WINONA, Minn. — Minnesota State College Southeast has received two grants for its nutritional support for students.
> Taylor Family Foundation, $17,000, to re-open its virtual food pantry for students taking online classes and don’t easy access to on-campus food pantries on the Winona or Red Wing campuses.
> Foundation for Essential Needs, $5,000, toward a new freezer to store more frozen food.
Tracy Rahim, student affairs coordinator, said campus pantries served 250 students this past spring. Southeast’s enrolment: 3,100. Rahim noted a Temple study that found that 41% of college students nationwide and 39% at Southeast experience food insecurity for want of money and skip meals or eat light.