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New Board President and Members

Congratulations to Melvin Monette - NIEA President-Elect

Making the Grad - Get Involved With AIGC

AIGC Scholarship Applications Open

GMS Scholarship Application Open

Advertise in "The American Indian Graduate" Magazine

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American Indian Graduate Center Announces

New Board President

and Members

Grayson Noley of the Choctaw Nation will lead AIGC!

The American Indian Graduate Center is proud to announce their newly elected officers and board members.

Grayson Noley (Choctaw Nation), will serve as Board President; Melanie Patten Fritzsche (Laguna Pueblo), as Vice President and Rose Graham (Navajo), as Secretary and Treasurer. Walter Lamar (Blackfeet) and Joel Frank (Seminole Tribe of Florida) are our new board members. Other board members include Michael Bird (Kewa and Ohkay Owingeh Pueblos) and Danna R. Jackson, Esq. (Confederated Tribes of Salish and Kootenai).

Congratulations to the new board members and thank you to all the members for your time and dedication to AIGC!

For more information on the AIGC Board Members, click here.

Congratulations to Melvin Monette!

Voted "President-Elect" to NIEA

The American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) would like to congratulate the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) on another event-full annual convention and trade show in Rapid City, SD, this past weekend.

Special congratulations to Melvin Monette, Director for Graduate and Fellowships and Special Programs, at AIGC; voted "President-Elect" to NIEA to assume Presidency at the NIEA Convention in Alaska next October!

"Melvin has been with AIGC just over three years. In this short period, he has advanced our scholarship processes; enabling students to apply online, helped launch a new website and productively engaged national organizations relevant to the organization's mission. We are proud of his newly elected position with NIEA and support him as he advocates for the betterment of education for all Native students," said Sam Deloria, Director of AIGC.

Melvin Monette stated, "I would like to thank AIGC for their support. Not all my college preparation and transitional experiences were what they could be; therefore, throughout most of my professional career I set out to give personal attention to each student and family who requests it of me. I have learned that higher education, while it propels an individual, carries a family and community through and beyond the educational experience. Through my own personal experiences in education and my career, I realize we all have much more work to do to truly call ourselves or our communities lifelong learners. I enjoy serving on the NIEA Board of Directors because I know it impacts our Native communities." Melvin is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and an alumnus of the University of North Dakota.

AIGC is proud to say that over the years, and currently, many of the NIEA Board of Directors members have been funded through or were affiliated with AIGC.

Other members of the 2013-2014 Board of Directors include:

Pamela Agoyo (Cochiti, Kewa, Ohkay Owingeh), President
Dr. Charlotte Davidson (Dine, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara), Vice-President
Dr. Teresa Haunani Makuakane-Drechsel (Native Hawaiian), Treasurer
Dr. Robin Minthorn (Kiowa, Apache, Nez Perce, Umatilla), Secretary
Corey Still (Cherokee/United Keetoowah Band), Parliamentarian
Dr. Timothy Begay (Navajo)
Dr. David Beaulieu (Minnesota Chipppewa)
Daphne Little Bear (Santa Ana Pueblo)
Mary Kim Titla (San Carlos Apache)
Ryan Wilson (Tituwan Oceti Sakowin)
Ronalda Warito-Tome (Navajo)

Walter Lamar's Video

Making the Grad:

Get Involved With

The American Indian Graduate Center!

AIGC is proud to announce Walter Lamar, of Lamar Associates, as recently appointed member to the AIGC Board of Directors!

Mr. Lamar wrote about the American Indian Graduate Center in an article, published in Indian Country Today, on October 30, 2013.

Read the story and watch the video that Mr. Lamar produced to go with the story.

Walter Lamar, Blackfeet/Wichita, is a former FBI special agent, Deputy Director of BIA Law Enforcement and is, currently, President of Lamar Associates.

AIGC Scholarship Applications Now Available Online!

American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) applications are now available online for the 2014 - 2015 academic year.

Attention High School Seniors!

The All Native American High School Academic Team nomination and application deadline is April 4, 2014.

Attention College Juniors and Seniors!

The Wells Fargo American Indian scholarship application deadline is April 25, 2014.

Attention Graduate Students!

The Wells Fargo American Indian scholarship application deadline is April 25, 2014.
The AIGC Fellowship application deadline is June 1, 2014.
The Loan for Service application deadline is June 1, 2014.

All application materials must be submitted through the AIGC Online Application System (OAS) - visit the AIGC website at aigcs.org. To enter the Online Application System, click the APPLY NOW button, found in various places on the AIGC website. Full online application instructions may be viewed here.

Email all inquiries to: fellowships@aigcs.org.

The Gates Millennium Scholarship Online Application is Open!

The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Program selects 1,000 talented students, each year, to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship for use at any college or university of their choice. Gates Millennium Scholars are provided with personal and professional development, through leadership programs, along with academic support throughout their college career.

The GMS Program, funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was established in 1999, to provide outstanding African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education, in any discipline area of interest.

The American Indian Graduate Center Scholars (AIGCS) is the American Indian/Alaska Native partner for the GMS scholarship.

For more information and to complete an on-line application, click here. The deadline is Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST).

The American Indian Graduate Magazine is currently seeking advertisers

for the Spring 2014 publication!

The magazine boasts a targeted readership of over 16,000 American Indian and Alaska Native students, graduates, professionals and organizations.

The American Indian Graduate Magazine is mailed out in hard copy form, e-mailed and posted on the AIGC Website, reaching more individuals than ever before.

Benefits to advertising in the magazine include:

* Reach Native American Leaders
* Recruit and Enroll Native Students
* Connect with Graduates and Professionals
* Support AIGC
* Recruit Native Employees
* Develop New Business in Indian Country

The deadline for the magazine is December 1, 2013. Please contact Linda at linda@aigcs.org.

Click here to view current and past issues of the magazine and click here to view the AIGC Ad Spec Sheet.

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Would you like to share your education story with the readers of The American Indian Graduate magazine? Inspire others with your educational journey and current career! The next deadline for the magazine is December 1, 2013. Please contact Linda at linda@aigcs.org.