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MARCH 1,2012
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New Oregon tuition waiver
program for foster youth
Upcoming scholarship deadlines
Northwest Indian Housing Authority '..' " '
Deadline: March 31
www.nwiha.org ,
OFACasey Scholarship for Foster Youth
Deadline: March 31
http:fc2success.orgwhat-we-doscholarships-and-grants "
Superpower Scholarship
Deadline: March 31
www.scholarshipexperts.comapply.htx
Spring Term 2012 deadlines
Full-Time College Program: March 2
Part-Time College Program: March 19
For more information and an application, please visit the Tribal Higher
Education Web site or call 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275.
www.grandronde.orgdepartmentseducationhigher-education
- LIBRARY HOURS:
. , Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. V
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Library Statistics for Jan. 2-30, 2012
New cards' issued: 12 " ' i
Library visits: 594
Circulations: 791
Donations : 96
, 4. 1 Computer use sign-in: 178
' : ' Days of service: 21 -.' ! -'h; , ' : i ' ; '
, .. . Library Reference Center , : .. s' "1 j: 1 f :
. New Library Home Page: The library launched the new Library Home
Page on the new Culture Kiosk computer in the Library. The page in
cludes links you can click on for easy access to CTGR and other Tribe's
history information and Native research databases.
Culture Kiosk: The new library computer contains the new Library
Home Page for easy access to Native American information. The new
file cabinet is next to the computer. The file cabinet contains, hard
copy information that pertains to the Grand Ronde Tribes. Examples
of information include CTGR assessments, directories, reports, Tribal
member-authored materials, and Tribe-related community information
resources. This is a small collection that will be added to as materials
come into the library. . . .
Reference Materials: Materials have been reorganized so that similar
materials are shelved together. Materials have been updated and are
. visible with easy access. '
Collection pertaining to the Grand Ronde and Oregon Tribes: A location
has been designated in the Native American collection area to shelve
books and materials relating the Grand Ronde Tribes, as well as books
and materials with content having ties to the Grand Ronde Tribes. The
Library will focus on adding materials and books to this collection area
as much as possible in the upcoming year, as well as the Culture Kiosk
rile cabinet information holdings.
Friends of the Library Chapter: We did not generate interest in
creating a Friends chapter (formal group) during the three months of re
cruitment efforts, so we will not pursue creating a formal chapter at this
time. With that said, please note and recognize that the Tribal Library is
"rich with friends" who actively contribute to the success of the library in
many ways every day. The many friends of the Tribal Library include:
The many wonderful people who contribute to the library collection. Over
half of the collection holdings have been donated to the library. I cannot
imagine what the collection would look like without the generosity of
our many friends;
Library volunteers. We have two active volunteers who do a tremendous
amount of work during their hours of volunteering each week in the
library. My thanks to Brian Glass and Courtney Terry for all that you
do to contribute to the work needing to be done here at the library and
just as important your contribution of personal insight and information
sharing that enhances the sense of community in the library environ-
House Bill 3471-Tuition Waiver Bill is a new law that gives "tuition
waivers" to current and former foster youth for Oregon community
college and public universities. This program begins with the 2012-13
academic year.
Requirements: All current foster and former foster youth who have
spent at least 365 days in substitute care after age 16, AND either left
foster care (had wardship terminated) or completed high schoolGED
within the previous three years qualify for this program.
Application process: Students must submit their FAFSA (www.
fafsa.gov) as soon as possible! DHS and ICW will send a list of eligible
students to the Oregon Student Access Commission for prioritization
of an Oregon Opportunity Grant.
The school of attendance will be notified of eligible students attending
their institution and notify the student of the tuition waiver amount.
There is no separate application or steps for students to apply other
than submitting their FAFSA.
For more information, please contact your ILP worker or the Tribal
Scholarship Office at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 1345.
meht; Thank you both so much!
A Library patrons. You have become "friends" in every sense of the word
,i -and without you we would not need to be here. Please do not hesitate to
let us know how we are doing. Our job is to make sure that the library:"; ,
''has the' materials and resources available to ensure enjoyment and ';
V; success' in meeting your library needs. To help us out with collection '
; .1 development,, please make recommendations on books and authors you
' would like added to the collection. Plus, the library has a comment box
that you can provide anonymous written input as well;
Library partners. The Institute of Museum and Library Services, which
provided the foundation of funding and services to help get the Tribal
' - Library started in the early 1990s and which continues to provide fund
; ing and support services to the Tribal Library still; the Oregon State
Library, which provides inter-library loan services, services to the blind, .
trainings for professional and personal development; and the Oregon'
' Library Association, which provides valuable professional development
opportunities and an invaluable networking resource; .and. . ,
Many thanks go to our Tribal leadership for the financial support and
for the belief in the value of this awesome resource to our community! !
' Thank you to our Tribal Council! Not a day goes by that this gift to the j
community goes unrecognized. - - -
Thank you friends, from Tribal Library staff.
Donations: We appreciate the following people for their contributions
- to the library collection during this reporting period: Faye Smith, Susan
Russie, Russ Adams, Angie Fasana and family, Garry Gitzen, Keith
Campbell, Brian Glass, Billy Garroute, April Campbell, Al Miller, Sharon
Hansen, Chris Mercier, Perri McDaniel, Sharleen Craditt, James Halicola
I and Ron Karten. Our appreciation also goes to the following CTGR depart
ments for their donations to the Library Collection: Legal Department,
; Early Childhood Education Program, Youth Education Program and the
Culture Resources Department. Donated items have been cataloged and
are shelved for circulation. Thank you everyone for some great additions
; to the collection. Our thanks also go to Leroy and Mary Ellen Good for
v their generous financial contributions to the Tribal Library! '
New Items to the Collection
Children:
' Fiction: Condor's Egg, Mouse Was Mad, Edwina the Emu, Umbrella
Summer, Otis & the Tornado, the Cricket in Times Square.
; Non-fiction: The Story of Money, Speak Up and Get Along! Two Bobbies
- a true Hurricane Katrina survival story.
! Young Adult: "
Fiction: My Name is Not Easy, The Great Wide Sea, Inheritance (book
3 of series), Wonderstruck.
Non Fiction:
. Lifescripts, what to say to get what you want in tough situations;
What It's Like to Go to War, what it feels like, what the consequences
are, what to do to understand it;
A Life Wild and Perilous, mountain men and the paths to the Pacific.
Fiction:
Matterhorn, a novel about Vietnam;
Yossarian Slept Here, when Joseph Heller was Dad;
Don't Blink, you blink, you die;
Olive Kitteridge, about loneliness and loss with a nourishing dose of
humor and hope.
Native American:
In the Courts of the Conqueror, 10 worst Indian law cases ever decid-
. ' ed; . .
Chinuk Wawa Grand Ronde, as our Elders teach us to speak it;
Grand Ronde-Living in the Great Circle, Grand Ronde Reservation
1855-1905 by Tribal member June Olson.