November 1994
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Education
Smoke Signals
Grant receives 1994
TRIO Achievers Award
Jacqueline Grant, Director of
Eastern Oregon State College's
Native American program since
1990, and a Grand Ronde tribal
member, has been selected to receive
a 1994 TRIO Achievers Award.
Grant was honored, with other
nominees, at the TRIO Achiever's
luncheon on September 8 in
Washington, D.C.
As the top nominee from the
Pacific Northwest, Grant will also
be honored at the Northwest
Association of Special Programs
(NASP) regional TRIO Achiever's
luncheon during their fall
conference in December at
Portland.
TRIO programs are educational
opportunity programs help low
income, disadvantaged students
enter and succeed in college.
"By the time I finally had a chance
to go back to college, I had a job, a
husband, and three children. I
needed help and that help came
from my Student Support Services
Program, " said Grant
Not only did grant learn to utilize
these services, but she realized she
"...wanted to give something back
to theprogram that was so beneficial
tome."
Grant graduated from Eastern
Oregon State College in 1989 with
South Dakotan named counselor
Marty Branch, 29, anOglala Sioux
is the new academic advisor in the
Education Division.
He will be dividing his time
between working on campus at
Chemeketa Community College in
Salem and at Grand Ronde in the
Education Division offices.
"We haven't decided on a schedule
yet," Branch said. "We are still
working things out."
Before coming to Oregon recently,
he was employed as a child
protection social working and
working with abused children in
South Dakota. He also worked at
the South Dakota State Training
School.
Branch said he is looking forward
to his new life in Oregon.
"My wife, Trina, grew up in
Oregon City. We decided to move
here and give it a try," he aid.
The Branch's have a three-year-
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Jacqueline Grant
a B.S. in psychology. After a year
as a counselor at Lewis and Clark
State College she returned to La
Grande to become the Director of
the Native American program at
Eastern Oregon State College. "I
feel fortunate to have achieved such
success in my life," Grant said.
"Through the Student Support
Services Program, I learned to teach
out and askforhelpfromthe system.
Today.Itellmy students that success
is not accomplished by one
individual, but rather by many
caring and dedicated people.
Anyone, in my opinion, can succeed
if they are determined and have
their support systems in place."
old son.
Marty Branch is an athlete and
enjoys all sports. He was coach of a
girls basketball team in South
Dakota.
He graduated from Dakota
Wesleyan University with a
bachelor of arts degree in human
services.
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Twenty kids
Twenty children are enrolled in
the Grand Ronde Head Start
Program this year.
The pre-school started Sept. 27.
The children attend the school at
the tribal pre-school center located
at the rear of the Chemical
Dependency Program facility.
Director Angie Bedortha said that
classes are held from 9 a.m. to 1 :30
p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesdays and
Thursdays.
The children receive education in
social, emotional physical and
cognitive areas.
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Student receives scholarships
Congratulations to Perri
McDaniel, who has recently been
awarded two scholarships for the
1994-95 academic year. Perri will
receive a $1,000 scholarship from
the Native American Scholarship
Fund and will receive another
$1,000 award from the American
Indian Science and Engineering
Society (AISES). Perri was selected
Attention
Please send a copy of
the Education Program for Fall 1994. If you
have a new campus address, please send that as
well. We need to keep our records updated.
enrolled in
"They learn how to interact and
negotiate with other kids, and
develop language skills," Bedortha
said. "We prepare them for
kindergarten."
This is the third year for Head
Start at Grand Ronde. Because of
space limitations, only 20 children
can enroll in the program.
Head Start is looking for three or
four year olds to formulate a waiting
list in which to draw children to the
class in the event current students
move or are otherwise unable to
attend the pre-school.
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as a recipient of these scholarships
based on the following categories:
academics, career plans, probability
of future service to Indian
community, commitment, and
preparation. She is a junior this
year. Her major is Business
Administration. Perri is also
recipient of the Tribal Education
Trust fund scholarship.
Students!
your class registration to
Head Start
Head Start is a federally-funded
pre-school designed for low-income
families. A limited number of
children from higher-income
families can also attend, if no low
income families are on the waiting
list.
The local classroom is currently
full, but families interested in
placing their child on the waiting
list should call YCAP in
McMinnville, (472-0457) to
schedule an intake appointment
time.
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Workshop offered
We will be conducting our annual
Financial AidScholarship
Workshop on December 3, 1994 at
Chemeketa Community College
campus from 9-11 a.m. and on
December 5, at the Tribal
Community Center from 9-1 1 a.m.
Call the Education office for more
information: 1 -800-422-023 2.
Help needed for
education project
Sixty-seven tribal members have
earned degrees or certificates while
participating in the Tribal
Education Program since 1986.
We are currently gathering
information and pictures to put in a
ten-year annual to include all
program graduates.
Graduates will be receiving an
information form in the mail that
we hope you will fill out and return
to the Education offices. Please
include a photo.
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