American Indian Graduate Center Annual Report 2018

Annual Report 2018

July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018

Corey Still, (United Keetoowah Band) is an AIGCS/Gates Millennium Scholarship recipient pursuing a Ph.D. in Adult and Higher Education from the University of Oklahoma.

2018 Geographical Scope Student Home & College States HOME STATES 278-204 99-67 52-25 19-5 4-1 0

COLLEGE STATES 242-107 69-45 38-20 18-5 4-1 0

2018 Number of Students Served

Undergraduate

0

Graduate

Women: 483

Women: 395

Men: 399

Men: 216

100

200

300

400

500

600

Total Undergraduate: 882

700

800

05

0

100

150

200

250

Total Graduate: 611

300

350

400

Total Students: 1493 Represented Tribes

Academic Institutions

204

392

Individual Tribes

Institutions

2018 Financial Overview Sources of AIGC/AIGCS Funds

Revenue: How AIGC/AIGCS Funds Are Generated Corporate

$587,090

4%

Federal

$3,082,776

21%

Foundations

$10,463,878

72%

Individual

$276,120

2%

Investment income

$137,314

1%

Tribal

$10,000

0.10%

$14,557,178*

100%

TOTAL *DEFERRED REVENUE

$6,255,642

Foundations

72%

Federal

21%

Corporate

4%

Individual

2%

Investments

1%

Tribal

0.10%

Use of AIGC/AIGCS Funds

Expenses: How AIGC/AIGCS Funds Are Spent Scholarships

$13,011,103

87%

Administrative Expenses

$800,869

5%

Outreach Programs

$556,947

4%

Management Programs

$408,205

3%

Fundraising

$126,426

1%

$14,903,550

100%

TOTAL

Scholarships

87%

Administrative Expenses

5%

Outreach & Programs

4%

Management Programs

3%

Fundraising

1%

FY18 Program Highlight

AIGC Launches Students of the Year Award

Pictured (l. to r.) Joshua Lucio, Sara LaBarge, Rebecca St. Germaine, Brook Thompson, Angelique Albert, Ernie Stevens, Jr.

Brook Thompson (undergraduate) and Dr. Rebecca St Germaine (graduate) were selected as the inaugural winners of AIGC’s Students of the Year Award. Created as an annual award to spotlight AIGC’s elite scholars, the Students of the Year awardees are selected from the undergraduate and graduate Students of the Month recipients.

Committee on Indian Affairs in 2018. In addition, Brook grew up with traditional brush dance, weaving small baskets, beading, gathering traditional foods, and learning Yurok. Brook hopes to improve her tribe’s sustainability and infrastructure through her degree in civil engineering. She also plans to receive her Ph.D. in civil engineering and sit on her tribal council.

Students of the Year awardees are honored with a plaque and an Eighth Generation wool blanket in conjunction with a celebration during the National Indian Gaming Association Tradeshow and Convention. Students also receive a $500 honorarium.

Dr. Rebecca St. Germaine, a citizen of the Wisconsin Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe Nation, is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. She is a contributing author in various publications in pharmaceutical outcomes research. Dr. St. Germaine draws from her tribal background to better understand the cultural health beliefs of other indigenous nations to provide continuing education to medical staff that train in cultural competencies. In addition, she serves as the Indian Health Board Chairwoman. Dr. St. Germaine’s desire is to continue to improve recognition of cultural health belief constructs for rural populations in underserved areas.

“We are thrilled to have such an impressive alumni presence across Indian Country. Brook and Rebecca are the epitome of why AIGC was established: to empower leaders in all sectors across this country,” said Angelique Albert, Executive Director of AIGC. Brook Thompson, a citizen of the Yurok Tribe of Northern California, is currently a civil engineering major at Portland State University. Brook interned in Washington D.C. at the Senate

AIGC would like to thank the following strategic partners: Accenture American Indian Business Leaders AMERIND Risk Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bureau of Indian Education Hispanic Scholarship Fund Salish Kootenai College San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community United Negro College Fund Wells Fargo