Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Audrey LaVallie; Eakalak Khan; G. Padmanabhan

MountainCommunity College, and United Tribes Technical College) in the State worked together toconceive, design, and implement different STEM-enhancement activities for the tribal collegeand reservation high and middle school students1. This effort culminated in continued fundingfrom the North Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NDEPSCoR)of the NSF, since 2004 under the title “Nurturing American Tribal Undergraduates in Researchand Education (NATURE).” A research component, Tribal College Undergraduate ResearchMentoring Program (TCURMP), was added to NATURE in 2007 as a pilot program. It was laterincluded as a regular component of NATURE 2, 3. Current information on the program can beobtained from the website: http://www.ndsu.edu