Important information for the college-bound Tribal senior
February
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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
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Check for three Tribal scholarships
at ctsi.nsn.us.
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Complete scholarships.
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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.
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Review Student Aid Report (SAR).
You should start receiving admission
responses.
April
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Send thank you notes to people who
have helped you.
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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
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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.
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If necessary, arrange for housing and
a meal plan (at school).
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Send thank you notes to any person/
committee from which you received
a scholarship.
June
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Tribal higher education and adult
vocational training applications are
due June 30!
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Attend graduation – congratulations!
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Make arrangements for your final
grades to be sent to colleges and
universities.
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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.
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