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Leaders from the nation’s 37 tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) are calling on federal lawmakers to protect more than 88,000 American Indian and Alaska Native students and community members served by TCUs from the deep budget cuts known as sequestration. Automatic cuts equaling $85 billion will have a devastating impact on TCUs and tribal communities across the country.
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UTTC teacher educators confer with national expert
UTTC, Bismarck, ND) was honored to host a visit by a nationally acclaimed consultant for teacher preparation in early childhood special education. Dr. Camille Catlett spent two days on the UTTC campus in August visiting with staff members in training and working sessions designed to improve the college’s delivery of teacher education programs and childhood development services.
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TMCC leeches sent to Smithsonian
While researching turtles in the summer of 2011, Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC, Belcourt, ND) student Jeremy Dumont never imagined that he would end up collecting leeches that would be in the Smithsonian Institution.
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CMN faculty travel to Belize
During the summer of 2012, three faculty and staff members of the College of Menominee Nation (CMN, Keshena, WI) spent two weeks in Belize to participate in a very unique summer course.
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Senator Franken visits LLTC
Senator Al Franken, D-MN, made his first visit to the Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC, Cass Lake, MN) campus, and came away impressed by what he saw.
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NTC men’s rodeo team finishes strong
The Navajo Technical College (NTC, Crownpoint, NM) men’s rodeo team finished out the fall season of the Grand Canyon Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) in solid fashion,
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LLTC takes science class outdoors
Students at Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC, Cass Lake, MN) will experience their local surroundings in new ways come fall of 2013. Already,
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CMN student experience sustainable development
In an original internship program at College of Menominee Nation (CMN, Keshena, WI), students experience “The Science of Place” in innovative ways at the Sustainable Development Institute.
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Innovation through Institutional Integration = ANC student success
The science students of Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC, Harlem, MT) are empowering themselves through place-based projects with “Life Way” knowledge gained from a Council of Elders.
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Active science learning at SIPI
Introductory biology courses for non-major students present challenges for students and instructors alike. Additionally, underrepresented minority students, including Native Americans, tend to leave science, technology,
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KBOCC students explore local wetlands
Place-based learning activities are a key component of environmental science courses at Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC, Baraga, MI). Students benefit from KBOCC’s rural setting and the surrounding forests,
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Diné College pilots Summer Institute
This summer, Diné College (DC, Tsaile, AZ) piloted a summer bridge program for freshmen. The Summer Institute was a Title III student services program.
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SGU and UNL students team up on bison research
Sinte Gleska University (SGU, Mission, SD) offers students daily meals with bison meat that comes from the SGU herd located just a few miles east of campus.
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Mosquito trapping goes solar at TMCC
For decades, people have used small, battery-operated mosquito traps for researching and monitoring mosquito populations. One of their drawbacks is being powered by batteries that supply power for only one or two nights.
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Sweet Grass participants represent UTTC
The teacher education program at United Tribes Technical College (UTTC, Bismarck, ND) was represented at the National Indian Education Association conference in Oklahoma City,
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Update from The Fund
American Indian College Fund (The Fund) scholarship recipient Dwight Carlston (Diné), an environmental science and natural resources major, student senate president,
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NTC announces Tom Davis scholarship
In attempt to support the college’s vision of educating Navajo individuals to become self-reliant, attain education honor, and use their inherent skills embedded in the cultural principles of Nitsáhákees,
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TOCC offers science-related summer internships
Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC, Sells, AZ) science faculty make it a priority to engage students in internship opportunities. Dr. Teresa Newberry,
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OLC’s Lady Bravehearts are AIHEC national champs of 2012
Led by freshmen from Pine Ridge Reservation schools, the Oglala Lakota College (OLC, Kyle, SD) Lady Bravehearts basketball team won the 31st American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) National Basketball Championship.
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UTTC students present research findings
Three United Tribes Technical College (UTTC, Bismarck, ND) students presented the results of their work over the summer as undergraduate researchers looking into aspects of ecology on Native homelands.
