{"id":15518,"date":"2010-09-16T12:05:38","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T19:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=15518"},"modified":"2013-04-01T12:35:23","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T19:35:23","slug":"grant-broadens-outreach-to-native-american-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/grant-broadens-outreach-to-native-american-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant broadens outreach to Native American students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two long-standing and essential programs aimed at increasing access to Northern Arizona University recently received a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/programs\/cacg\/index.html\">College Access Challenge<\/a>\u00a0grant from the U.S. Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/edsup\/nz\/\">Nizhoni Academy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/edsup\/outreach.asp\">Parent Outreach<\/a>\u00a0programs, both of which focus on addressing the needs and issues that impact Native American students in higher education, will share the five-year, $100,000 grant awarded through the university\u2019s involvement in the Arizona Tri-Universities for Indian Education.<\/p>\n<p>A statewide organization comprised of the three state universities, community colleges, tribal colleges and other agencies, the Arizona Tri-Universities for Indian Education focuses on increasing recruitment and retention of Native American students in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNative Americans have one of the lowest high school graduation rates and even lower numbers attending colleges and universities,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Catherine Talakte<\/strong>, director of Native American Student Services. \u201cThis grant will allow NAU to continue providing early outreach efforts to tribal communities and schools in students\u2019 preparation for college.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Primarily supported by donations, the Nizhoni Academy welcomes ninth- and 10th-grade Native American high school students to NAU for a five-week summer academy to develop and enhance their academic preparedness and understanding of the demands of college life. The program goals are to increase high school graduation rates and applications for financial aid while boosting the number of students who enter postsecondary education programs.<\/p>\n<p>The Parent Outreach program provides additional resources and services to parents of Native American students. Presentations, supplemental information and personal assistance is offered to families during monthly staff visits to partner sites located on four of the state\u2019s reservation lands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese outreach programs are a key part of two of the university\u2019s strategic goals\u2014creating a university climate that enhances the academic experience of Native American students and increasing the number of bachelor\u2019s degrees earned by 2020,\u201d said NAU President John Haeger. \u201cAnd with the completion of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www4.nau.edu\/insidenau\/bumps\/2010\/8_11_10\/abor.html\">Native American Cultural Center<\/a>\u00a0next fall, we will continue to make significant strides in attracting Native American students and keeping them engaged in their education.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/grant-broadens-outreach-to-native-american-students\/\">Two long-standing and essential programs aimed at increasing access to Northern Arizona University recently received a\u00a0College Access Challenge\u00a0grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The\u00a0Nizhoni Academy\u00a0and\u00a0Parent Outreach\u00a0programs, both of which focus on addressing the needs and issues that impact Native American students in higher education, will share the five-year, $100,000 grant awarded through the university\u2019s&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}