2 Minnesota tribal colleges to receive funding to expand STEM programs
Two tribal colleges in northern Minnesota are receiving millions in funding to expand their science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs.
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Cole Premo is digital manager for CBS Minnesota. For more than a decade, he's been covering breaking news and weather, daily topics, stories from the Native community and more in Minnesota. After graduating from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 2009 (English/New Media Studies), Cole Premo began working full-time for WCCO's web department. However, he had started his journalism journey four years earlier as a mentorship student for the Emma Bowen Foundation. Every summer up until his graduation, Cole experienced all aspects of WCCO-TV before being hired on as a web producer. Cole Premo also moonlights as a freelance journalist for Minnesota Native News (Ampers community radio) where he also co-hosts a radio show/podcast with his sister, Leah Lemm, called "Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine." Cole Premo is a proud member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and the Native American Journalists Association
Two tribal colleges in northern Minnesota are receiving millions in funding to expand their science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs.
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