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October 2015
National Indian Education Association Workshop, “Developing a Culturally Appropriate Mentoring Program for Indigenous Students in STEM”
Dr. Sweeney Windchief, from Montana State University, and Michael Munson, from Salish Kootenai College, will be presenting their workshop, which demonstrates an innovative restructuring of doctoral committees to better match Indigenous kinship structures, at the 46th Annual National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Convention & Trade Show. The interactive session will include discussion among participants of the variety of available mentoring activities that grow the number of American Indian/Alaskan Native students who begin, and successfully complete, graduate programs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
Find out more »2015 American Indigenous Research Association (AIRA) meeting
http://americanindigenousresearchassociation.org/
Find out more »Year 2 PNW COSMOS Summit
Pre-Registration: http://www.umt.edu/grad/AGEP-COSMOS/Summit.php
Find out more »Creating a campus culture to mentor Native students effectively
This event brings together two leaders in the movement to develop a more enriching and intentional environment for Native students in higher education to discuss the research-based methods of fostering such an environment. Their primary focus will be the empirical approaches to guidance, support, and advocacy for Native students. Dr. Nick Sanyal, an Associate Professor at the University of Idaho, is a current member of the social science research team of the Pacific Northwest Alliance that is commissioned to investigate mentoring of Native…
Find out more »November 2015
Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
Come join students from over 350 United States colleges and universities and approximately 600 graduate program representatives in the fifteenth professional four-day conference created to encourage members belonging to underrepresented populations to pursue advanced STEM training. More than 1,700 students from twelve disciplines in the biomedical and behavioral sciences deliver oral and poster presentations. Previous speakers at the conference include Maya Angelou, Francis Collins, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. This conference is sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), Division of Training,…
Find out more »American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
The AISES National Conference is a one-of-a-kind, three day event convening graduate, undergraduate, and high school junior and senior students, teachers, workforce professionals, corporate and government partners and all members of the “AISES family”. The AISES National conference has become the premier event for Native American Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) professionals and students attracting over 1,600 attendees from across the country.
Find out more »December 2015
Graduate Student Funding Presentation and Native American Programs Chili Cook-off
The WSU Office of Grant and Research Development (OGRD) will deliver a presentation on graduate student funding. Please RSVP to kenneth.lokensgard@wsu.edu. The presentation coincides with Native Programs’ annual chili cook off. So, stop by the Native American Undergraduate Student (Cleveland 27A) and grab some chili, on your way to the presentation.
Find out more »Round Dance
Ku-Ah-Mah, WSU’s Native American student organization, is hosting a round dance this Saturday, December 5, at 7:00 pm. The event will take place in the Gladdish Community and Cultural Center in Pullman. The WSU Native American Women’s Association will provide a free meal beginning at 6:00 pm. This event is open to the public, and WSU faculty are encouraged to attend. Ku-Ah-Mah also plans to host the annual WSU Pah-Loots-Pu Celebration Pow Wow on March 25-27, 2016. More information about…
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