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OLC Weekly Bulletin
President’s Office
(Thomas Shortbull)__Please join me this Friday
for the last all staff meeting for the summer.
We will be awarding 10-year jackets, and will also present staff awards
at this time. The President’s Office
will furnish the meal. Committee
meetings will take place following the all staff meeting. <><> May BOT meetings: Tuesday, May 30th Finance Comm. @
Humanities (Dr. Holly Boomer)___Hello OLC faculty: I hope this memo finds you well this spring semester! It is that time of the semester when the Humanities Department turns its thoughts toward administering the Holistic Essay exam to our Freshman English 103 students as a department assessment. Last semester the department administered the essay exam toward the end of the semester to examine students’ writing skill improvement over the course of the semester. We will attempt the same approach this spring.
Our
scoring session is tentatively scheduled for the Friday of the 15th week, May
12, from
Please contact Holly Boomer or Anthony J. Fresquez in the Humanities Department if you have any questions with this holistic scoring process. The department phone number at Piya Wiconi is 455-6091. We hope you can join us for our scoring session!
Lakota Studies (Karen
Lone Hill)___The dates for the annual Lakota Oral Proficiency Interview for
OLC faculty and staff are Friday, May 26, 2006 and Friday, June 2, 2006 from
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily. You may schedule an appointment with the Lakota
Studies Department beginning
Graduate Studies Department (Dawn Frank)___If you are interested in enrolling in the one of the following degree programs: Lakota Leadership and Management or Lakota Leadership and Management: Education Administration. Please bring the following items:
- Official undergraduate transcripts
from an accredited institution specifying date degree conferred.
- Fill out the Graduate application form
- Pay $15.00 graduate application fee
- Letters of reference ( step 2)
- Degree of Indian Blood (if applicable)
- 2 essays; 1) autobiography 2) Letter of interest into GS program
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GS staff member will be available at the following location from June 5-
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Lakota Leadership/Management Degree Requirements |
Educational
Administration Emphasis
Requirements |
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The
following are required for admission to Lakota Leadership/Management graduate
program. 1.
A Bachelor degree from a Regionally Accredited Institution. 2.
A 2.5 GPA with 3.0 in major field. 3.
Completion of LakM 513, 533 & 603 prior
to admission to program of study. 4.
Must have a 3.0 GPA in all undergraduate Language Arts course work. 5.
Official admittance to do graduate program emphasis 30 days following completion of nine (9)
hours (application). 6.
Have and maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher for program of graduate study. |
The
following are required for admission to Lakota Leadership/Management:
Education Administration 1. Requirements for the Elementary
Principal: a)
A master’s
degree from a college or university approved for teacher education; b)
Four years of
teaching experience at the elementary level on an elementary teacher
endorsement or another endorsement which includes the elementary grades; c)
The completion
of an approved program for elementary principals at a college or university. 2. Requirements for the Secondary
Principal a)
A master’s
degree from a college or university approved for teacher education; b)
Four years of
teaching experience at the secondary level on a secondary teacher endorsement
or another endorsement, which includes the secondary grades; c)
The completion
of an approved program for secondary principals at a college or university. 3. A
2.5 GPA with 3.0 in major field. 4. A 3.0 GPA in all undergraduate Language Arts Course work. 5. Completion of LakM 513, 533,
& 603 prior to Admissions to plan of study. 6. Official
admittance to do graduate program emphasis 30 days following completion of
nine (9) (application). 7. Have and maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher
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The Sharing a vision for generations scholarship applications for the
2006-2007 academic year are available for submission.
Sharing A Vision For Generations
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Scholarship Program For American Indian Women
Scholarship Application Process
Eligible applicants must be female enrolled tribal members, and be in good standing in their degree program, or have at least a 3.0 GPA. Recipients in the Masters program must be enrolled in a minimum of six (6) graduate hours per semester. Recipients in any
Scholarship Amount: The amount awarded will be $1000 for the academic year; $500 will be awarded per semester after confirmation from the College is received regarding full-time status and (second semester) grades are received showing that the student is in good standing academically with the college.
Application Process *
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1. Complete the application form
2. Three letters of reference (teachers, employers)
3. Career Statement
4. Statement of how the scholarship will benefit/impact you and your community
No applications will
be accepted after the deadline.
Deadline: Applications must be
postmarked by June 15. No incomplete
applications will be accepted.
New Applicants and
Previous Recipients:
*A complete application must be submitted for all new applicants.
**Previous recipients need only send an updated Career Statement and their previous semester grades, UNLESS more than one semester has occurred since the previous scholarship was awarded. If the past recipient has taken time off or not completed a semester, a completely new application will be necessary.
For more information please call Dawn Frank or Sandy White shield @ (605) 455-6006. You can send an email at dfrank@olc.edu or swhiteshield@olc.edu.
KOLC TV
Schedule
9:00am Land Grant Presentation ILTP
Wopila to……
All the staff and faculty who volunteered their time
to showcase their programs/departments on Sunday, April 30th for the
Land Grant College Administrators Conference Pine Ridge Reservation Tour. The purpose of the tour was to highlight
To Ferdinand Romero (also a tour guide) for the
prayer at the beginning of the tour.
To Dawn Frank for giving the welcome address – great
job! (President Shortbull
spoke to the entire conference group Monday morning in RC – before Mayor
Shaw!)
To Theresa Lone Hill, Leslie Henry, Julia Goings,
Randy Two Crow (also a guide one of the buses), Dr. Sylvio
Mannel, Dr. Deig Sandoval,
Charles Comes Killing, Michele May, Marty Frogg, for
their presentations; to Myreen Iron Cloud, Stephanie
Two Crow for opening the bookstore, and to Kathy Aplan
and
To the maintenance and custodian crew for setting up
and cleaning the conference room and other buildings and especially for
cleaning up the mess early Monday morning before President Shortbull
arrived!
To the accounting office for running checks at the
last minute to pay the eight tour guides.