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The Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Foundation (SFNTC) entered its third decade of supporting the American Indian College Fund by awarding $50,000 to continue the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Foundation Tribal College Scholarship Program for the spring 2011 semester.

USA Funds awarded $200,000 to the American Indian College Fund to provide scholarship support to American Indian students attending tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) across the United States. The USA Funds Tribal College Scholarship Program will provide $1,000 scholarships to 200 students attending the 33 TCUs during the spring 2011 semester. In the last decade, this program has helped nearly 1,800 students work toward obtaining a higher education.

The American Indian College Fund received $150,000 from the UPS Foundation to continue the UPS Foundation Tribal College Scholarship Program. For 13 years, this program has been providing scholarship support to students attending the nation’s tribal colleges and universities (TCUs). The renewed program will provide a $2,250 scholarship for one student at each of the 33 TCUs for both the spring and fall semesters of 2011.

The American Indian College Fund received a $20,000 grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation to continue the Morgan Stanley Foundation Tribal Scholars Program for the 2011-2012 academic year. For more than a decade, this program has been providing scholarships to American Indian students pursuing degrees in the financial services industry at the nation’s tribal colleges and mainstream universities, and has helped nearly 200 students achieve their academic and career goals.

The American Indian College Fund received a grant of $12,500 from the Helen Roberti Charitable Trust for scholarship support for American Indian students. The grant will support a $1,000 scholarship for a student pursuing a master’s degree in education at Sinte Gleska University, a $1,000 scholarship to a master’s candidate at Oglala Lakota College pursuing a degree in education administration, and $10,500 in undergraduate scholarships for students studying education or nursing at a tribal college and university.

The American Indian College Fund received a grant of $10,000 from the Mellam Family Foundation for scholarship support to American Indian students pursuing teaching or science degrees with the intent of becoming science instructors. Scholarships are designated for specific majors within the science field, including biology, chemistry, physics, environmental science, and information technology/computer science.

Master Key Consulting, a leader in grants management support, software testing, and technology systems training, granted $5,000 to the American Indian College Fund. This grant will contribute to the Master Key Consulting Tribal College Endowed Scholarship Program, which provides scholarship assistance in perpetuity to students attending our nation’s tribal colleges and universities.

The American Indian College Fund received a renewal grant of $5,000 from the Choice Hotels International Foundation to continue its Choice Hotels International Foundation Tribal College Scholarship Program for the spring 2011 semester. The program provides scholarship support to American Indian students attending the nation’s tribal colleges and universities.

In support of American Indian students’ pursuit of higher education, Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) recently granted $85,000 to the American Indian College Fund to continue the Nissan Corporate Scholars Program. The program has provided scholarship support to Native scholars attending tribal colleges and mainstream universities for more than a decade.