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Gilda Yazzie (Business Administration, '97), a long-time advocate for affordable housing in La Plata County, joined four other candidates vying for open Durango City Council seats. Yazzie, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, said she would like to see the city provide more educational opportunities for children of all ages.

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Snowdown was once again in Durango—with a Shakespearean theme. Commenting for The Durango Herald, Larry Hartsfield, a professor of English, said that "Shakespeare and his works have endured to this day because he confronts the dark nature of human folly and vice with timeless storytelling."

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The Art Gallery at ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ features Janet Diaz Muro's Hay Comida en la Casa exhibition. Diaz is a first-generation Mexican-American Chicana artist who addresses migration, immigration, labor rights, identity, and social injustice.

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In 2022, ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ’s premier Native American & Indigenous Studies program received a critical academic boost. Helped in part by a generous gift from the Mellon Foundation, ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ hired four new NAIS faculty. This expansion advances the institution’s commitment to reconciliation with its past as a federal Indian boarding school by building a community of Indigenous...

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ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Athletics announced the addition of indoor track and field for the 2023-24 season. Men's and women's indoor track and field will bring the department's total to 16 programs offered at the NCAA Division II level. 

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Amid a nationwide effort to preserve Indigenous languages, ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ has developed a new partnership with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to train bilingual teachers in instructing a new generation of Ute-language speakers.

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Despite the biggest winter storm in four years, ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ community members gathered to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an informal meet-and-greet hosted by the Black Student Union.

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At her post deep in the Rocky Mountains, Kelli Lewis (Environmental Studies, ‘15), a ranger for Colorado Parks & Wildlife, patrols Eleven Mile State Park on a pair of ice skates. With a patrol area of 3,400 acres, Lewis dashes across frozen reservoirs to greet anglers and campers alike. 

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ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ men's basketball player Akuel Kot was named to the Clarence Bevo Francis Award "Top 100 small college basketball players to watch list." Kot recently broke the single-game scoring record for the ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ men's basketball team and is currently ranked third in Division II scoring.

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Venaya Yazzie (English, ‘2000), a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is the host of the Native Voices radio show on San Juan College’s KSJE-FM. Yazzie, an artist herself, interviews Indigenous artists and unpacks the issues those professionals face.

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In an episode of Filling Seats: The State of Enrollment Marketing in Higher Ed, Lindsay Nyquist, director of Marketing & Communications, explained her enrollment marketing strategy. Nyquist discussed, among other things, how ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ conveys authentic student voices through its social content and enrollment messaging.
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