($2500)
• St. Paul College, St. Paul - G.R. Chase Michael Scholarship ($500); James Staloch Memorial Scholarship ($500); Fargo Family Scholarship ($500)
• Vermilion Community College, Ely - Twin Cities Iron Rangers Association Scholarship ($1000, gives preference to part-time students who are single parents or nontraditional returning students)