March 18, 2016
The Coca Cola Foundation and the American Indian College Fund honored 36 American Indian scholarship recipients at its 2015-16 Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship banquet at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium Student Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship was established to fund unmet need for a student’s first year in college. 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 their tribal college careers.
The following students were named 2015-2016 Coca-Cola Foundation First Generation Scholars:
- Shannon Morin, Aaniiih Nakoda College, Business Technology
- Helen Bouschor, Bay Mills Community College, Business Administration
- Alycia Thomas, Blackfeet Community College, Psychology
- Brooke Redfox, Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Liberal Arts
- Chloe Ortega, Chief Dull Knife College, General Studies
- Citralina Haruo, College of Menominee Nation, Natural Resources
- Cherisse Tiger, College of the Muscogee Nation, Public & Tribal Administration
- Felisha Adams, Dine College, Business Administration
- Vienna Kagak, Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College, Pre-Health/Pre-Nursing
- Ellissa Cyr, Fort Peck Community College, Human Services
- Cornelius Tsosie, Haskell Indian Nations University, American Indian/Native American Studies
- Olive Kanayurak, Ilisagvik College, General Studies
- Lashawn Medicine Horn, Institute of American Indian Arts, Studio Arts
- Mary Durant, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, Liberal Arts
- Christine Zortman, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Small Business Management/Entrepreneurship
- Mike Kohler, Leech Lake Tribal College, Forestry
- Jolene Spotted Bear, Little Big Horn College, Pre-Nursing
- Mateya Cleveland, Little Priest Tribal College, Health
- Michelle Becenti, Navajo Technical University, Mathematics
- Rose Buffalo Chief, Nebraska Indian Community College, Business Management
- Michael Schjang, Northwest Indian College, American Indian/Native American Studies
- Sheil, Cooper, Northwest Indian College, Native Environmental Science
- Jovonne Fox, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, Elementary Education
- Marilee Hultgren, Oglala Lakota College, Social Work
- Alex Loeb, Oglala Lakota College, Social Work
- Gilberto Franco, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College, Biology
- Michele Dennis, Salish Kootenai College, Elementary Education
- Whitney Jones, Sinte Gleska University, Alcohol & Drug Counseling
- ShoShana Saddler, Sisseton Wahpeton College, Business Administration
- Jody Wingate, Sitting Bull College, Business Administration
- Martina Bitsinnie, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Optical Laboratory Technology
- Courtney Small, Stone Child College, Secondary Science Education
- Richanda Miles, Tohono O’odham Community College, Social Work
- Whitney Bercier, Turtle Mountain Community College, Licensed Practical Nursing
- Randolph Two Crow, United Tribes Technical College, Criminal Justice
- Kali Lhotka, White Earth Tribal and Community College, Human Services
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