In January 2019 the University of Minnesota and the Shakopee Tribe named several Native American students at UMD as recipients of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) Endowed Scholarship.
This year 69 SMSC scholarship recipients are enrolled in a school in the University of Minnesota system, representing more than 40 tribal nations across the United States. The following UMD students received the scholarship this year.
UMD College of Liberal Arts
Marisa Cummings, Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, Neb.
Alexandra Houchin, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Minn.
Marlene Kewanwytewa, Pueblo of Zia, N.M.
Virginia Morigeau, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Mont.
Amanda Olson, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Minn.
Mark Pero, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Wis.
Cera Swiftwater, Oglala Sioux Tribe, S.D.
Janelle Whipple, Santee Sioux Nation, Neb.
UMD College of Education and Human Service Professions
Sarah Hendrickson, White Earth Nation, Minn.
Emily Roy, White Earth Nation, Minn.
University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth
Frederick Blaisdell, Oneida Nation of the Thames, Ont.
Ginearosa Carbone, San Buenaventura Band of Chumash Indians, Cal.
Trevor Champagne, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, N.D.
Whitney Rose Lloyd, Alderville First Nation, Ont.
Ginearosa Carbone, a scholarship recipient, UMD student, and member of the Band of Chumash Indians appreciates the help. She said “The University of Minnesota has given me numerous opportunities that I could never have had in California, such as the two Indigenous-based research groups I’m involved in.” Ginearose is a researcher for the Native Americans into Medicine (NAM) Program at University of Minnesota Duluth Medical School.
The SMSC Scholarship was established in 2008 through a generous gift from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. The SMSC scholarship program is designed to recruit and retain talented American Indian students with demonstrated financial need to the University of Minnesota.
The University’s Office for Equity and Diversity administers the scholarship. Native American students who have been admitted to any University of Minnesota campus are eligible to apply for the SMSC Endowed Scholarship. Scholarship applications for the 2019-2020 academic year are due March 1, 2019.
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