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The Sloan-Consortium has selected Dr. Lori Lambert (formerly known as Colomeda) as the recipient of the 2001 Sloan-C Excellence in Teaching Award. Competition for the award is rigid with over 71 colleges and universities submitting candidates.
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Three Libraries Awarded Enhancement Grants
The directors at the Fort Peck, Salish Kootenai, and Lac Courte Oreilles tribal college libraries have received Enhancement Grants for Native American Library Services through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
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Nebraska Building New Campus in Macy
Nebraska Indian Community College (NICC) broke ground last fall for its new 23,000-square foot campus headquarters near Macy, NE. The college recently purchased 20 acres of deeded land just east of U.S.
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D-Q Students Build Renewable Energy Trailer
It pumps waters, cooks lunch, can power a circular saw, and it rolls. It’s the D-Q University Renewable Energy Trailer, outfitted in September 2001 by D-Q University undergraduates and other tribal professionals.
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Wade Teeple Wins Web Site Award
Soldier, fisherman, educator, lawman, webmaster, politician. If anyone can say, “Been there; done that,” it is Wade Teeple. Currently employed as off-campus coordinator at Bay Mills Community College (BMCC) in Michigan,
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OLC Building Faculty Endowment Fund
When Thomas Shortbull became president of Oglala Lakota College (OLC) in 1995, the college didn’t have a faculty endowment fund. At that time, OLC had $1.1 million in non-scholarship endowment funds and $351,628 in scholarship endowments.
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WIPCE to be Held at Stoney Park, Canada
The sixth World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE) will be held August 4-10, 2002 at Stoney Park, Nakoda Nation, Morley, Alberta, Canada. Registration is $500 and the deadline is April 30,
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White Earth Professionalizing Teacher Aides
White Earth Tribal and Community College (WETCC) in Mahnomen, MN, has received a four-year, $800,000 Para Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant is being used to train American Indian teacher aides.
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Little Priest Investigates Food Assistance
In the past 40 years, Type II Diabetes has changed from a rare occurrence to an epidemic in American Indian and Alaskan Native populations. In an effort to strengthen the battle against diabetes,
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Keweenaw Bay Expanding Degree Offerings
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC) will soon join the ranks of other tribal colleges offering an associate degree in Environmental Earth Science. With a grant from the All Nations Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation,
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IAIA Offering Four-Year Degree Programs
The Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development (IAIA), the only museum and college in the nation devoted to Native arts and culture,
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ANA Grant to Help Revitalize Languages
Imagine what it would feel like if there were only two- dozen speakers of the English language left on earth. It seems impossible. Yet, many indigenous tribes around the world are facing language extinction.
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Harder Reports on College Alumni Success
Tribal college students supported not only themselves but also an average of 2.59 other people while they attended college. This is one of the findings of a report commissioned by the American Indian College Fund.
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Fort Peck Honors Long Time President
During the National Indian Education Association 2001 opening pow-wow in Billings, MT, in October, the Fort Peck Community College (FPCC) held a giveaway to honor longtime college president Dr.
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State, Tribe Increase Funds for Diné College
For the past 33 years, tribal colleges have continually struggled financially because they lacked the core funding enjoyed by state universities and community colleges. Diné College has made significant progress,
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First Nations Institutes Form Own Consortium
Indigenous institutes that provide adult and higher education in Canada have formed a nationwide organization, the National Association of Indigenous Institutes of Higher Learning (NAIIHL).
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Red Crow Fire Destroys College Library
A fire of suspicious origin on Halloween night caused serious damage at Red Crow Community College’s library near Cardston, Alberta. At press time, the college was still trying to find out if their insurance would cover all the damage,
