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Guest Blog From Student Intern Deanna

September 6, 2011 – 4:18 pm

This the ninth part in a series of blog entries by our scholar Deanna, who is writing about her internship experience at Mesa Verde National Park. We have finally arrived to Week 3! Technically for half of this week I’m still attempting to finish our re-housing project, but I’m proficient in multitasking. From the beginning [...]

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Guest Blog From Student Intern Deanna

July 7, 2011 – 2:43 pm

Deanna’s Adventures in Camping on Her Internship I have never considered myself all that girly or high maintenance, but camping for 10 long weeks seemed like torture on paper. Prior to my internship, I had never been to Mesa Verde National Park. To make it worse, the two guys I brought to help me set [...]

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Challenges of First-Generation American Indian Students

July 27, 2009 – 6:44 pm

According to the Pell Institute, only 11% of first-generation students earn a degree within six years. There are many reasons for this. First-generation students are less prepared than their counterparts, they did not get help choosing a college that is a good fit for them, their families often discourage them from getting a higher education, [...]

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