Apply Now for the High School Sustainability Leadership Cohort Program

The Sustainability Leadership Cohort Program is an opportunity for high school students in our area made possible through a USDA-funded project called POSOH (the acronym for Place-based Opportunities for Sustainable Outcomes and High Hopes). The Sustainability Leadership Cohort Program (SLC) is led by the College of Menominee Nation’s Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) in collaboration with its POSOH partners. This Program is designed to support young people in our area to build leadership skills, promote higher education, and ultimately, to foster the next generation of community leaders. Learn more and apply

Attend an Informational Session for Nursing Careers

Interested in finding out more about the Nursing Assistant courses, Health Professions Opportunity Grant (HPOG), or Health Careers Opportunities Program (HCOP)? Join us at an informational session and get your questions answered! Click here to find an information session at the Green Bay/Oneida campus or the Keshena campus.

Get Involved in RecycleMania

The College of Menominee Nation is participating in RecycleMania 2015, a friendly recycling completion among colleges and universities. The competition began on February 2 and will run over an eight-week period ending on March 27, 2015. Learn more

Mark Your Calendars for CMN's Annual Benefit Golf Outing

The College of Menominee Nation's 5th Annual Benefit Golf Outing will be held Friday, June 12, at Thornberry Creek at Oneida Golf Course. Team cost is $400, with shotgun start/four-man scramble beginning at 11 a.m. For more information or to reserve a spot, contact Susan Waukau at swaukau@menominee.edu or 715-799-6226, ext. 3156.

Making Our Writing Sing: The Revision Process

Writing takes time, talent, and persistence. Some would-be writers focus too much on a perceived lack of time, claiming they’d create great texts if they weren’t so busy with other things. Others admit to a talent deficiency, stating that "writer's block" has barred them from going back to their keyboards. Yet successful writers know that persistence is the key to their craft. We all can agree that excuses won't help us write our stories, but those who are disciplined know that committing words to paper is just the tip of the writing iceberg. While we need to prioritize the written word as the vehicle for our personal expression, we also must accept that great writing is the result of careful, persistent revision. Read more

New Opportunity for Native Giving
You can help sustain a unique tribal college

First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) recognizes that Native American youth are the very future of their communities, and that ensuring their well-being is crucial to the prosperity of those communities. That's why First Nations established NativeGiving.org, which highlights community-based nonprofits that are dedicated to strengthening and improving the lives of Native children and families. Please make a gift today to ensure the future of Native communities. Learn more

Sustainable Development Institute Completes Installation of Forest Monitoring Plots

Over the past two years, eight students and two crew leaders worked under the guidance of the Director of the Center for First Americans Forestlands and with the support of scientists from UW Green Bay and the Smithsonian Institute to delineate, survey, and census three – one hectare climate change forest monitoring plots. One plot located on the East side of the CMN Keshena campus is considered a training plot. The other two plots are located in the northern region of the Menominee Indian Reservation, and are considered long-term forest monitoring plots. The plots can be used for a variety of activities ranging from casual discussions, to structured "outdoor" classroom tasks, to advanced research which includes monitoring various ecological aspects of the forest to measure the impacts of climate change. Read more and read the report

Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Are you ready to find a job, keep a job,
or get a better job?

College of Menominee Nation (CMN) Vocational Rehabilitation Program (VRP) is located in Keshena, WI. The program provides services to Native Americans with disabilities in order to obtain or retain employment. Success in the program involves partnership and commitment between the Vocational Rehabilitation counselor and consumer. Services provided to Vocational Rehabilitation Program consumers are custom designed to fit each individual’s needs and employment goal.
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