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The American Indian College Fund provides scholarships and support for Native American students and tribal colleges and universities, and also supports programs for institutional growth and sustainability and cultural preservation.
The American Indian College Fund is excited to share that the U.S. Congress designated the week beginning February 28, 2021 as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week. The College Fund serves the 35 accredited higher education institutions located on more than 70 campuses in 13 states across the nation, providing them with programmatic and infrastructure support.
The American Indian College Fund invests in Native students and tribal college education to transform lives and communities. The College Fund and its supporters uphold the promise and importance of educational success for Native people and all of our futures.
| 2021 E-NEWSLETTER | VOLUME 21, ISSUE 1 | Circle of Hope Our Students Give Me Hope And today I need it – I write this as December is starting and I anticipate spending Christmas (just as I did Thanksgiving) without my family because of the surge in COVID-19 cases...
Cheryl Crazy Bull, President and CEO of the American Indian College Fund (the College Fund), was interviewed on Denver’s Mile High Living, a television segment on Channel 7 (ABC) in Denver that looks at the impact that local organizations are making in Denver, where the College Fund is headquartered, and the greater nation.
The American Indian College Fund and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium are receiving $1.5M in pandemic-related supplies including hand sanitizer, disinfectant and gloves. Both organizations are working with AT&T to distribute the supplies to more than 20 tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) across the country.
The College Fund recognizes that tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) have limited funding to support faculty members’ professional development. The College Fund Professional Development program offers one-time grants up to $2,000 to TCU faculty.
In 2012, the American Indian College Fund, with support and funding from Board Member Kim Blanchard and the Nyswander-Manson family, established the Pre-Dissertation Faculty Fellowship Program. The aim of the program is to increase the number of faculty members with a doctorate at the 35 AIHEC-member tribal colleges/universities (TCUs), thus supporting faculty members’ own educational attainment and strengthening TCU academic programs and the cultivation of leaders from within.
The American Indian College Fund and its governing board of trustees is saddened to learn of the death of Robert Bible, President of the College of Muscogee Nation (CMN), a tribal college in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. President Bible was known throughout Indian Country for his selfless dedication to his community and for his outstanding contributions to American Indian higher education with his humility.
