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				<title><![CDATA[Harriet - Standing Rock Sioux]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/64]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Harriet, a single mother, has juggled raising her children with her studies, work, and extra-curricular activities. In addition to maintaining a 3.4 in her rigorous and research-intensive coursework, Harriet is very active within her tribal college and local community.  She is a member of The Wildlife Society, serves as the vice-president of the SBC Ecology Club, and as secretary for the SBC’s American Indian Higher Education Consortium Student Congress.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Alli - Cheyenne River Lakota Nation]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/63]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Alli is in her third year at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Indigenous liberal studies (ILS) and a certificate in business and entrepreneurship. She chose to attend IAIA because they offered courses infused with indigenous perspectives. ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Cheryl - Diné (Navajo)]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/62]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[We moved to the one-room 16’ hogan (Navajo round house) in the isolated region of central Navajoland. There is no running water, electricity, or refrigeration at the hogan. We haul water and firewood weekly and built an outhouse. I have installed two windows, a door, glass block windows near the door side (my creativity), and a Native pattern in stucco for siding. I have applied for electricity and water services. I’m proud to be home.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Dan - White Earth]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/61]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dan decided to channel his aspirations for success to help his people. He became the first person in his family to go to college.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Joel - Caddo]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/60]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[New MBA Joel Smith (Caddo) Pays Success Forward ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Audra - Oneida]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/59]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Like many Native single mothers, Audra knows what it means to struggle. She works hard to put food on the table and teach her children about the importance of their culture while she earns top grades in her coursework. Audra is working towards a college degree in science at Sitting Bull College.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Iris - Tohono O'odham]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/58]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Iris, a science major at Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC) in Sells, Arizona, says she was driven to attend college and earn a degree because she feels her purpose is to serve her community. She wants to lead her people into a lifestyle that embraces balance and knowledge. ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Jeff - Lummi]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/56]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[American Indian College Fund scholar Jeff (Lummi) is working as an intern this summer with the Lummi tribe’s natural resources department. In June 2010 Jeff completed his associate’s degree in applied science at Northwest Indian College’s main campus. He’s currently a year and a half away from attaining his bachelor’s degree in environmental science. James hopes to use his knowledge and degree to pursue graduate work, and is considering both law and marine biology.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Sunny - Standing Rock Sioux]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/55]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sunny: From Student to Teacher]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Terra - Red Lake Band of Chippewa]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/53]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Terra, a student at Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC) in Minnesota, was selected as a Student Ambassador for NASA. A liberal education major with an emphasis in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math), she was recognized as one of NASA’s highest-performing interns. Terra represented NASA at education and outreach events at schools and universities to inspire other students to pursue STEM careers. Terra was the only student from a Minnesota college or university to receive this honor for 2011.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Darryl - Navajo]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/52]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[When Darryl speaks, it is evident that he has found his life’s calling. His enthusiasm and excitement for his profession as an electronic engineer bubbles to the surface.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Tammy  - United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/51]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Tammy, who grew up in Oklahoma, was always a good student but never thought of going to college. “Nobody in my family had even gone to college and I seriously didn’t think it was an option for me, because it was not an option for many people around me. Where I come from the idea of college was not real for me, and wasn’t until my mother made it real for me."]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Beau  - Chippewa Cree]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/50]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Beau Mitchell is living proof of the power of a tribal college education and how Native ideas about sustainability help all of mankind.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Joanne - Taino]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/49]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[First Intern Placed in New IAIA Business Certificate Program


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				<title><![CDATA[Lynn - Oglala Lakota/Crow Creek Sioux ]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/48]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Lynn’s experiences are the embodiment of her Lakota name, “She Helps Her People.” Lynn is a 2010 master's degree graduate of Oglala Lakota College (OLC); a Lakota language teacher; a health technician for diabetes prevention at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Indian Health Services; and volunteers at a youth detention center.   ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Iva - Blackfeet]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/47]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Iva is a Blackfeet language major at Blackfeet Community College, an honors student, a mother of three children, and a wife who decided to realize her dream and complete a college education.
