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Students and faculty from tribal colleges in Canada and across the United States gathered in Billings, MT, in March for the 24th annual American Indian Higher Education Consortium(AIHEC) conference.
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Students’ Play Fights Diabetes in Children
Too often adults try to cram advice and information down the throats of young people – only to have them “zone out” critical knowledge that could perhaps one day save their lives.
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Parade Cover Features Future Generations Ride
“The stories that emerge from Indian country all too often tell of the poverty, despair, and hopelessness that have dominated the lives of Indian tribes for more than 200 years.
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Student Journalists Chosen as Interns
Fifty-two college students of color were chosen to work in internships at 34 daily newspapers across the country in the Summer 2004 Chips Quinn Scholars program.
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Education Secretary Rod Paige Visits SIPI
U.S. Department of Education Secretary Rod Paige visited Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute(SIPI) in Albuquerque, NM, in April. The secretary,
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Commemorative Blanket Honors Education Leader
In December 2001, the American Indian College Fund and Indian education lost a leader and friend with the passing of Lester “Jack”
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Lumina-AIHEC Project Will Re-define Success
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium(AIHEC) has launched the first comprehensive attempt to re-define American Indian college student success.
Funded by a $785,000 grant from Lumina Foundation for Education,
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Haskell Creating New Archive Studies Program
Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton and Archivist of the United States John W. Carlin signed a joint agreement in summer 2003 creating a national repository for American Indian records to be maintained at a regional records service facility of the National Archivesin Lenexa,
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President Appoints New Director of WHITCU
President George W. Bush has appointed Diane Cullo to be the executive director of the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities(WHITCU).
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Keweenaw Honors Elder, Students with Ceremony
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC, Baraga, MI) honored not only students but also a community elder at its annual awards ceremony in April.
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Feingold Questioned by Tribal College Students
It’s not everyday that you have a U.S. senator on campus, especially at a tribal college. So when U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) held what he called “a listening session”
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Blackfeet Class Play Honored at Conference
The theater class from Blackfeet Community College (BCC) won top honors for its play, “The Trial of Major Baker,” at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium(AIHEC) conference in Billings in March.
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College Fund Names Students of the Year
Thirty-five American Indian students have been named 2004 Students of the Year by the American Indian College Fund. “These outstanding students have demonstrated their ability and promise,”
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AIHEC Seminar Assists College Board Members
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) sponsored a seminar on governing tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) for members of the board of directors/regents for these colleges.
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Congress Gives Land Grant Status to SCTC
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College (SCTC) became the 32nd tribal college to gain land grant status when President George W. Bush signed the legislation on March 2,
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Leech Lake Adopting Thunderbird Design
Leech Lake Tribal College(LLTC) has broken ground for a new campus, an especially important milestone for the college, which has been operating in five unsuitable buildings spread throughout the downtown area of Cass Lake,
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Sisseton Wahpeton Celebrates 25th Year
Sisseton Wahpeton College(SWC, Agency Village, SD) held its first annual Founders’ Day Wacipi on August 7, 2004, beginning a 16-month celebration of the tribal college’s 25th anniversary.
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NCA Team Recommends Accreditation for LCO
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCO, Hayward, WI) has been recommended for continued accreditation. The institution is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission,
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Falcon Chandler Named To Accreditation Board
Carole Falcon Chandler, president of Fort Belknap College in Montana, is among four newly-elected members of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
