On Sept. 19, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that 17 tribal colleges in eight states were awarded $4 million through its Rural Development Tribal College Grant program, created to help the colleges buy equipment, build or renovate classrooms, make repairs and finance infrastructure improvements.
Stone Child College in Box Elder, Mont., for example, received a $272,350 grant to repair infrastructure and build a greenhouse and mobile computer lab. Tohono O'odham Community College in Sells, Ariz., was awarded $272,350 to repair classrooms and other college buildings. The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College in Michigan received $137,000 to pave parking lots, demolish and remove old dorms, do site preparation, install a new drain field at the main campus and buy two 16- passenger accessible buses and a new seven-passenger van. Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, S.D., received $272,350 to build a Head Start program building at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation.
"Education is one of the most effective economic development tools we can put into the hands of our tribal communities as they build their economic, business and social opportunities," Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
HUD Awards $5 Million to Tribal Colleges
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today awarded $5 million to seven Native American colleges and universities to expand, renovate, and equip their own facilities, to improve student housing, and to support construction of new facilities. The funding announced today is provided through HUD's Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP).
Most of these institutions serve remote areas and a growing number of local residents depend heavily on the education, counseling, health, and employment services they offer. "These institutions of higher learning are critical to the health and vitality of their communities," said Preston. "HUD and these tribal colleges and universities are working hand-in-hand to improve their facilities so they can continue to be a vital resource for their students, faculty and the communities they serve."
Most of these institutions serve remote areas and a growing number of local residents depend heavily on the education, counseling, health, and employment services they offer. "These institutions of higher learning are critical to the health and vitality of their communities," said Preston. "HUD and these tribal colleges and universities are working hand-in-hand to improve their facilities so they can continue to be a vital resource for their students, faculty and the communities they serve."
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