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American Indian College Fund Celebrates National Transfer Student Week 

American Indian College Fund Celebrates National Transfer Student Week 

To create awareness about how to successfully transfer to a college or university, with opportunities to hear from other Native students who have navigated the process, the American Indian College Fund will host two webinars: Transfer 101 and a Transfer Student Experience panel. Participants will also have access to a transfer process toolbox online. The College Fund is also creating awareness of transfer activities at TCUs by providing $2000 to institutions to assist transfer students by hosting on-campus events, augmenting transfer student resources, or compensating potential transfer student site visits. 

American Indian College Fund Welcomes 2024-25 Student Ambassador Cohort 

American Indian College Fund Welcomes 2024-25 Student Ambassador Cohort 

Nine Indigenous students from across Indian Country were selected to serve as the American Indian College Fund’s (College Fund) 2024-25 student ambassadors. Student ambassadors gain valuable leadership and communications skills while working to create greater visibility of American Indians and Alaska Natives and an understanding of the importance of their cultures.

American Indian College Fund Supports Largest Full Circle Scholarship Cohort to Date 

American Indian College Fund Supports Largest Full Circle Scholarship Cohort to Date 

The American Indian College Fund (College Fund) awarded its largest Full Circle scholarship cohort ever, with nearly 2,000 Native students receiving awards. The Full Circle Scholarship Program is open to any Native American U.S. citizen who is an enrolled member or descendant of an enrolled member of a state or federally recognized tribe. Applicants must have a minimum 2.0 grade point average, and plan to enroll as a full-time student at a nonprofit, accredited college or university. 

Circle of Hope Summer / Fall 2024

| Summer / Fall 2024 | Circle of Hope With Supplementary Funding Ending, Support is More Critical than EverDear Friends and Relatives, Wishing you all a happy fall – and sharing my enthusiasm and excitement, we are back in school! I am so happy we have been able to...

2024 TCU Faculty Convening

10th Annual TCU Faculty Convening | May 21-23, 2024. The 10th annual TCU faculty convening was held in collaboration with the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. The 2024 TCU Faculty and Student Success Convening brought together 85 leaders, staff, and faculty from 26 tribal colleges and universities to discuss research, best practices, and lessons learned. In addition to the numerous general sessions and breakout sessions, the convening included a panel of four TCU presidents who discussed the future of tribal colleges, a keynote by data sovereignty advocate Dr. Krystal Tsosie, and a visit to the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe.

I:We-Mta: Working Together

I:We-Mta: Working Together

The Tohono O’odham Community College Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program’s Ihduwiyayapi: Advancing Indigenous Early Childhood Education grant, titled I:We-Mta: Working Together, had three goals: to increase student satisfaction and sense of belonging through site visits, to increase program offerings to sister tribes and throughout the state of Arizona, and to improve the program’s cultural and academic alignments.