Harvard University's Administrative Fellowship Program

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Harvard University's Administrative Fellowship Program seeks to attract talented professionals, especially more ethnic minorities, to administrative careers in higher education. In addition, the University encourages applications from individuals from all backgrounds who are committed to addressing the underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in academic administration to administrative professional careers in higher education. To this end, the Administrative Fellowship Program offers a twelve-month management experience complemented by a professional development program.

The Program provides participants with opportunities to broaden their experience through working in an academic environment as a mid-level administrator. The Program seeks to enrich and diversify the Harvard community by bringing talented professionals to Cambridge.

The Program is in its twenty-first year of operation and will draw Fellows from business, government, education, and the professions. Each participant will receive a salary from Harvard University. All costs for the required educational seminar will be covered by Harvard University. Participants must secure and cover the cost of their housing.

The 2010-2011 Program will begin in September. The Fellows will be placed in various schools and departments throughout the University. Reflecting the academic and administrative diversity of the Harvard community, assignments for each Fellow will differ. However, individual fellowship needs will be shaped by considering both the school's or department's needs and the participant's career experience. Visiting Fellows are strongly urged to obtain leaves of absence from their current jobs. While the University will make every effort to place successful participants, there is no guarantee of permanent Harvard employment upon completion of the Program.

Fellows will participate in a seminar series in addition to a full-time work assignment. Seminars, lectures, and case studies have been designed to enhance management and administrative skills and to assist in self-assessment and development. The overall goal of the education program is to encourage Fellows to assess their own career development and to generate strategies for advancement.

Our own beloved Jaynie Parrish, on leave of absence from ASU's Office of the President- American Indian Initiatives, is currently in Cambridge with this fellowship and encourages everyone to apply for this once in a lifetime opportunity! (Check her out under the Current Fellows tab)

Harvard University Fellowship Program

Applications are available for the 2010-2011 year.
Deadline is Feb. 12, 2010.

Christmas Angel Drive

Looking to give to a Navajo
child in need this Christmas?
Now you can with the ASU
Native American Alumni

Chapter Christmas Angel

Drive.

The Native American Alumni is proud to announce the 2009 Christmas Angel Drive. We are currently looking for alumni to sponsor a Navajo child with a jacket, pajamas, and/or other needed items. To give this Christmas, please note will be needing items within the week by Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. so please let me know if you are interested.

Navajo Nation Communities:
We have a number of kids from Fort Defiance, AZ in
need of warm jackets this Christmas. We also have a
number of kids from Shonto, AZ in need of warm
pajamas. If you would like to donate and include
other items such as hats, gloves, scarves, socks, and/
or toys please feel free to do so. Anything would be
very much appreciated!

To Give:
Please contact Kim Kanuho to be assigned a child,
receive clothing size, and arrange a pick-up. Items
are due by Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.
to ensure delivery by Christmas.

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Kimberly Silentman-Kanuho
Email: ksilent@asu.edu

President's Volunteer Service Awards

Track your service hours for the President's Volunteer Service Awards – Deadline Dec. 31st!

The President’s Volunteer Service Award recognizes individuals and groups that have achieved a certain standard – measured by the number of hours of service over a 12-month period. This award is a Presidential honor that recognizes the valuable contributions of volunteers who are answering President Barack Obama’s call to serve others through volunteerism.

We invite students, student organizations, faculty, staff, and alumni to begin tracking your hours for 2009. To qualify, volunteers simply submit a record of their service hours to ASU Community Service Program and we verify the service and distribute the Award which includes an official President’s Volunteer Service Award lapel pin, a personalized certificate of achievement, a congratulatory letter from the President of the United States and a letter from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. Hours must be logged by December 31^st, 2009.

Sign up to track your hours today at: http://asu.volunteermatch.org/post/per_edit.jsp?returnPage=/post/index.jsp

ASU FInals Breakfast

Finals Breakfast Volunteers Needed

Student and Staff Volunteers Needed for Tempe Campus Finals Breakfast

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

9-11pm

Volunteers will assist with event set-up, information table staffing, and coordinating the time schedule for massage.

