American Indian College Fund Names 2013 Blanchard Faculty Member of the Year Awardees
June 28, 2013
As college graduations wind to a close, it is fitting to acknowledge the people that help our students to succeed-tribal college faculty. The Blanchard Faculty Member of the Year Award recognizes one distinguished faculty member at each of the tribal colleges who exemplifies a commitment to students, scholarship, teaching, and service to Native communities.
This year 30 tribal colleges nominated a Faculty Member of the Year. Awardees received monetary awards and certificates, which were presented to them at the tribal colleges’ graduation ceremonies. Two Blanchard Faculty Members of the Year, Jason Schlender at Lac Courte Oreilles Community College and Pansy Goodall at Fort Berthold Community College, were alumni and past American Indian College Fund scholarship recipients at their respective colleges.
The Blanchard Faculty Member of the Year program is sponsored by American Indian College Fund trustee Kim Blanchard.
2013 Blanchard Faculty Members of the Year include:
| Tribal College |
Awardee |
Academic Area |
| Aaniiih Nakoda College | Daniel Kinsey | Natural Resources |
| Bay Mills Community College | Christine Miller | Science |
| Blackfeet Community College | Cindy Doore | Math/Science Division |
| Cankdeska Cikana Community College | Eric Rogness | Social Studies |
| Chief Dull Knife College | George Nightwalker | Native American Studies |
| College of Menominee Nation | Cody Martin | Mathematics |
| Diné College | Henry Fowler | Education and Math |
| Fort Berthold Community College | Pansy Goodall | Business |
| Fort Peck Community College | Brandi Laubach | English and Literature |
| Haskell Indian Nations University | Jim Bliven | School of Business |
| Ilisagvik College | John Howlett | Vocational and Technical Trades |
| Institute of American Indian Arts | Jessie Ryker Crawford | Museum Studies |
| Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College | Sally Klaasen | Mathematics; Student Support Services |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College | Jason Schlender | Native American Studies |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College | Linda Arndt | Business |
| Leech Lake Tribal College | Karen Cary | Career and Technical Education |
| Little Big Horn College | Gerlinda Morrison | Science |
| Little Priest Tribal College | Carolyn Fiscus | Indigenous Studies |
| Little Priest Tribal College | Carole Quaas | English |
| Navajo Technical College | Jones Lee | Applied Technology |
| Nebraska Indian Community College | Leland Henke | Business |
| Northwest Indian College | Steve Pavlik | Instruction |
| Oglala Lakota College | Jennifer Rodin | Mathematics |
| Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College | Bruce Smelser | Mathematics |
| Salish Kootenai College | Donna Kotyk | Dental Assisting |
| Sinte Gleska University | Nora Antoine | Business |
| Sisseton Wahpeton College | Lori Zimprich | Computer Science |
| Sitting Bull College | Joshua Mattes | Engineering |
| Southwestern Indian Polytechnic University | Sheri Redshirt | Vision Care Technology |
| Stone Child College | Larry Gomoll | Academics |
| Turtle Mountain Community College | Carl Eller | Career and Technical Education/Welding |
| United Tribes Technical College | Evelyn Orth | Nursing |
