Health Career Ladder this Saturday!

This Saturday marks March’s American Indian Health Career Ladder this Saturday at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona from 8:30 to noon.

The workshops are led by WesternU medical students and doctors: past workshops have included blood type testing, fingerprinting, diabetes prevention, forensic science, and anatomy!

Lunch is provided!

If you are interested in health or science careers, come out and learn all about the Health Career Ladder.

FMI: http://www.westernu.edu/ladder-american-indian/index.php

2013 Pipeline Applications Are Out!

If you haven’t seen it yet, the application’s for Pitzer’s Native American Summer Pipeline to College Program 2013 are out!

The Applications can be found by clicking the page marked “2013 Applications”

Both the Mentor and Student Applications are there.

Please fill one out or pass them along to someone who may.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Director, Scott Scoggins, at scott_scoggins@pitzer.edu

Golden Eagle Award

Last Friday, September 28th, was Sherman Indian High School’s Indian Day, a day to celebrate and promote the Native American history and culture of Riverside and Sherman Indian School, both past and present.

A part of Sherman’s Indian Day is the awarding of Golden Eagle awards, which are awarded to those who have created a bridge between Sherman and the wider community. Scott was honored to receive an Eagle Award due to his work helping promote reading achievement among Sherman Students!

GO SCOTT!!!! Aho!!!

Diabetes Walk – October 27th

Hello Pipeline Family!

One of our big events is coming up on October 27th: The Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes Event in LA! It is a national diabetes walk, with walks happening all across the nation. We are teaming up with Western University for the Diabetes Walk. Please join us to raise funds and support for diabetes, an problem that has especially affected Native communities. We would love to see all of our Pipeline family out and participating on October 27th! If you plan to attend the actual walk, please RSVP to eshulterbrandt@gmail.com or Scott’s email.

I have included directions below on how to join.

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Step Out Walk Diabetes: How to Sign up

Go to: http://stepout.diabetes.org/site/PageServer?pagename=OUT_homepage

Scroll down and click the state of California on the map of the U.S.

A box will pop up with event names and dates.

Find and click the one that says: Los Angeles, CA, October 27th

You will end up here: http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR/StepOut/A6LSA-LosAngelesArea?fr_id=8430&pg=entry

On the left side, under participate, click Join an Existing Team.

The Team Company is: Western University

The Team Division is: Corporate.

Our Team is Western U American Indian Health Career Ladder and Scott Scoggins is our Team Leader

Click join team or click our team name and it will direct you to our team homepage where there is a big button on the right that says join.

Once you have signed up, Welcome to the Pipeline Diabetes Walk Team!!

P.S. If you are a participant and have diabetes, you can sign up to be a Red Strider! A Red Strider is a walk participant who has type 1, type 2 or gestational diabetes. All Red Striders will receive an online badge on their personal webpage and a FREE recognition gift on walk day. As a Red Strider you are a VIP because YOU are the reason we walk. You will also be given your own personalized webpage to tell your story and raise funds for the walk.

Schedule Sneak Peak

The events and field trips that Scott has lined up for this summer’s Pipeline Program are pretty cool. I know you haven’t seen the schedule yet so I’m just gonna post some highlights for you to enjoy and be excited over now.

Some highlights:

A Visit to  NBC & Universal Studios

NBC Studio is known for being the home of the long-running The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Universal Studios, the oldest movie studio in the U.S., is one of the six major movie studios. Some famous movies/shows that came from Universal are: Jurassic Park, the Flinstones & the Bourne Series.

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Poster and Application

I know some people were mentioning that it was hard to find information about this summer’s Pipeline Program, so I am including a Poster and the Student Application form below. Remember, if you know somebody who wants to apply, let them know that its not too late. Encourage them to fill out an application and turn it in to Scott asap.

2012 Native American Summer Pipeline Program Poster:  2012 Pipeline Poster

Student Application Form:   2012 Pipeline Student Application

Hope this helps make finding things easier

THE PITZER NATIVE SUMMER PIPELINE TO COLLEGE IS COMING!!.. ARE YOU READY??

OMG!! the Pipeline is coming, is everyone ready? i miss you guys.. for those of you who i haven’t seen since the summer, i wish you all good health and well being.. may this year bring you answers and wisdom in which you seek.. may the universe bring you balance and opportunity.. the Native Pipeline forever spiritually connected and unstoppable.<’*'_’*'}

NEW SCHOOL YEAR, NEW DREAMS

Hey Everybody! I hope you are all doing well and settling in to take on the new school year! I heard, for those of you who went, that the College fair was awesome! WHAT ELSE DID YOU DO? I am sorry I couldn’t make it, I was attending a Pitzer Faculty(the professors) retreat talking about DIVERSITY and Affirmative Action Issues! Real complicated stuff (I’m still trying to figure it out! lol). I hope you got to meet Carlos! He is a Pitzer Freshman who will be helping Scott and I and will also be a mentor to all of you! Carlos is an awesome dude! There will be some more Pitzer Students this year that will be joining us on our Pipeline Journey! Please LOOK out for Announcements from Us about the SAT, Cal Grants, FAFSA, and More! I am eager to see you all soon!