April 4 - The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin

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Members of the Oneida
community were among
the more than 800 students
from around the
U.S. who gathered in
Green Bay March 17-20
for the annual conference
of the American Indian
Higher Education
Consortium (AIHEC).
Conference events
included academic and
skills competitions in
categories including
business, science and
public speaking, with
College of Menominee
Nation students bringing
home several prizes.
Oneida award winners
ONEIDA
Trust Scholarship
from the College of
Menominee Nation were
Neset Skenandore of
Oneida and Elyssa
Hawk, De Pere.
Skenandore won a 1st
place with teammate
Brian Lee of Antigo in
the Oral Duo
Interpretation – Serious
competition. In the same
category, Hawk took 3rd
place with teammate
Bradley Hixon of
Shawano. In the category
of Oral Duo
Interpretation –
Humorous, Skenandore
and Hawk had a 2nd
place win.
The conference was
hosted by the College of
Menominee Nation and
10 other colleges affiliated
with the Woodland
The $3,000 lifetime
scholarship shall assist with:
Required prerequisite credited classes,
Post graduate preparation and admission
exams or related preparatory courses.
The lifetime gives the student the ability to
utilize the scholarship as they progress throughout
different levels of their educational degrees. e.g.
Associate degree, Bachelor degree, Masters and
Ph.D.
The Scholarships will remain dependent on the
student being in good standing with Oneida Higher
Education office. Students must abide by the
established Higher Education program guideline.
The Oneida Trust Committee (the donors) requests
that all recipients of the Oneida Trust Scholarship
keep in mind the prospect of returning to the
Oneida Tribe to share their acquired knowledge,
experience, and education.
The application is available at
www.oneidanation.org/highered
click the Scholarship button
and search for
Oneida TrustScholarship
Education April 4, 2013 • (Tsya=t@k) 7A
CMN hosts AIHEC National Academic Competition
Oneida students among those
to receive top honors
Submitted by Irene
Kiefer
Director, Advancement CMN
Indian tribes of
Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Michigan and Nebraska.
Professor Donna
Powless, Ph.D., of the
CMN Education faculty,
was lead coordinator of
local planning for the
event. Native comedian
Charlie Hill was among
featured entertainers.
Right, Neset
Skenandore of
Oneida and teammate
Brian Lee,
Antigo, were 1st
place award winners
in an Oral
Interpretation competition
at the 2013
AIHEC conference.
Photo courtesy of CMN
Above, Sally and Lance Hill of Oneida were
among those touring the conference exhibit
hall and attending events.
Left, Oneidaʼs own Charlie Hill was
among featured evening entertainers
who visited with students and staff from
visiting tribal colleges and universities.
Prior Lake, Minn. –
Applications are now available
for the Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux
Community Endowed
Scholarship at the
University of Minnesota
for the 2013-2014 academic
year. The SMSC
Endowed Scholarship was
established in 2008 through
a $2.5 million gift from the
Shakopee Mdewakanton
Sioux Community into a
matching endowment fund,
creating a $5 million
endowment to provide
scholarships for American
Indian students. To date,
112 students from across
the United States have
received SMSC scholarships.
“We encourage qualified
graduating high school students
from any state who
are planning to attend any
of the University of
Minnesota campuses to
look into this scholarship.
While preference is given
to enrolled members of federally
recognized tribes,
students who qualify under
the Indian Education Act
are also eligible if they
meet the other requirements,”
said SMSC
Chairman Charlie Vig.
The SMSC scholarship
program is designed to
recruit and retain talented
American Indian students
with demonstrated financial
need to the University
of Minnesota. The SMSC
scholarship program is
administered by the
University's Office for
Equity and Diversity. The
primary goal of the SMSC
scholarship program is to
support incoming
University of Minnesota
freshmen and transfer students
with demonstrated
financial need.
Scholarships may also be
awarded to qualified, newly
admitted graduate and professional
students in specific
disciplines.
“In today’s society, an
education is essential, especially
for Indian people.
We need our young people
to work for their tribes,
help their people, and protect
our tribal sovereignty,”
said Chairman Vig.
Scholarship criteria
To be considered for an
Right, Elissa
Hawk, De
Pere, pauses
with CMN
Professor Ryan
Winn before
Oral
Interpretation
competitions in
which she won
2nd and 3rd
place awards.
CMN photos courtesy of Dale Kakkak
Applications Available for SMSC
Endowed Scholarship at U of M
SMSC scholarship, students
must meet the following
criteria:
• Admission to one of the
University of Minnesota's
five campuses (Twin
Cities, Crookston, Duluth,
Morris, or Rochester) as a
full-time undergraduate
or graduate student.
• Enrollment or eligibility
for enrollment in a federally
recognized tribe or
students who qualify
under the Indian
Education Act.
• Graduate and professional
students must have an
academic focus in one or
more of the following
areas: medicine, dentistry,
or other health-related
disciplines; public health;
engineering; business
administration/accounting;
math; science; technology;
public policy or
government administration;
education; or law.
• Undergraduate scholarship
recipients must
maintain a minimum
cumulative 2.5 grade
point average for SMSC
scholarships to be
renewed after the first
year.
• Graduate and professional
scholarship recipients
must maintain a minimum
cumulative 3.0 grade
point average for renewal.
For undergraduates,
scholarships are renewable
for up to four years or until
graduation (whichever
comes first), contingent
upon academic performance.
For graduate and
professional students, the
length of funding is contingent
upon academic performance,
the school of enrollment,
and degree program
and is determined on a
case-by-case basis. Grades
and financial need determine
if the scholarship is
renewed for the following
school year for each student.
Application Information
For more information
about SMSC scholarships,
please visit
www.shakopeedakota.org/s
cholarships.html or e-mail
Rickey Hall, assistant vice
president for equity and
diversity at the U of M, at
hallrl@umn.edu.
Applications must be
postmarked on or before
August 1, 2013.
Scholarship recipients
will be selected by the
SMSC Selection
Committee, which is comprised
of representatives
from the Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux
Community and U of M
staff.