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				<title><![CDATA[Melinda - San Carlos Apache ]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/43]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Insects are not high on many people's list of loves, but Melinda happens to love them. She graduated from Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas and earned a master's degree from Purdue University. A member of the San Carlos Apache tribe from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Melinda says what really “bugs” her is that if it was not for the American Indian College Fund, she would have been unable to complete her education studying the creatures that give most of us the shivers.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Jodi - Assiniboine and Gros Ventre]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/42]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jodi (Assiniboine and Gros Ventre) was raised by a single mother on the Fort Belknap Indian reservation, and saw first-hand the need of her people.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Salome - Tlingit]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/40]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Salome (Tlingit) was separated from her mother at a young age. Her father was destitute, and she grew up homeless. Despite her uprootedness, Salome says she has always had an inquisitive nature, and entered the Institute of American Indian Arts to seek stability through education, despite not having graduated from high school. She earned high academic honors, and graduated with an associate's degree.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Michael  - Assiniboine]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/39]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[At eight months old, Michael (Assiniboine), was removed from his mother's home and cared for by a foster family, which later adopted him. His adoptive family noticed there was something wrong with his hearing. He was diagnosed as hearing-impaired. At 2 ½ he could finally hear with the help of hearing aids. Michael attended the Montana School for Deaf and Blind for 12 years. Students there were told they could succeed in any career they chose—the only difference was their chosen method of communication. ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Maxine  - Gros Ventre]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/38]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Maxine (Gros Ventre) suffered a devastating loss when her son, a deputy, was murdered in the line of duty at the Fort Belknap reservation. She felt responsible because she had brought her son to the reservation from the city “because Fort Belknap was supposed to be a safe haven, it was our reservation.”]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Kevin - Crow]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/37]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Kevin (Crow) is a father of two daughters and has helped raise, mentor, and guide several foster and adopted children. Kevin served for 15 years in the military, and earned the rank of a Noncommissioned Officer (NCO), which led him to his decision to become a nurse.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Marjeanna - Comanche]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/36]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[After a divorce and a layoff from her defense-contracting job in Ft. Worth, Texas, Marjeanna (Comanche) decided to seek a college education to provide a better life for her two children. But after an illness, she had to postpone her dream of an education for seven years.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Lonnie  - Sicangu Lakota]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/35]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Lonnie (Sicangu Lakota) completed the next big step towards his path as a leader by enrolling in law school. After two years of active leadership as the only American Indian to serve with the Youth and Family Services Policy Council as treasurer and member of the Board of Directors, Lonnie realized, “Leaders must be willing to take on tasks that allow them to step outside of their comfort zone in order to assist others. Leaders also have a responsibility to be a voice for those who are not often heard.”]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Randy - Tulalip]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/34]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Randy received the prestigious Cartwright Scholarship from the American Indian College Fund and graduated from Northwest Indian College with honors. He also served on a national student congress for American Indians. A member of the Tulalip nation, Randy is fascinated by legal and business issues, and plans to study law to become a tribal lawyer specializing in fishing rights.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Terry  - Comanche Nation]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/33]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Terry (Comanche Nation), a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) graduate in the Department of Dramatic Writing at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and American Indian College Fund Mellon Fellow, had her work brought to the stage in the Words Afire! New Works Play Festival at the University of New Mexico Center for the Arts in Albuquerque. ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Kristan - Tohono O’odham]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/32]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Kristan has been attending college for the past few years, but within the past two she has dedicated herself to attending full-time. This is no easy task, as she has a husband and three children, ages 14, 11, and 2. Because family life is so important to Kristan, she says she tries to structure her life around her family and be involved with her children's education as much as possible, because “I feel that this is the foundation of who they will become later in life.” She says by attending college, she is also trying to set the example of the importance of higher education to them. “I hope that they witness the hard work and sacrifices it takes to attend college AFTER establishing a family, whereas it seems to be more flexible to attend college right after high school,” she says.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thomas - Blackfeet ]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/30]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Thomas says he always knew that school was his first goal in life. He wanted to go to college to build his knowledge and skills to ensure a successful life. His road to success included enrolling in advanced classes throughout his academic career, and winning numerous awards and scholarships. He earned his first certificate in heavy equipment at Blackfeet Community College (BCC) and plans to earn his associate's degree in business there.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Savanna - Crow ]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/29]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Savanna (Crow) was raised in the traditional way amongst her people. Crow is her first language, and she keeps her culture alive by participating in the ceremonies of her tribe, including hand games and dancing in the traditional Crow style. ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Deloris - Menominee]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/28]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Facing unemployment, Deloris decided to enroll in college. She chose a double major of legal studies and sustainable development because she can legally protect those resources while also learning about the new technology that is being used in her tribe's forested areas.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Shera - Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/26]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Shera is a first-generation college student. As a young woman in high school, she showed academic and civic promise. She was involved with the Future Business Leaders of America and the National Honor Society. Outside of school, she volunteered at the summer youth camp at her church as a mentor.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Shirley - Crow]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/24]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Many people consider starting college later in life. These students juggle many responsibilities: children, work, and studies, and sometimes there isn’t enough money to meet all of their obligations. That is where the American Indian College Fund can help. ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Stephen  - Cheyenne River Sioux/Iroquois]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/23]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[When Stephen (Cheyenne River Sioux/Iroquois) speaks, he radiates joy. Stephen, a 2009 Oglala Lakota College graduate and a Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship recipient with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, says a college education at Oglala Lakota College helped him discover his culture so that he could provide for his family in a way that allows him to walk the path he was meant to walk.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Sherry  - Yupik Eskimo]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/21]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[They say every journey gives birth to another. Sherry (Yupik Eskimo) had the pleasure of seeing the fulfillment of her journey, culminating in graduating from Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas magna cum laude (3.97 GPA) with a degree in business administration.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Dr. Harriett Skye - Lakota, Standing Rock]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/20]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dr. Harriett Skye (Lakota, Standing Rock) achieved a lot in her lifetime before retiring from United Tribes Technical College. In addition to her many accomplishments, she earned a Ph.D. in ethnic studies (emphasis on Native American Studies) and directed a documentary film, “The Right to Be,” an autobiographical story about her journey as an American Indian woman on the pathway of self-awareness and higher education. The film was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Dominic  - Navajo]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/19]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[American Indian College Fund scholar Dominic talks about his path from his home town of Navajo, New Mexico to Haskell Indian Nations University. In 2009, Dominc’s talents helped him land a prestigious internship at Nike, where he spent the summer of 2009 working at Nike headquarters on the grass roots marketing of the N7 shoe. Today he is studying to earn his master's degree at Arizona State University.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Marie - Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/18]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Marie is a graduate of Leech Lake Tribal College in Minnesota in liberal studies with a STEM emphasis. She was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as one of its 105 best and brightest interns and fellows for the NASA Student Ambassador Program. She was the only student from Minnesota and was chosen from a roster of students that included people from many well-known schools, including Harvard and Purdue, nominated for the honor. NASA managers and mentors nominated the recipients from the hundreds of interns and fellows engaged in research and education opportunities across the agency.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Diana  - Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/17]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Diana Canku (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate), president of Sisseton Wahpeton College and a 2009-10 academic year fellow in the American Indian College Fund’s Andrew W. Mellon Career Enhancement Program, successfully defended her dissertation and completed her doctorate degree.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Sky - Tohono O'odham]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/16]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[For many tribal college students on American Indian reservations, choosing an education at a tribal college is often about being close to the community where they grew up. Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC) student Sky walks a few meters between home and his classes to carry the knowledge he has for and about the O’odham people.

Sky started his freshman year of college in Tempe, Arizona, many miles from the desolate, rural reservation of his home in Sells. Sky left the state university after that first year out of Barbaquari High School for reasons he describes as enduring a tough transiition from going to class in a place with lots of people gathering in an auditorium that you can’t identify with to returning home to take classes with a couple of students and enjoying a personal relationship with the instructor.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Richard - Oglala Lakota]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/15]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Richard started his college career by leaving the Pine Ridge Reservation for Phoenix, Arizona, where he says his experience at a technical college gave him confidence and made him more independent and knowledgeable.
Richard went on to earn two associate’s degrees at United Tribes Technical College, where he graduated with honors. He was also the first and still the only individual to get ASE student certified right out of college.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Alanna - Seminole]]></title>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012</pubDate>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.collegefund.org/success_stories/detail/14]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Alanna, a recent graduate from SIPI, has not had an easy life, but she has met life’s challenges with optimism, determination, and hard work. Alanna juggled two jobs to pay the bills while attending college to provide a better future for herself and her young son.]]></description>
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