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LAKE PARK TEACHER, MARY REGELSTAD, RECEIVES 2008 QWEST FOUNDATION TEACHERS AND TECHNOLOGY GRANT

Qwest and Minnesota Business Partnership Present Nearly $100,000 in Grants to Minnesota Public School Teachers Who are Finding Innovative Ways to Use Technology to Help Students Learn

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 21, 2008 – The Qwest Foundation and the Minnesota Business Partnership (MBP) today presented Mary Regelstad with a $6,930 Qwest Teachers and Technology grant.

The grant will help expand Lake Park Elementary School’s “Robotics and Animation Challenges” project.  The project provides an enriched, hands-on learning environment that enables students to understand math and science concepts along with problem solving through the construction and programming of robotic models.

"We received outstanding applications from public school teachers across the state," said John Stanoch, Minnesota president of Qwest. "Our Blue Ribbon Panel was particularly impressed with the innovative and creative use of technology to teach important math and science concepts."

The grand funds will purchase six new Lego Team Challenge kits, Wheels & Axles Gear kits, two laptop computers, software, camcorder, tripod and flash drives.

“Getting students excited about technology and science is extremely important to Minnesota’s future,” said Charlie Weaver, executive director of the Minnesota Business Partnership. “We were excited about working with Qwest to encourage and reward teachers who are using technology to spark that excitement.”

Regelstad is one of 15 Minnesota public school teachers to receive a 2008 Qwest Foundation Teachers and Technology grant, which is administered by the Minnesota Business Partnership Education Foundation. The grants have been presented individually to the recipients in their schools over the past month.

Now in its second year, the Qwest Teachers and Technology Grant Program received applications from more than 60 public school teachers around the state. A Blue Ribbon Panel selected 15 of those proposals to receive grants this year totaling $96,000.

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