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Home/Riverhawk News/NSU receives $1.7 million grant to support Native American students

NSU receives $1.7 million grant to support Native American students

Published: 2016-10-06

(Tahlequah, Oklahoma)-- Northeastern State University is pleased to announce the recent Title III grant award in the amount of $1.7 million over the next five years to fund the Native American Support Center on campus. Developing the proposal was a group effort, led by Sara Barnett (Director, Center for Tribal Studies), Dr. Tom Jackson (Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs) and Mitzi Sicking (Institutional Grant Writer).

The Native American Support Center seeks to increase the retention and graduation rates of Native American students through early alert and intervention strategies and provide additional academic advising, personal and academic coaching, tutoring, and mentoring. This program will provide a source of culture, connection, and care for Native American students on all three NSU campuses.

With nearly 3,000 students who self-identify as American Indian, the additional professional staff funded through this program will help ensure students receive culturally sensitive support to increase their academic success at Northeastern State University," Sara Barnett, Director of the Center for Tribal Studies said.

The program will be housed in Academic Affairs under the Center for Tribal Studies. Funds for this program are awarded by the Department of Education, Title III Part F program which is exclusively for institutions designated as a Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institution (NASNTI).

Northeastern State Universitys historic link to the Cherokee Nation and Indian Territory makes it the oldest institution of higher learning in Oklahoma. NSU's student body consistently has the largest number of American Indian students of any public university in the United States, representing approximately 30 different nations. Northeastern State University seeks to continue and enhance the distinction as a university of choice for American Indian students.

For more information, please contact Sara Barnett at 918-444-4350 or email at Barnet11@nsuok.edu.