What’s In A Name? Fund Re-Names Scholarship Programs

Nov 8, 2011 | Archives, Blog

To better reflect our scholarships and serve our students, you may notice a difference in our scholarship names. We will be migrating the new names onto our web site and in all of our communications materials.

The new name for our general scholarships is The American Indian College Fund Tribal College and University Scholarships.

The new name for special scholarships is now The American Indian College Fund Full Circle Scholarships.

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