MARCH 1, 2001
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Education Trust Fund Scholarships
These scholarships are offered by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde:
GRADUATE FULL-TIME and
GRADUATE PART-TIME $10,000$5,000
UNDERGRADUATE FULL-TIME and
PART-TIME $6,000$4,500$3,000
VOCATIONAL TRAINING FULL-TIME and
PART-TIME ...... ...$6,000$3,000
EULA PETITE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $7,000
The scholarships are renewable as long as the student meets minimum
academic requirements. These are competitive scholarships. Each schol
arship application is reviewed and ranked on a points basis. Applicants
are rated on academic merit, leadership and Tribal and community in
volvement. It is required that applicants submit an essay with their appli
cation along with additional documentation. For information or an appli
cation please contact the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Education
Division at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275 or view our website at
www.grandronde.org. All completed applications must be received
or postmarked by April 30.
Chemeketa Community College Scholarship
For students who are enrolled full-time in computer science, computer
technology, engineering, engineering technology or mathematics degree
program at Chemeketa. Applications are available at Chemeketa Com
munity College in Salem or call 503-399-5018.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation
This scholarship is for student studying in the areas business, education,
engineering, science and health administration. Phone 303-939-0023 or
write to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation Scholarship, American
Indian Science and Engineering Society, 5661 Airport Blvd., Boulder, CO
80301 (please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with requests for
information. Deadline: April 15, 2001.
Native American Education Grant
Scholarship for College Freshmen. For application information, please
write to Awards Officer, Presbyterian Church-USA, 100 Witherspoon Street,
Room M052B, Louisville, KY 40202. Deadline: June 1, 2001.
Minority Students in Business
This program aims to attract students who are enrolled in an under
graduate, graduate or doctoral business program. Call 503-735-3010, e
mail PortlandSeattlenbmbaayahoo.com or look on website at
www.nbmbaa.orgprograms.html. Deadline: March 31, 2001.
American Indian Endowed Scholarship
Applicants must be financially needy. Phone 360-753-7843 or look at
website at http:www.hecb.wa.gov. Deadline: May 15, 2001.
Institute for Indigenous Resource Management
The Institute has internship opportunities for undergraduate and gradu
ate students in a wide range of disciplines including the social and physi
cal sciences, management, law and technical fields as they relate to Tribal
resource management.
Contact International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management,
444 South Emerson Street, Denver, CO 80209. Phone:303-733-0481. Fax:
303-744-9808. Website: www.iiirm.org E-mail: pattersonyazzieiiirm.org
Extern Opportunities in Alaska for Engineering
and Environmental Health Science Majors
Recruiting engineering students to take part in externships for Summer
2001 to assist in rural sanitation or health facility related projects in Alaska.
Call Susan Gray at 907-729-3602. Deadline: April 15, 2001.
STARS Summer Program for 17-19 Year Olds
Program Dates: June 17-July 28. STARS is a unique six-week Sum
mer 2001 program for American Indian 17-19 year olds who seek expanded
employment and educational opportunities. Contact Lisa Leno to request
an application packet at 1-800-422-0232 ext. 2224 or 503-879-2224.
The deadline is NOW, please call Lisa if you are interested.
Summer Internship in Entertainment
Y.E.S. TO JOBS (Youth Entertainment Summer) is offering 10 weeks of
summer employment to qualified minority high-school students. The pro
gram places students in entry level-positions at record, music distribution
and publishing companies, television and radio stations, entertainment
retail stores, film companies, law firms, trade publications and other re
lated business. Website: www.yestojobs.org. Deadline: April 1, 2001.
: INDIAN EDUCATION
I Santa Fe, New Mexico
1st Annual
TEACHER :
RECRUITMENT WEEK:
April 16-19 :
We provide quality education to students in
185 schools on 63 reservations in 23 states.
This is a weeklong, all expenses paid oppor-
tunity to learn more about teaching Native
American children and young adults. -
For more information contact:
Darrell Flyingman at 505-346-6807
e-mail: DarrellFlyingman)bia.gov
Barbara Parisian at 505-248-7540
e-mail: paitarapari5ianbia.gov
New GED Computer Software
The Tribe's Adult Education Program is utilizing a new computer program
for all General Education Diploma (GED) students. The program is called
Invest Destinations 2.0. The program's main advantage is its approach. It is
able to meet clients' needs by including relevant curriculum material, as
signs only specific skills that are needed, provides a sequence, builds on cur
rent skill levels. The program also provides immediate feedback.
Destinations 2.0 provides a curriculum which is roughly equivalent to K
12, but goes beyond into the community college level in some areas.
Staff from the Youth Education Program, Employment and Training Coun
selors from Social Services and Adult Education received the training by
using this software. So far, four Tribal members have gone through orienta
tion and started to work on the program.
This program could be beneficial for all Tribal members of any age and at
any level of computer literacy. You could use it to help supplement your
skills if you are taking community college math, to increase your skills in
reading and writing as well as gain computer literacy. The Academic prepa
ration component helps students get a higher score on exams as well as the
learning strategies component.
All Tribal members are invited to receive orientation and utilize this pro
gram. Feel free to call Dorna Riding In at 503-879-2282 to find out more
about this program. Adult Education GED classes will now meet at Modular
3 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon.
Information Packets Available
P PACKET 1 Facts about child physical, mental, social and
emotional development. Please specify three, four or five year old.
Twax san-chaku Head Start had Linda Craven from Chemeketa Commu
nity College speak at the Parent Meeting on January 24. Linda talked to
parents and staff about social, emotional, physical, as well as intellectual
development of our kids. A big thank you to all the parents who participated
in this training.
B PACKET 2 Grow Smart Brains.
There was a Media Brain Research community training by Gloria
DeGaetano held at the Casino on January 17. The training information, "A
Grow Smart Brains Tool Kit," is available to interested parties.
To obtain either packet, please send your address to: Preschool, Attn: Danis
Bazzy-Bucknell, 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347.
Please indicated which packet you would like and specify age for packet 1.
Tutoring Available in Willamina
Willamina Middle School will be offering after-school tutoring on Monday
through Thursday from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tutorial services will be pro
vided by school staff. There will be no tutoring available on days when the
school is closed or on early release for any reason. Please contact Willamina
Middle School for more information.
B High School Research Team
Session I: July 8-August 3, 2001
Session II: August 5-31, 2001
With school year follow-up sessions to
OSU, OMSI Science Camps and OStPS
Hatfield Marine Science Center.
Ten students will be selected to partici
pate in each of these natural resource man
agement research teams. Will be exposed
to career fields in fisheries and wildlife
management, range management and for
estry, field ecology, botany, zoology, hydrol
ogy, geology and archaeology. Stay at OMSI
Hancock Field Station in Central Oregon
and conduct biological, geological and cul
tural research on a protected 25,000-acre
Tribal research watershed with 11 miles of
steel head and natural resource employment '
opportunities in the future.
Deadline: March 15, 2001.
Science and Natural Resource Camp
Session I (10-12 years): June 24-29, 2001
Session II (13-15 years): July 1-6, 2001
With school year follow-up sessions at
OMSI Science Camps.
Salmon Camp is offered free of charge
to 25 participants in each session. Ex
plore science, nature and natural resource
management careers with OMSI instruc
tors and Native American and other natu
ral resource professionals and college stu
dents. Deadline: May 15, 2001.
To request an application
for either salmon camp,
please contact Lisa Leno at
503-879-2224 or
1-800-422-0232, ext. 2224.