MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM SEMI-ANNUAL

CAMPUS DIVERSITY REPORTS

 

MSU - NORTHERN

 

December, 2000

 

A.�������� Enrollment Management

 

1.�������� Narrative:

 

How MUS/each campus is meeting the requirements of Policy 1902 and major initiatives implemented

 

�                     To enroll American Indians and other minorities who are MT residents in proportion to their representation in the state population at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.� (1902.P-I)

 

����������� MSU-Northern seeks to recruit and retain American Indian students in proportion to the states population.� MSU-Northern has actively increased recruitment efforts and has visited all seven of Montana's Tribal Colleges, and various reservation high schools in Montana.� Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to recruit by bringing recruitment materials on home visits, and to conventions and meetings.� Montana State University-Northern has increased recruitment efforts by setting up recruitment booths at Tribal College Career Fairs, Pow Wows and Indian conferences.� Northern has participated in Montana Indian Education Association conferences and will assist with the 2001 National Indian Education Association Conference.� Next, MSU-Northern has collaborated with Tribal colleges in supporting a professional development grant to increase the number of American Indian teachers and currently has a Preparing Teacher for Tomorrows Technology.

 

B.�������� Completions

 

1.��������� Narrative:

 

How MUS/each campus is meeting the requirements of Policy 1902 and major initiatives implemented

 

�                      To graduate American Indians and other minorities who are MT residents in proportion to their representation in the state population at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

 

����������� In regards to retention and completion, Northern offers a number of support services for American Indian students.� Student Support Services offers tutoring, career counseling, and social activities for all students attending Northern.� In 1999, Northern established the Student Success Center which houses the Peer Mentoring Program, Academic Advising, and computer lab to assist Carl Perkins eligible students.� Northern offers the Indian Fee waiver for American Indians, which helps with the financial burden of attending college.� Next,� Northern has assisted students with Indian Health Service Scholarship, Gates Scholarship for minorities, MSU-Northern Foundation Scholarships and other minority scholarships.� In 1999, MSU-Northern completed Articulation agreements with Blackfeet Community College, Fort Peck Community College and Fort Belknap College.� The Community Service degree program has added curriculum that reflects service learning in regards to tribal issues and reservation policy.

 

����������� The Multicultural Coordinator has assisted American Indian students with campus and community services, and provides a transition workshop to address college adjustment problems.

 

����������� Sweetgrass Society Indian Club and American Indian Business Leaders (AIBL) assists students by providing a comfortable social environment on campus.� These student organizations have actively encouraged professional and personal growth by encouraging students to participate in activities.� Annually, MSU-Northern has donated discretionary funds to assist the Sweetgrass Society pow-wow.� Northern has been listed in the Winds of Change Magazine(college guide for American Indians) as having one of the highest percentages of American Indian Graduates in the nation (8%).