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The AIHEC Distance Learning Network presented 10 classes over the satellite network this fall–nine from Northwest Indian College and one from Salish Kootenai College. In December,
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NMSU Offers Bridges for Students, Faculty
Summer research opportunities for students and faculty of New Mexico’s tribal colleges will again be available through New Mexico State University’s “Bridges Program.” Funded by the W.
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NWIC Delivers Business Classes by Satellite
Northwest Indian College (Bellingham, Wash.) delivers business classes by satellite to instructional sites on seven other reservations in Washington state: Upper Skagit, Makah, Swinomish, Nooksack,
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SGU Chemical Dependency Program Grows
For many years, Sinte Gleska University’s (SGU) chemical dependency program has trained graduates to address the drug and alcohol problems on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota and elsewhere.
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SIPI Distance Education Effort Expands
To help educate and better serve reservation communities, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) received a boost in early 1999 for its growing distance education program.
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North Dakota Colleges Build Web Courses
The North Dakota Association of Tribal Colleges with funding from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation is developing courses and programs using its Interactive Video Network (IVN) and the Internet.
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Johnson Foundation Supports Entrepreneurs
For the fourth year, the Theodore R. & Vivian M. Johnson Scholarship Foundation has awarded Tribal College Entrepreneurship Scholarship grants. Colleges receive grants of up to $30,000 in the form of scholarships to students in entrepreneurship who are working to start small businesses on or near the reservation.
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LBHC Taking the Reservation to the World
Little Big Horn College (LBHC) is at the forefront of a technology explosion on the Crow Reservation in Montana. A recent grant from the U.S.
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CRCC Students Research Technology Capacity
Twelve students from Cheyenne River Community College (Eagle Butte, S.D.) have embarked on two research projects that will change the way the college and the community at large view technology at work and at home.
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Tribal College Librarians Network at MSU
Montana State University-Bozeman hosted the fifth annual Tribal College Librarians Professional Development Institute, July 13-17, 1998. In total, the five institutes have reached 64 different participants from 31 institutions.
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Leech Lake Given Packard Foundation Grant
Leech Lake Tribal College (Cass Lake, Minn.) has received a $100,000 grant from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation to develop its new Department of Science and Mathematics.
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Red Crow First to be Accredited in Canada
Red Crow Community College, on the Blood Indian Reserve, Alberta, Canada has become a full-fledged accredited college. It is the first college to be accredited through the inaugural First Nations Accreditation Board,
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White Earth Accepted as AIHEC Member
White Earth Tribal and Community College was accepted as the 32nd member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) at the October meeting in Nashville,
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OLC Receives $2.3 Million Welfare Grant
Oglala Lakota College has received a $2.3 million Welfare to Work grant to help the hardest-to-employ welfare recipients acquire the skills, work experience, and resources they need to find and keep good jobs.
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Congress Cuts Per-Student Funding at Tribal Colleges
Despite the first federal budget surplus in decades, the tribal colleges will receive less money per student than last year. Under the new budget for fiscal year 1999,
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Philip Morris Supports Teacher Education
Philip Morris Companies has awarded $250,000 in new grants to tribal college teacher development programs in 1998-99. Twenty colleges will receive renewed scholarship and program support,
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Fond du Lac Building New Business Degree
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC) a Title III grant for the next five years. Title III of the Higher Education Act is designed to strengthen institutions that enroll large numbers of low income students and operate on limited funds.
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Menominee Pilots Distance Education Class
The College of the Menominee Nation has formed a team of research faculty to launch its pilot distance education class in Sustainable Development. The three credit course will offer eight,
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Lansdowne Named Entrepreneur of the Year
Michele Lansdowne has been named the 1998 National Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Supporter of Entrepreneurship category. Lansdowne heads the Business Development Department at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo,
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UTTC Tackles Injury Prevention Education
United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) has created a new program of study leading to an associate of applied science degree in injury prevention. Located in Bismarck,
