First Student Acceptance Letter Sent Out Today!! Exciting!!! 

Haven’t turned in an application yet? Thats ok because there are still a few more slots!! 

Apply Today!!

Just to make sure that everyone is up to date, here are the specs for the 2013 Pipeline Session:

• 2013 Pipeline is from July 29th – August 12th. We are back to two weeks now.
• The applications have the wrong date. Sorry. We are working to fix it ASAP.
• It is at Pitzer College.
• There are only 15!! Slots available this year! Please turn your application in early.

cool. if you have any questions, please contact Scott, the Program Director.

The applications for Pitzer’s Native American Summer Pipeline to College Program 2013 session will be coming out soon! 

We will be looking for 

• Students
• Mentors

If you know anyone who is interested, start telling them about Pipeline!! 

The Acorn Festival is happening this weekend on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th from 10-3pm at the Rancho Sana Ana Botanical Garden in Claremont. The Acorn Festival is to celebrate “California native plants with Native American dancers, singers, artisans and tribal leaders.” There will be lots of hands on activities: basket weaving, arrow making, necklace making and games. Its not free unless you’re a volunteer. FMI: http://www.rsabg.org/events-monthly-calendar/event/1/mjlhqqhqma6m1fhfbs3v477hd0

Who wants to draw/paint/create a mural at Pitzer?

The Community Engagement Center (CEC) has asked two Pitzer students to facilitate a mural project reflecting “community engagement.” So this means that all the groups that work with the CEC will have a chance to design their own section of the mural; this includes Pipeline!

We will be getting together on September 30^th at Pitzer to create our section of the mural. (We won’t be actually painting or drawing on the walls yet; we are still waiting for the construction to be finished.) We still want input from you; designs, ideas, drawings, etc!!

To help your ideas, try to figure out what the answers to the questions below mean to you and draw that.

 “What does community engagement mean to you? How do you want to represent your personal and collective notions of community engagement?”

Please let us know by the 28^th whether you will be coming or not.

Thanks!  Elizabeth

Hello everyone,

Pipeline is definitely not over, even though Graduation was on the 11th. We have a ton of events planned to keep our Pipeline Family together; events range from Pomona Convocation on September 4th to College Admission and FAFSA classes to visiting the San Manuel Powwow in October.

Mark your calendars and prepare to come out!

<3! Elizabeth

Schedule of Events for Pipeline Students

I remember waking up. I looked to my cell phone that was under my pillow and the numbers read 5:57am. I groaned and tossed out of my bed thinking I had to get up or i’ll be late for ceremony. I thought about how Mariah would have to come into the room to get me out of bed if I didn’t hurry up. The room was dark but I knew that right across the room was Elka, my room mate. I yelled in a soft tone, “Hey! We have to get up.” I heard no response and stumbled to my drawer where my clothes were. I tried opening them but they wouldn’t roll out like their supposed to. I tried again and this time I pulled out the drawer out of the dresser. It fell to the floor and I winced at the sound. I turned and looked towards Elka, but she didn’t wake up.

I gave a huff, started picking up the clothes that fell out, and chose the ones that I was going to wear today. After getting dressed I went out of the room to brush my teeth but as I walked out I bumped into something really hard. My nose hurt and started tingle, I put my hands against the wall that should not have been there. I thought that maybe I was too tired and went to far to the right, so I ran my hand to the left knowing the bathroom door should be right there next to it. I walked along the wall for a little while and finally found the bathroom. Maybe I was walking really slow, that’s why it took so long to get to the door. I brushed my teeth and walked back into the room to grab my phone. I checked it again and it was 6:47am.

Man, time went really fast and I was ready to go. Every morning I knew that if we were already to go that we would meet in the common room (our personal little living room). So I walked out of the room straight for the living room and bumped into another wall, I must’ve been really tired. Once I reached the living room I sat on the couch, closed my eyes, and waited for everyone else to get up. When I opened my eyes i was in MY living room…dressed in the very same clothes that I had put on a while ago…………….. a dream is a wish your heart makes. I can’t wait till next year for my dream to be real