The Coca-Cola Foundation and American Indian College Fund Honor 36 First-Generation Scholars
March 20, 2014
| The Coca Cola Foundation and the American Indian College Fund honored 36 American Indian scholarship recipients at its 2013-14 Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship banquet at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium Student Conference in Billings, Montana.The Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship was established to fund unmet need for a Native American student’s first year in college with a $5,000 scholarship. If students maintain at least a 3.0 grade point average and show strong participation in campus and community life, their scholarships are renewed every year throughout the students’ tribal college career.
“Being a first generation college student is filled with new experiences and opportunities. Our Coca Cola scholars are the first in their families to focus on receiving their bachelor’s degree and we are proud at the College Fund to partner with Coca Cola to help the dreams of these students to come true,” said Cheryl Crazy Bull, President and CEO of the American Indian College Fund. |
| The following Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship recipients were honored at the event: Michelle Lonebear, Aaniiih Nakoda College, Allied Health Francis Gardner, Bay Mills Community College, Social Science Alycia Thomas, Blackfeet Community College, Psychology Chelsea Young, Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Nursing Lloydine Runsabove, Chief Dull Knife College, General Studies George Otradovec, College of Menominee Nation, Business Administration Shannon Calderon, College of the Muscogee Nation, General Studies Tevin Tso, Diné College, American Indian Studies Vienna Kagak, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Biology Nathan White Horse, Fort Berthold Community College, Business Administration Ellissa Cyr, Fort Peck Community College, Human Services Kassie James, Haskell Indian Nations University, American Indian Studies Laura Nicolai, Ilisagvik College, Allied Health Charles Rencountre, Institute of American Indian, Arts Studio Arts Dylan Friisvall, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, Environmental Science Melissa Ashmun, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Human Services Daniel Gurske, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Natural Resources Holly Rabbit, Leech Lake Tribal College, Law Enforcement Helen Real Bird, Little Big Horn College, Human Services Frederick Harden, Little Priest Tribal College, Environ. Public Health Michelle Becenti, Navajo Technical University, Mathematics Elaine Provost, Nebraska Indian Community College, Business Administration Tara Anderson, Northwest Indian College, Human Services Michael Schjang, Northwest Indian College, Undeclared Marilee Hultgren, Oglala Lakota College, Social Work Jennifer Arnold, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College, Liberal Arts Michele Dennis, Salish Kootenai College, Elementary Education Earl Peneaux, Sr., Sinte Gleska University, Elementary Education Alicia Amos, Sisseton Wahpeton College, Licensed Practical Nursing Briana Ebel, Sitting Bull College, Human Services Arlo Werito, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Natural Resource Mgmt. Sheyenne Bauer, Stone Child College Early Childhood, Education Marilyn Francisco, Tohono O’odham Community, College Liberal Arts Tracey Laducer, Turtle Mountain Community College, Elementary Education Joshua Standing Elk, United Tribes Technical College, Elementary Education Charles Pederson, White Earth Tribal and Community College, Human Services |
