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Last Modified: 05/05/08

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12th Annual Building Bridges Conference WE BELIEVE that exposure and discussion of diversity issues such as racism and the ethnic minority experience can facilitate positive institutional change.  We value and desire the respect for diversity in all levels of education.  Building Bridges provides opportunities for students and faculty to learn effective ways to make higher education a positive experience for all students, with a particular focus on Native American students. Friday, March 27, 2009 The University of South Dakota Campus MORE INFORMATION LATER Hotels in Vermillion Comfort Inn  605-624-8333 Holiday Inn Express  605-624-7600 Prairie Inn  605-624-2824 Super 8  605-624-8005

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE INFORMATION COMING LATER

CONFERENCE GOALS

For Native American high school students:
*     Increase awareness about the importance of persistence in education
*     Identify resources (e.g., mentors, networks, community, financial) to aid in persistence in    
       education.
For Native American college students:
*    Increase bicultural "survival skills" for Native students in higher education
*    Build strong networks between home communities and the USD and Wase Wakpa (Vermillion)
      community.
For the graduate students in Clinical Psychology who develop this conference:
*    Contribute to the development and implementation of the Building Bridges program by
      providing knowledge of psychological principles in areas of learning, adapting (to change and
      to new environments), relationship building, decision making and cultural responsiveness
For the Wase Wakpa (Vermillion) community:
*    Serve as a source of support, mentoring, and inspiration for Native American high school and
      college students choosing to pursue higher education
*    Provide an extended family (Tiospaye) for native students away from their home communities

ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL GROUPS

A limited number of lodging or travel grants will be available for high school groups on a first-come, first-served basis.  For more information, please contact the conference planning committee. 
Telephone:  605-677-5353
Email:    bbridges@usd.edu

 

Sponsored by the USD Clinical Psychology Training Program, the USD Department of American Indian Studies, and the Admissions at the U.