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JANUARY 1, 2015
15
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
College Placement Testing off ered
College Placement Testing is offered on-site at the Adult Education Building
for Chemeketa Community College, Linn-Benton Community College and
Mount Hood Community College. The Placement Test is one of the fi rst steps
to beginning college classes.
Call 503-879-2282 to sign up for your placement test.
Important notice to
full-time students
All full-time students must submit verifi cation that they have
applied to a scholarship outside the Tribe before funding will be
released for the term/semester. Verifi cation can include a scholar-
ship award or denial letter, e-mail verifi cation that an application
was submitted, a copy of the application or the fi nancial aid award
letter that lists an outside scholarship. Please contact Education at
1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275, if you have any questions. n
CTGR Higher Education
Program deadlines set
To find out more, attend a FREE Start Your Business class!
JOIN US at the Grand Ronde Adult Education Building
on the second Thursday of every month at 4PM
9615 Grand Ronde Road
Grand Ronde, OR
LEARN MORE AT:
WWW.meritnw.org
Or call 503 548-7314
There are now only two Higher Education programs depending on wheth-
er you are full-time or part-time. The deadline for the Full-Time College
program is at least 30 days before the start of classes. The deadline for
the Part-Time College program is at least 10 days before the start of class.
Visit the Tribal website for more program information and an application.
www.grandronde.org/departments/education/higher-education/ n
Oregon University System admissions
and scholarship deadlines
The OUS schools have their own priority deadline for admis-
sions. This is also their university scholarship deadline. Don’t miss
your opportunity to attend your top school choice and a chance
to receive a scholarship.
Eastern Oregon University: March 1
Oregon Institute of Technology: March 1
Oregon State University: Feb. 1
Portland State University: Feb. 1
Southern Oregon University: Feb. 15
University of Oregon: Jan. 15
Western Oregon University: Feb. 1
AMERICAN INDIAN TEACHER PROGRAM
Monday and Wednesday
1-4 p.m.
Adult Education Building GED Classroom
EARN Your GED Now!
Call Kevin Simmons today at 503-879-1345
2013 GED G RADUATES
(Left to Right)
Steve Holmes
Sonja Haskins-Mack
Darla Patterson
Elena Eastwood
Danny Clark Jr.
Get an education, graduate and go to college. Then
bring what you learned back to us and share it with
your community. — Teresa Harvey
LIBRARY HOURS:
Monday – Friday: 9 A . M . – 6 P . M .
(closed Monday - Friday: noon – 1 P . M .)
Saturday: 10 A . M . – 2 P . M .
Get Fired Up for Reading! This reading incentive program will
begin Feb. 1 and end the last day of Chinese New Year on March 5. We
will try to beat last year’s record of reading 227 books. This program is
for all ages. Reading books to young children counts, too. We will put
up a dragon scale for every book read. Help us build the Library Dragon
and beat last year’s record!
Donations: Our thanks go to Josh Henry, Denise Harvey, Angie
Fasana and Terri Dilts for their contributions to the library collection
during this reporting period. Many thanks to everyone who made con-
tributions to the library collection in 2014. We received more than 1,500
donated items in 2014. We appreciate the generosity of our community
members and friends from other areas. Wishing you all good health and
prosperity in the New Year.
Reminder: Donated items must be clean and in good condition.
Inter-library loan services: The Tribal Library partners with
Oregon State Library to offer “library to library” inter-library loan ser-
vices. By completing the inter-library loan form, library patrons may
request items from the Oregon State Library collection. Items will be
couriered to and from the Tribal Library. OSL lending policies apply
for return of items.