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Today more than 100 Indian students have graduated from Augsburg, and each year approximately 50 students are enrolled both full and part time, undergraduate and graduate, representing over 20 tribal nations. We Offer Assistance With:
Honoring Culture and Community
Our graduates are valued members of their communities. They maintain their contact with the AISSP and are invaluable in our networking with current students. About the Director - Jennifer Simon Jennifer Simon started with Augsburg in September 2007. She is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Lakota (Sioux) Tribe, Mnicoujou Band, in South Dakota and grew up on the reservation. Her passion is to help her people, and because she went through the higher education system for her BA and MA degrees, she knows many of the struggles that Native students face while earning their degrees. Jennifer is here to help and support the American Indian Students at Augsburg. |
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Indian Student Services is a multifaceted office established in 1978 to recruit
and retain American Indian students. It is a national model of success and continues
to have one of the highest retention and graduation rates of Indian students in
the state of Minnesota.
Through the American Indian Student Services Program, Augsburg offers national and local
speakers of interest to the regional American Indian community. The program
sponsors conferences, seminars and forums featuring topics such as sovereignty,
treaty rights, spirituality, families and children, education and environmental
issues. More contemporary issues such as nuclear storage, affirmative action,
gaming and interactive learning on reservations have also been offered. Augsburg
also sponsors various cultural events and is available for community meetings.