Interested and available? Please contact David Bower at David.Bower@asu.edu, 480.965.1132

Course Being Offered

Contemporary Issues in Tribal Economic Development

SLN #: 90090
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 004
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Morgan

Course Description:
Class will meet Monday, January 4, - Friday, January 8 from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. The Final Exam will be held at 9:00 am on Monday the 11th.

This intersession course is designed to train students to implement practical political, legal and economic solutions to help Tribe's implement a broad range of economic development activities. It is offered by Lance Morgan, who has combined his legal and business expertise to develop one of the most successful native owned corporations in the country, Ho-Chunk, Inc. Historically Federal Indian Law has had a negative effect on tribal economic development by limiting the tribes in a number of ways. The seminar will focus the economic impediments create by Federal Indian Law. The class seminar will not just describe the problem but give real examples of how tribes have actually overcome such legal impediments to create successful businesses and bypass some of the legal restrictions. Additionally, the seminar will also focus on having the students understand Federal Indian Law is restrictive in nature and that if they are going to be successful lawyers that they will have to use Federal Indian Law as a starting point, not an endpoint.

Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: As per Statement of Student Policies

LANCE MORGAN

Lance Morgan is a member of the Winnebago Tribe. He is also the CEO and one of the initial founders of Ho-Chunk, Inc., the development corporation for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Ho-Chunk, Inc. was started in 1994 to diversify the tribe's business interests away from gaming. Ho-Chunk, Inc. is now significantly larger than the tribe's casino with business interests ranging from home manufacturing, retail, distribution, construction, hotels, apartments, and Internet companies, including Indianz.com and AllNative.com.

Prior to working for Ho-Chunk, Inc., Mr. Morgan worked as a lawyer in the Indian Law Department of the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney. He has spoken at over 20 national and regional conferences on various tribal economic development subjects.

Mr. Morgan has a law degree from Harvard University and a business degree in economics from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

Register Now for New Spring Courses

ENG 102: Indigenous Rhetoric
Instructor: Kyle Grant Wilson, MFA
Program Coordinator
Department of English
LL 172K
kyle.wilson@asu.edu
480.727.9133

 Fulfills ENG 102 requirements
 Focuses on Indigenous texts
 Staffed by culturally‐sensitive faculty
 Designed for students of all backgrounds

Spring 2010 registration info.
Two course options:
T/Th 10:30‐11:45 a.m.
SLN: 10631
T/Th 12 Noon‐1:15 p.m.
SLN: 15127

Mission:
Indigenous Rhetoric provides ENG 102 curriculum that is culturally responsive to Indigenous worldviews. Open to all students, these courses aim to increase student success by utilizing diverse texts and learning strategies in the teaching of English writing skills. The curriculum in these courses offers varied cultural perspectives, ideas, and experiences as the foundation of learning and practicing writing aesthetics

Instructional Goals:
Provide culturally sensitive curriculum
Promote student‐centered learning
Foster cross‐cultural environment

Assignment Content:
Persuasive Writing | Theory/Practice of Indigenous Rhetoric | Politics in Indigenous Arena |Evaluation of Indigenous Issues | Cause and Effect Relationships | Proposal Argumentation

Summer Teaching Opportunities

Summer Teaching Opportunities

The Institute of Reading Development is seeking candidates for summer 2010 teaching positions. We seek applicants with an undergraduate degree or higher from any discipline. We provide a paid training program and comprehensive on-going support.

Summer teaching positions with the Institute offer the opportunity to:

• Earn more than $6,000 during the summer. Teachers typically earn between $525 and $700 per week while teaching.
• Gain over 500 hours of teacher-training and teaching experience with a variety of age groups.
• Help students of all ages develop their reading skills and ability to become imaginatively absorbed in books.

The Institute is an educational service provider that teaches developmental reading programs in partnership with the continuing education departments of more than 100 colleges and universities across the United States. Our classes for students of all ages improve their reading skills and teach them to experience absorbtion in literature.

