CSKT member receives American Indian Graduate Center award
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News from the American Indian Graduate Center
NEW MEXICO – American Indian Graduate Center announced Amerra Webster (undergraduate) and Justin Lund (graduate) were selected as the 2019 Students of the Year.
“The Student of the Year Award celebrates exceptional scholars who have demonstrated their commitment not only to their own education, but also their leadership and service to their tribal communities. Amerra and Justin emanate each of these qualities, and we are pleased to honor them as our Students of the Year,” said Angelique Albert for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, American Indian Graduate Center executive director.
Amerra Webster is an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, from Ronan, Montana, and a recent graduate of Dartmouth University where she studied government and Native American Studies. Webster was a Gates Millennium Scholar and graduated in the top 35 percent of all Dartmouth undergraduates. Currently, she serves as a Lead For America Hometown Fellow, specializing as a Climate Change Policy Fellow where she assists in the formulation and implementation of climate change policy across tribal departments and corporate entities.
Justin Lund is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation from Ganando, Arizona. Justin is set to earn his doctoral degree in anthropology from the University of Oklahoma this year. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology, minoring in global health, from Arizona State University and continued to receive a master’s degree in anthropology from the University of Oklahoma.
Student of the Year highlights the impressive achievements of American Indian Graduate Center scholars in academic excellence and community engagement. This year’s announcement was made in conjunction with the American Indian Graduate Center’s 50 Moments of Impact Campaign that is celebrating the organization’s 50th Anniversary of empowering Native students pursuing higher education.
Throughout its 50-year legacy, American Indian Graduate Center has empowered more than 16,000 students from over 500 tribes in all 50 states by providing individual scholarships with amounts ranging from $250 to $30,000 annually as well as indigenous-focused academic programming. To learn more about American Indian Graduate Center visit www.aigcs.org.
