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Important information for the college-bound Tribal senior February • • • • • • First semester grades and mid-year reports are sent to some colleges. Check your school counseling office or ASPIRE center for scholarship information. Complete scholarships. Check with colleges applied to for verification they have received all nec- essary documents. Continue to moni- tor status of submitted applications. Check to see if your mid-year tran- scripts have been sent to the schools to which you have applied. Wrap up any scholarship application, essays and activities chart for OSAC. Early bird deadline is in February. March • Check for three Tribal scholarships at ctsi.nsn.us. • Complete scholarships. • Start working on Tribal higher educa- tion or adult vocational training grant application. This can be found on the Tribe’s website and is due June 30. • • Review Student Aid Report (SAR). You should start receiving admission responses. April • Send thank you notes to people who have helped you. • • Make final decision about which col- lege or university you will attend. If you decide to decline enrollment to a college or university to which you have been accepted, send notice indicating this to the college’s admis- sions office. May • • • • • This is the deadline for final decisions for universities. Send letter of intent to registrar. Line up a summer job. Attend your Senior Awards Night. Review any award letters and be sure you understand the terms and condi- tions that accompany each type of aid. Scholarships Verl and Dorothy Miller Native American Vocational Scholarship Deadline: March 1 commitment to issues related to American Indian nations or to the environment. Catching the Dream Scholarship Deadline: April 30 This scholarship is awarded once a year to one student. The amount of scholarship is based on total return of the endowment and can vary year to year. The Verl and Dorothy Miller Schol- arship was established in 2002 to award vocational scholarships to Native Ameri- cans residents of Oregon to pursue vocational education or training at an accredited institution in Oregon. Eligibility requirements include American Indian heritage, attending an educational institution in Oregon either full time or part time, and seeking a scholarship for trade or vocational study. Awardees can apply and compete for this scholarship for up to four years. Graduate students are not eligible. American Chemistry Society Scholars Program Deadline March 1 Howard Vollum American Indian Scholarship Deadline: March 1 The American Chemistry Society Scholars Program (ACS) is a collaborative and interdisciplinary research center that is actively investigating the health effects of environmental agents and serving as a resource for the community. ACS awards renewable scholarships to underrepresented minority students who wish to pursue a career in chemistry or related fields. Awards of up to $5,000 are given to qualified students. Jean Vollum established the Howard Vollum Scholarship in 1992, in memory of her husband, who founded Tektronix. Scholarships are awarded to American Indian residents of Clackamas, Mult- nomah or Washington counties in Oregon or Clark County in Washington to pursue an undergraduate degree in science, com- puter science, engineering or mathemat- ics. Prior recipients also can be eligible for scholarships for graduate work. Scholarships are $3,000 annual awards and recipients are eligible for up to five years of undergraduate study and two years of graduate study as long as they remain in good academic standing and continue to seek a degree in science, computer science, engineering or mathematics. DAR American Indian Scholarship Deadline: Feb. 15 This scholarship is awarded to help American Indian students of any age, any Tribe and in any state striving to get an education at the undergraduate or graduate levels. All awards are based on financial need and academic achievement. This is a one-time $4,000 award. Frances Crawford Marvin American Indian Scholarship Deadline: Feb. 15 American Indian Education Foundation: Paul Francis Memorial Scholarship Deadline: March 1 Applicants must be American Indian or Alaska Native descent (student or one parent must be enrolled and have docu- mentation) and attending an accredited two- or four-year college/university or technical/vocational school as a full-time student. Scholarships are available for under- graduate studies only – online colleges are not applicable. Scholarship can only be used for tuition and books. Scholarships are given for techni- cal, vocational or college studies but not granted for studies beyond a bachelor’s degree. Scholarships are $650. CTSI Jobs Morris K. Udall Foundation Scholarship Deadline: March 4 Tribal employment information is available at ctsi.nsn.us. International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons North Indian Scholarship Program Deadline: March 1 The Udall Foundation awards scholar- ships up to $5,000 to American Indian and Alaska Native college sophomores and juniors for leadership, public service and Throughout the United States, Native communities suffer from a lack of quali- fied professionals – teachers, engineers, doctors, communication specialists, business managers, social workers and technicians. Well-paying jobs exist in Indian communities, but few Indians are prepared to fill them. Catching the Dream seeks to address this deficiency. Our high-priority areas of study are math, engineering, science, business, education and computers. These fields of study are critical to the future of Indian people and the nation, and American Indians are underrepresented in these fields. American Indian College Fund Scholarships Deadline: May 31, 2016 The American Indian College Fund provides scholarship support to each Tribal college and university and admin- isters several scholarship programs for American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduate and graduates students attending Tribal colleges and state and private universities. American Indian Services Scholarships Deadline: Ongoing Applicants must be enrolled in a uni- versity, college, junior college or technical school either full-time or part-time. The amount of the scholarship varies. Legal Assistant/Paralegal Scholarship The Association for Legal Profession- als (NALS) of Oregon Scholarship Fund, Inc. offers scholarships to students who will be or are attending a college with a legal assistant/paralegal program. Student smust be taking classes to achieve a legal assistant or paralegal degree. Scholarships will be awarded at the NALS of Oregon Annual Meeting in April 2016. Visit nalsor.org/ for more information. • If necessary, arrange for housing and a meal plan (at school). • Send thank you notes to any person/ committee from which you received a scholarship. June • Tribal higher education and adult vocational training applications are due June 30! • Attend graduation – congratulations! • Make arrangements for your final grades to be sent to colleges and universities. • Good luck! UO offers in-state tuition to Siletz Tribal students regardless of state of residency The University of Oregon contin- ues to offer in-state tuition benefits to enrolled Siletz Tribal members regard- less of their current state of residency. The Residency by Aboriginal Right Program was first offered in 2001 to 44 Tribes that have aboriginal territories within the state of Oregon that pre-date 1850. Out-of-state students will pay in-state tuition, a $20,000 savings each academic year. “All high school graduates should go to college. It’s not a choice. It’s a requirement. Our ancestors sac- rificed and survived so that we would have the choices we have today,” said Jason Younker, UO assistant vice president, advisor to the president for government-to- government relations and a member of the Coquille Indian Tribe. “We should honor their sacrifices.” UO offers bachelor’s and gradu- ate degrees through 272 academic programs. As a member of the Asso- ciation of American Universities, it is one of only 36 public universities committed to scientific exploration and interdisciplinary research. One hundred sixty-two American Indians from across the nation are enrolled at UO, including 27 from Oregon Tribes. The Many Nations Longhouse opened in 2005 and is home for the Native American Student Association, the Native American Law Students Association and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society. The UO Mother’s Day Pow-Wow is one of the largest Tribal celebra- tions in Oregon. For more information about UO, visit uoregon.edu. February 2016 • Siletz News • 15