We hire people who:

• Have strong reading skills and read for pleasure
• Have a Bachelor's Degree in any discipline
• Are responsible and hard working
• Have good communication and organizational skills
• Will be patient and supportive with students
• Have regular access to a reliable car

We welcome you to submit an online application and learn more about teaching for the Institute at our website:

http://readingprograms.org/teachingjobs

If this link does not work, please copy and paste it into your browser.

NIDDK/OMHRC Summer Internship Program

NIDDK/OMHRC Summer Internship Program

I'm pleased to announce that the Office of Minority Health Research Coordination (OMHRC), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH is now accepting applications for the OMHRC/NIDDK Summer Internship Program. This program is specific to those that are underrepresented minorities: African American, Hispanic American, Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders. Successful applicants will join one of NIDDK's research laboratories in Bethesda, Maryland, or Phoenix, Arizona, for ten weeks beginning in June through the first week of August.

At the end of the summer, students participate in the NIH Summer Research Program Poster Day. This provides an opportunity for students to present their work before the NIH scientific community. Students are also expected to participate in meetings and seminars in their individual laboratories.

Research performed covers an extraordinarily diverse area but is unified by a commitment to excellence in both basic and clinical investigation. This is an opportunity to gain experience in the use of emerging technologies and work with some of the leading researchers in modern molecular biology, developmental biology, structural biology, including x-ray crystallography and NMR, cell biology, and pharmacology.

PECRB in Phoenix, Arizona, conducts studies on the Pima Indians, a population with an extraordinarily high incidence of diabetes and obesity. The scientific mission of the PECRB is to determine the etiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus as it occurs among Pima Indians of Arizona.

You may access the on-line application at http://www.scgcorp.com/SIP/
Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions.

Best wishes,
Ms. Winnie Martinez
Program Analyst, Office of Minority Health Research Coordination
Program Officer, Network of Minority Research Investigators
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases,NIH


Tel: 301-435-2988
Fax: 301-594-9358
MartinezW@mail.nih.gov

Phoenix Children's Hospital needs volunteers

Phoenix Children's Hospital needs volunteers

*St. Nick's Lights*

Where: Loop 101 at Indian Bend Road

Scottsdale, AZ

When: December 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, and 13

Time: 7:00pm-10:00pm

Assignment: Selling PCH Holiday Cards

Volunteers needed: 2 per night

Please contact Dusty Whitney at dwhitney@phoenixchildrens.com should you have any questions and/or would like to be scheduled to assist.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Servic

SAVE THE DATE: Monday, January 18^th, 2010

Kick off the spring semester with service! Join us for a powerful day of service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.! Volunteers across the country will be donating their time to a make a difference on this day. You can too! Transportation and lunch will be provided! To register yourself or your student organization, please visit: http://mlkdayofservice2010.eventbrite.com/

Sponsored by MLK Celebration at Arizona State University and ASU Community Service Program

10th Annual Native American Children's Benefit Concert

Thank you! To everyone who made the event such a success. The concert was held in the Memorial Union on the ASU Tempe Campus on Dec. 5th, 2009.

"Yes! We collected plenty of toys and articles of clothing for our Native children, just think of the many smiles and surprises you have created…many of the kids may not understand how or why the gifts arrive, but in a amusing way we have become the “new” Native Santas! Which means “We are taken care of each other”. Thank you!" - R. Kemp

Ak–Chin Indian Community Scholarship Fall 2009

Ak–Chin Indian Community
Scholarship Program

The Ak-Chin Scholarship Program is made possible by an Endowment created with the Arizona State University Foundation (ASU) from the Ak–Chin Indian Community. Administrated by the Office of President on American Indian Initiatives, the scholarship is to assist the educational needs of American Indian students attending ASU who demonstrate good academic standing. The scholarship amount awards up to $500 per student, potentially disbursing 20 recipients per academic year.

SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA:
• Must be enrolled in a federally recognized Indian Nation (please submit copy of Certificate of Indian Blood/ Enrollment number).
• Open to undergraduate or graduate students.
Undergraduate Applicants:

• Must be enrolled full-time with a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester at any of the four ASU’s campuses.
• Minimum 2.50 ASU Cumulative GPA and showing progression toward a degree.
(exception will be made for first semester freshman who must show a high school transcript and transfer students who must show a transcript from their prior institution).

