Many Native students report experiencing culture shock at mainstream colleges and universities. Several institutions offer support to help guide them through the college experience, such as the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay.
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Young Boy Plays Santa for Native Education
Typically at this time of year, little boys and girls are penning their letters to Santa Claus about the things they hope to discover under the Christmas tree. But Samuel, a young boy from New York State, is different. Instead of hoping to receive, he is giving to those in need.
Casey Lozar Recognized As One of 40 Leading Native Leaders Under 40
Casey Lozar, an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes and Director of Corporate and Tribal Development for the Denver, Colo.-based American Indian College Fund, was honored as one of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s recipients of the 2010 Native American 40 Under 40 Award. Casey was recognized as part of the 35th Annual Indian Progress in Business Awards Event on Thursday, Oct. 21 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Albuquerque, N.M.
MetLife Foundation Contributes $15,000 to the Fund for Native Student Scholarships
For nearly a decade, MetLife Foundation has been committed to supporting Native American scholars through the American Indian College Fund. The MetLife Foundation granted $15,000 this month to continue the MetLife Foundation Tribal College Scholarship Program. This program provides scholarships to Native students attending tribal colleges and universities across the country.
Summer is Time for Native Students to Prepare for School in Fall
Summertime. For many people across the nation, summer is a time to kick back, relax, and celebrate! But for many of our students in Indian nations, summer is a time to cobble together several jobs and pinch pennies to ensure they can continue their college education in the fall.
American Indian College Fund Supporter Treks to Pyrenees to Support Native Student Scholarships
Dave Rogers, a member of the American Indian College Fund Board of Directors, went to adventurous and altruistic heights this year when he combined a trek across the Pyrenees Mountains with a fundraising challenge for the American Indian College Fund.
Native Students Thank You for Sharing Your Summer Bounty
June 21 marked the first day of summer solstice. Summer was traditionally a busy time among Native peoples, as sedentary tribes planted gardens and tended to their crops; and nomadic peoples followed the moving animals across the landscape and hunted and fished. Summers were and still are a time of bounty.
Fund President Richard B. Williams Writes Intro for Short Stories by Natives
Readers of all backgrounds will enjoy the dark tales imagined by a collection of Native writers in Indian Country Noir. Just published by Ashkashic books, the anthology includes works of fiction by Native writers Mistina Bates, Jean Rae Baxter, Lawrence Block, Joseph Bruchac, David Cole, Reed Farrel Coleman, O’Neil De Noux, A.A. Hedge Coke, Gerard Houarner, Liz Martínez, R. Narvaez, Kimberly Roppolo, Leonard Schonberg, and Melissa Yi. Richard B. Williams, President and CEO, was asked to write the introduction for the collection.
Native STEM Students Thinking Indian
This week I have been made proud by a tribal college student and graduate in the STEM fields that are Thinking Indian. Marie, a second-year student at Leech Lake Tribal College in Minnesota in liberal studies with a STEM emphasis, was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as one of its 105 best and brightest interns and fellows for the NASA Student Ambassador Program.
Elder’s Dinner Draws 200 Native Elders
The Denver-based American Indian College Fund (the Fund) honored 200 American Indian elders in the Denver community at a holiday dinner on December 15 at the Church of All Saints. In American Indian tradition, “Elders are highly esteemed for their direction and are considered to be sacred,” says Richard B. Williams, President and CEO of the Fund.
