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Three well-known presidents of tribal colleges who have served for at least 30 years were honored at last fall’s United Tribes Intertribal Summit: Lionel Bordeaux,
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College Fund Selects Four Andrew Mellow Fellows
The American Indian College Fund has selected four recipients for its prestigious Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Faculty Career Enhancement Fellowship Program for 2007-08.
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OLC Board Makes All Its Campuses Tobacco Free
Oglala Lakota College (OLC, Kyle, SD) announced that effective Jan. 1, 2008, OLC became a tobacco-free campus at each of its college centers and the Piya Wiconi Administrative Headquarters.
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In the News
Spokane Tribal College now has two sites in Washington state, a main office in Wellpinit and classrooms at Gonzaga University in Spokane.
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FBC Student Succeeds In Tribal IDs Campaign
It all started when Burt Rider (Assiniboine) went to an off-reservation establishment in Havre, MT, to get something to eat. Before he could order,
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Tohono O’odham College Building Teacher Ranks
Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC, Sells, AZ) received a $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund Project Native America Teachers for Indigenous Values in Education (Project NATIVE II) for 4 years.
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White Earth College Marks 10th Anniversary
White Earth Tribal and Community College (WETCC, Mahnomen, MN) celebrated its 10th anniversary with four days of activities Nov. 5-8, 2007. The White Earth Reservation Tribal Council established the college on Oct.
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SBC, Haskell Science Students Win at AISES
Students from both Sitting Bull College (Fort Yates, ND) and Haskell Indian Nations University (Lawrence, KS) won awards at the Undergraduate Research Poster and Oral Competition at the annual national American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Conference in Phoenix,
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Red Feather Wins AIHEC Conference Logo Contest
A design by Sandra Red Feather, Pine Ridge, SD, won a logo contest for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Annual Student Conference.
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STUDENT ROYALTY FROM SGU
Shere Lynn Wright (Sicangu Lakota/Rosebud Sioux), 26, was selected as the 15th Miss Indian Nations during the United Tribes International Powwow. Wright is a student at Sinte Gleska University (SGU,
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SKC Marks 10th Year Of Offering Online Classes
In 1997, Salish Kootenai College (SKC, Pablo, MT) began offering its first online courses to a handful of students who lived off campus.
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Oglala Lakota College’s TV Programs Win Awards
Oglala Lakota College’s (OLC, Kyle, SD) TV Production Program won two awards in 2007: The State Director’s Award from South Dakota’s Office of Career and Technical Education in the Arts (AV Technology and Communications cluster) and the Wilma Mankiller Media Education Award from the Native Voice Film Festival.
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Solar Heat at United Tribes and Turtle Mountain
Students from the United Tribes Technical College’s Environmental Science program were present for the installation of a solar heating panel at one of the college’s family housing units.
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Building Trades Revived At Fort Belknap College
In fall 2007, Fort Belknap College (FBC, Harlem, MT) rejuvenated its building trades program by offering courses in carpentry. Robert “Bobby” Kittson,
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Eat Right, Ride Bikes Program Fights Obesity
Students at Theodore Jamerson Elementary School (TJES) on the campus of United Tribes Technical College (UTTC, Bismarck, ND) now have their own fleet of brand new bicycles.
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Sitting Bull Recognized For Housing Management
During last fall’s Annual Travois Indian Country Tax Credit Conference in Seattle, WA, Sitting Bull College (SBC) was recognized for its best practices in managing its tax-credit,
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Alberta Digital Library Serves Red Crow College
Red Crow Community College, a First Nations college on the Blood Reserve in Canada, is one of several postsecondary institutions to benefit from a new cutting-edge digital resource.
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SKC Offers Bachelor’s In Computer Engineering
Salish Kootenai College (SKC, Pablo, MT) has established a new Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering program. It is designed to prepare students for careers in the science and technology of the design,
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Saginaw Chippewa College Granted Accreditation
After nearly 10 years of work, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College (SCTC, Mount Pleasant, MI) achieved its goal of accreditation. On Oct. 12, 2007,
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AIHEC Welcomes Members From Alaska, Oklahoma
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) admitted Ilisagvik College (IC, Barrow, AK) and the College of the Muscogee Nation (CMN,
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