Graduate Applicants:

• Must be enrolled full-time with a minimum of 9 credit hours per semester at any of the four ASU’s campuses.
• Minimum 3.00 ASU Cumulative GPA and showing progression toward a degree.
• Must be admitted into a graduate program at ASU.

Once awarded, students will be required to fulfill 15 hours of community services. See volunteer verification form.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

1. Complete the application form.
2. Submit a copy of Certificate of Indian Blood/Enrollment Number.
3. Provide two (2) letters of recommendation.
4. Submit a personal goal statement.
5. Submit copy of Transcripts (Unofficial Transcripts are acceptable).
6. Submit a resume.



DEADLINE – Tuesday, November 24, 2009 by 5pm


Mail to: Hand Deliver to:
Arizona State University Discovery Hall #216
Office of the President Tempe Campus
American Indian Initiatives
Attention: Annabell Bowen
P.O. Box 877705
Tempe, AZ 85287-7705



Thank you for your interest.
Please email me for the application: annabell.bowen@asu.edu

Scholarship Announcement for NA/Alaskan Natural Resource Students

Deadline January 29, 2010
$2,000
$1,500

Inter-Tribal Timber Council
http://itcnet.org/about_us/scholarships.html

Phoenix Professional Chapter of AISES Awards Scholarships

Hello Phoneix AISES Members and Friends,

The Phoenix Professional Chapter of AISES awards scholarships toNative American engineering and science students currently attending Arizona universities. The deadline for turning in applications is Friday, October 23, 2009.

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Phoenix Professional Chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society
P.O. Box 2528, Phoenix, AZ 85002
September 23, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Wes Dooley, azpcaises@gmail.com
Phoenix Professional Chapter of AISES Scholarship Announcement

(PHOENIX, AZ) The Phoenix Professional Chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (Phoenix AISES) is proud to announce its ninth scholarship program. The scholarships are for $500 each. Scholarship application must be postmarked by October 23, 2009. The scholarship application form is located the following website: http://www.azpcofaises.org/.

The Phoenix AISES scholarships are awarded to American Indian/Alaska Natives attending Arizona schools of higher education pursuing degrees in the sciences, engineering, medicine, natural resources, math, and technology. The scholarship program is administered by Phoenix AISES and funded primarily by the Phoenix AISES Scholarship & Leadership Golf Tournament and scholarship program donations.

Scholarship criteria are: Student must be a full-time undergraduate student (at least 12 hours per semester) at an accredited two year or four year college/university; student must attend an accredited two year or four year college/university in the state of Arizona; student must have a 2.5 or higher cumulative grade point average (GPA); student must major in one of the following: math, physical science, engineering, medicine, science, or natural resources; student must be a member of an American Indian tribe or an Alaskan Native; and student must be a member of AISES.

Applicants need to submit an application form, official transcripts, a 500 word personal essay, proof of tribal enrollment, two letters of recommendation, copy of AISES membership card, and resume.

For more information regarding the Phoenix Professional Chapter of AISES, contact Wes Dooley, via email at azpcaises@gmail.com, or website: http://www.azpcofaises.org/.

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Sincerely,

Wes Dooley
Phoenix AISES Chair
Golf Co-Chair

ASU Student Funding Opportunity

Two Weeks Left!

Take advantage before time runs out-

$2,000 in seed funding for students from ANY major.


ENTREPRENEUR ADVANTAGE PROJECT 2009

The Entrepreneur Advantage Project funding is to provide students - including those without previous entrepreneurial experience and those who have not taken business courses - an opportunity to turn great ideas into action.

This program will help you succeed with any idea, large or small, for-profit or not-for-profit. Two weeks remain to complete and submit your application.

The deadline for the fall cycle of the Entrepreneur Advantage Project is October 30th.

For more information on how to apply visit us at: http://entrepreneurship.asu.edu/eap.


If you have questions, contact Scott Perkofski. Phone: 480.884.1848

E-mail: Scott.Perkofski@asu.edu