Member colleges have elected Ron His Horse Is Thunder to serve on the board of trustees of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).
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Poet’s Words Appeal To Prevent Suicide
Lexi Luger was busy with her studies at Sitting Bull College (SBC, Fort Yates, ND) and with planning her future, as most 20-year-olds.
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AIHEC Student Congress Plans 20th Anniversary
The new officers of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Student Congress met May 24-25 in Rapid City, SD, and began planning their 20th anniversary celebration for spring 2006.
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Munz Brings Sky World Indoors at Bay Mills
Visitors, students, and faculty at Bay Mills Community College (BMCC, Brimley, MI) are reminded of the Ojibwe culture and symbols – and of the talent of their students – every time they enter the college building.
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L.A. Gadugi Celebration Raises College Funds
Celebrities and supporters of American Indian education came out in large numbers last May in Los Angeles for the American Indian College Fund’s Gadugi Celebration.
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Catch a Falling Bill

TCJ Marketing Director Rachael Marchbanks participated in the annual money booth at the Southern Ute Tribe’s Casino along with 14 other selected non-profit organizations in the area.
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STUDENTS OF THE YEAR

The American Indian College Fund and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) have named 34 top American Indian tribal college students as 2005 Students of the Year based on their academic achievements and service to the community.
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BCC Instructor Conducts Student Retention Study
Research by Sam Thornton of Blackfeet Community College (BCC, Browning, MT) disputes some widely held assumptions about student retention — that students won’t attend 8 a.m.
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Comanche College To Sponsor Film Festival
The Second Annual Comanche Nation College Invitational Film Festival is planned for Saturday, Sept. 17, 2005, the week before the Annual Comanche Nation Fair.
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SIPI Produces CD for Native Entrepreneurs
A new CD aims to train Native entrepreneurs in starting, developing, and maintaining their own businesses. Called CD Business Tool, the product is a cooperative effort of Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI,
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Montileaux Featured On UTTC Pow Wow Poster
The red horse and rider are half a length in the lead in a race across ledger page 114. Riders with long black hair streaming,
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Sinte Gleska Develops Master’s in Management
Dreams of obtaining higher education don’t just stop at a bachelor’s degree anymore on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Thanks to the demands of a more complex society and higher standards of living,
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Cuny Named Ms. AIHEC, Decoteau as Mr. AIHEC
Two students were selected as Mr. and Ms. AIHEC at the annual American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Conference last April in Albuquerque,
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Graduate Numbers Prove Stone Child’s Success
Twenty-five years ago, only one or two Chippewa Cree college students from the Rocky Boys’ Indian Reservation graduated from college each year. Parents and educators were mystified.
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AIHEC Accepts Comanche College as 36th Member
On April 2, 2005, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) made history by admitting the first tribal college from Oklahoma. Although known as Indian Territory 150 years ago,
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Students Build New Classrooms at Blackfeet College
Educators like to say that colleges exist for the students. But at tribal colleges, they often exist because of the students. On many campuses, students frequently help construct classroom and administration buildings.





