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American Indian College Fund Awards Dr. Robert Martin with Tribal College President Award
March 30, 2010
Denver, Colorado – March 30, 2010 – The American Indian College Fund honored 33 American Indian scholarship recipients at its 2009-10 Student of the Year reception at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium Student Conference in Chandler, Arizona.
American Indian College Fund President and CEO Richard B. Williams also presented Dr. Robert Martin, president of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with the Tribal College President Award for his contributions to American Indian education during his career. Dr. Martin received a $1,000 award.
The Students of the Year each received a $1,000 scholarship from the Castle Rock Foundation. LeoNora Garcia, an elementary education major at Oglala Lakota Community College, said of her career plans that are being funded by Castle Rock, “My passion for education has always been the drive behind my college success. As I continue forward, my goal as a future educator is limitless. My ultimate desire is to influence a community in a positive direction through cultural education and awareness.”
Students of the year for each tribal college and university are as follows:
Bay Mills Community College- Stacey Daley, General Science
Blackfeet Community College - Cole Wells, Liberal Arts
Cankdeska Cikana Community College- Dacia Tollefson, Natural Resources
Chief Dull Knife College- Misty LaFranier, Nursing
College of Menominee Nation- Lauren Stoehr, Education
Dine College- Brian Jones, General Studies
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College- Amy Wise, Chemical Dependency
Fort Belknap College- Kim Barrows, Computer Information Systems
Fort Berthold Community College- Laci Schettle, Human Services
Fort Peck Community College- Jennifer Yellow Hammer, Business Technology
Haskell Indian Nations University Jenna Fox, Education
Ilisagvik College- Lindi Skin, Accounting
Institute of American Indian Arts- Tyler Tarpalechee, Creative Writing/New Media
Keweena Bay Ojibwa Community College- Ryan Koski, Liberal Arts
Lac Courte Oreilles Community College- Roberta Morgan, Human Services
Leech Lake Tribal College- Marie Lowry, Education with STEM emphasis
Little Big Horn College- Brooke Stevenson, Nursing
Little Priest Tribal College- Sunshine Rave, Business
Navajo Technical College- Shane Tsosie, Veterinary Technician
Nebraska Indian Community College- Shona Campbell, Business Administration
Northwest Indian College- Valerie Phair, Business
Oglala Lakota College- LeoNora Garcia, Lakota Studies
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College- Nicole McMullen, Liberal Arts
Salish Kootenai College- Katie McDonald, Environmental Science
Sinte Gleska University- Sierra Bordeaux, Business Management
Sisseton Wahpeton College- Sophia Renville, Chemical Dependency
Sitting Bull College- Audra Stonefish, Environmental Science
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute- Rosan Primeaux, Business Administration
Stone Child College- Joshua Golden, Allied Health
Tohono O’odham Community College- Sky Antone, Creative Writing
Turtle Mountain Community College- Adrienne Laducer, Secondary Science Teacher
United Tribes Technical College- Sheila White Mountain, Business Administration
White Earth Tribal and Community College- James Libby Jr., Humanities & Social Sciencea
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