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Under the leadership of the longtime president, NTU has metamorphosized from a modest skills center into one of the leading universities in the American Southwest.
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Visit Ignites Enthusiasm for College
As a NASA liaison to the tribal colleges, I have seen firsthand how Native American students can flourish and succeed when they are surrounded with people who recognize and nurture their potential. I want to share a particularly successful story.
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Crownpoint Awarded College Accreditation
Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT, Crownpoint, NM) was awarded initial accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in October 2005.
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The Future Is Green: Tribal colleges saving water, electricity – and money
Planning for the seventh generation, several tribal colleges designed green campuses with ecology and conservation in mind.
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CIT, NASA Explore Alternative Energy
With the soaring price of oil and gas, a tribal college in Crownpoint, NM, recognizes the need to establish other energy options and change the norm.
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Naomi Tucson-Martin: 23 years of changing lives, one student at a time
Longtime educator (and counselor, midwife, and “mom” to thousands of students) describes her biggest joy as giving people tools to change their lives for the better.
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Title III Funds Help Build New Campuses
Several tribal colleges and universities received grants in August from the U.S. Department of Education Title III program for development and for construction.
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Navajo Pass Landmark Law Supporting Colleges
The Navajo Nation Council passed a historic education bill in July that will allot $7.2 million annually for the next 20 years to Diné College,
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NCA Gives CIT Status of Higher Learning Candidate
Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT) has been awarded candidacy for higher-education accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association. The school on the Navajo Reservation in Crownpoint,
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Colleges Score Victory in Ongoing Funds Battle
With President George W. Bush’s recommended cuts in tribal college funding, a difficult economy, and the expanded war on terrorism, this fiscal year (FY 2004) looked like it might be the worst year in many for tribal colleges.
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Campaign of Hope: Research finds scholarships, new facilities enhance learning experience
Sometimes considered “Mickey Mouse” colleges in the past, tribal colleges’ new facilities changed their status in their communities.
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Tribal Colleges Receive Harvard Training
Last June, five tribal college administrators participated in Harvard’s Management Development Program in Cambridge, MA. The participants represented United Tribes Technical College (UTTC), the Institute of American Indian Arts,
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Defying the Odds: Tribal Colleges Conquer Skepticism but Still Face Persistent Challenges
Tribal college veteran writer Paul Boyer speaks candidly to some tribal college founders about what their colleges have accomplished and some troubling challenges that remain.
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CIT Students Cooked Delicacies at the Olympics
“It was a constant adrenaline rush,” said Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT) culinary arts student Alden Yazzie of the three weeks he spent at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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Students Speak Out Against AIDS, Drugs and Alcohol
(Editor’s note: We invite students to submit writing for this department in the form of short essays about your tribal college experience, profiles of students or instructors you admire,
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CIT Groundbreaking Breaks New Ground
Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT) has had much to celebrate during the past several years, and Monday, August 13 was another banner day in Crownpoint,
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CIT Promotes Holistic Environmental Training
Since its inception in 1996 as a one-year certificate program, Crownpoint Institute of Technology’s Environmental Technology and Natural Resources program has evolved into a two-year degree.
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CIT Telecommunications Grant to Link Navajos
Early on September 30, U.S. Rep. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) telephoned Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT) President James Tutt with news of a $600,000 telecommunications grant to the school.
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Construction Begins at Crownpoint
Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT) has begun constructing a $6.1 million trades and technology complex at its campus on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico.
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NMSU Offers Bridges for Students, Faculty
Summer research opportunities for students and faculty of New Mexico’s tribal colleges will again be available through New Mexico State University’s “Bridges Program.” Funded by the W.
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Crownpoint Encouraging New Entrepreneurs
Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT) began two new certificate programs this fall, Early Childhood Education and Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship. Both programs address widespread unemployment on the Navajo Nation as well as provide alternatives to diminishing welfare assistance.
