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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1995)
February 17, 1995 Page 6 Education Smoke Signals Lx 1 : ! 1 I ilA ; I ' 1 , - -; Dean Azule, left, and Brent Jacobsen, Director of Counseling at Chemeketa Community Col lege, attended a reception at the campus in honor of a newly-formed partnership the Tribe has established with CCC. The college has joined with the Tribe in funding a Native American advisorcounselor position on campus. The position is held by Marty Branch. Education news briefs and announcements Please keep us posted As soon as you know what your student address will be, please let us know. I would like to make sure that you receive the Tribal Newspaper on a regular basis. If you have Indian Student Club activities such as pow wows, con ferences, or what-not, give us a call. I would like to share this with Tribal Education Commit tee members. It is possible that either I or committee people can attend. We would like to schedule campus visits to meet wiili all of you during the upcoming year. We will even spring lor a lunch or two during our visits, so please stay in touch. Thank you! To all of you students who provide your grade reports, financial aid applications, ad dress and phone number changes, graduation audits, etc., etc... Thank you! This allows us to be able to do our jobs more efficiently, and actually saves our program money! So, thanks again and keep up the good work. 1 I Students plan WOSC pow-wow I would like to take this time to commend the Multi-Cultural Stu dent Union of WOSC, and the College, for the fine job they did in organizing and putting on their annual Pow-Wow event on Janu ary 28, 1994. SUPER JOB! Grand Ronde tribal member, Shelby Olson, attends WOSC and partici pated in the Pow-Wow. Our Grand Ronde veterans carried the Flags in Grand Entry and represented our tribe well. Family Math & Science schedule Welcome to "Family MathFamily Science!" Classes are scheduled for Saturdays, February 25, March 1 1 , April 22 and May 20 from 1 :00 to 3:30 p.m. at Grand Ronde Community Center. Family mem bers are encouraged to attend. Youth participants will need to be accompanied by an adult. Snack provided. For more information, contact Education at 879-521 1. Enrollment update Higher Education Program 21 students Adult Vocational Training Pro r;; , y gram 9 students Education Trust Fund Scholar ship 19 students. If you plan to attend school college during the 1995-96 academic year, please be aware of the following deadline dates to submit your Tribal application: Fall TermSemester 1995 (Au gustSeptember entry) - July 1, 1995; Winter TermSemester 1995 (January entry) - Novem ber 1, 1995; Spring Term 1996 (March entry) - February 1, 1996. Continuingstudentsmustsub mit a copy of their completed Federal Financial Aid applica tion to the Tribal Education Program by February 15, 1995 in order to be considered for funding the 1995-96 academic year. Good job to tribal grad Congratulations! To Rose Marie Dilling. Rose Marie graduated from her 15 month program at Phagan's peauty School in Portland on January 11, 1995. Rose Marie entered the Tribal Adult Vocational Training Pro gram in September, 1993. Rose Marie graduated with a 92 average in her program. Valuable info can prevent financial aid grief WARNING ! For all continuing students, no financial assistance will be provided by the Tribe until your 1994-95 budget is completed by the Financial Aid Office. Also, if you have not submitted your Fall Term 1994 Grade Reports into this office, no Tribal financial assistance will be provided. Last school year we attempted to assist students with tuition, fees, and books at the start of the school year, until their Financial Aid budgets were completed. This caused many delays in getting student financial assistance, and also caused some students to become upset with the Tribal Education Program because no funds could be provided until Financial Aid budgets were processed. WARNING 2 ! It seems as if many of you have taken the meaning of "meeting minimum academic criteria" to heart. Many of you, especially those enrolled in the Higher Education Program, are only signing up for a "minimum of 12 credit hours each term." Please realize that under the Federal Regulations which govern the Tribe's Higher Education Program, we are allowed to "provide financial assistance for a total of 14 quarters, or 10 semesters for each student." Many of your bachelor of sciencearts degree requirements state that you must complete 1 86 credit hours. You must take at least 60 of the 186 credit hours at the 300 and 400 level courses. At least 35 credit hours must be in your area of major, with 25 hours at the 300 and 400 level. If you only take 12 credit hours each term for 4 years, Fall, Winter through Spring terms, by the end of your senior year you will have only completed 144 hours total. This means that you have been provided financial assistance for 12 quarters or 8 semesters. We can only allow you two additional quarters to finish up your course work. After that, we would move to terminate all future Tribal financial aid. I would strongly recommend that you sign up for 15-17 credit hours each term to insure that you will complete your studies within the 14 quarter10 semester limitation. For all Adult Vocational Training students, please realize you have a limitation of two years to complete your program. You also should be taking an average of 15-17 credit hours per quarter. As with Higher Education students, if you still have not completed your training program after the two year limit, we will move to terminate all Tribal financial assistance. Many students have not provided a copy of their Fall Term 1 994 Grade Report. If you are one of them, you should have received a letter of request dated January 18, 1995. You will not receive continued funding if you fail to provide this informationverification. It costs the Education Program extra money, time and energy to "track down" your grade report. It would be very much appreciated, and of a benefit to you, the student, if you remain in compliance with program requirements by submitting your grade report in a timely manner. Tuition hikes possible for next year In the "I wish I had good news" cannot emphasize enough how category for Oregon students, as well as other states, the Oregon State System of Higher Education has ordered further cuts at many Oregon colleges and universities. Because of this move, it is possible that we will again face tuition hikes. The education division important it is to file for financial aid and scholarships. The Education Division is avail able to answer your questions regarding financial aid, funding, scholarships, and applications. Please call Marion at the tribal offices, 1-800-422-0232.
