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Former Diné College President Thomas Atcitty Passes Away

TSAILE, Ariz. – Thomas Atcitty, the third president of Navajo Community College (NCC), passed away Oct. 11 of natural causes. Atcitty, who was from Shiprock, New Mexico, was 86.

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Emerging Infection & Tribal Communites

Friday, February 19, 2021. One day Virtual Conference from 8am – 6:30pm(MDT). This one day Conference, is planned for Spring 2021, seeks to focus primarily on the emerging outbreaks/infections in the light of current COVID-19 outbreak. Registration is now OPEN!

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Students Play Key Role in Navajo Maternal Health Report

TSAILE, Ariz. – The Navajo Epidemiology Center and Diné College jointly announced the publication of their report titled, “2020 Navajo Nation Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment.”

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Diné College a Finalist for Four Marketing and Public Relations Awards

TSAILE, Ariz. – Competing against 148 eligible community colleges across five western U.S. states, and seven Commonwealths and Republics and the territory of Guam, the Diné College Marketing and Communications Department was informed this week that it is a finalist for four marketing and public relations awards from NCMPR.

Diné College to Explore the Presence of Microbes in the Sub-surface of Yellowstone National Park

TUBA CITY, Ariz. — Pools and springs on the surface of Yellowstone National Park have always been a matter of interest for scientists who believe in the presence of microbes in that zone, especially bacteria that are heat-loving and can consume minerals in hot underground water.

Virtual Events

Bahe Whitethorne kick starts our fall series of T’áá awólí bee with his stories of struggles and successes as a Navajo Painter. His work, which intertwines landscapes and cultural nuances, is known well beyond the United States southwest. Our conversation with this Western Heritage Wrangle Award recipient will reflect upon his inspirations as well as his well-known approachability as a supporter of emerging Navajo artists.

Tribesourcing Video

Tribesourcing with Rhiannon Sorrell – Adding new narrations to historical films, Tribesourcing brings untold or suppressed stories to Native communities. Diné College Librarian Rhiannon Sorrell shares with the PBS show “Colores” how inaccurate or culturally uninformed films are an opportunity for Indigenous peoples to reclaim their voices.

T’áá awólí bee: Navajo Contemporary Arts Virtual Lecture Series – Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete (Weavers)

Join us as sisters, Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete, from Two Grey Hills, New Mexico discuss their weaving lives from their modest beginnings to their inspiring work with the Heard Museum. In this talk with these 5th Generation Diné Weavers we will also gain insight to their literary projects such as “Spider Woman’s Children, Navajo Weavers Today” (2018) and their up and coming instructional text, “How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman” (October, 2020).

T’áá awólí bee: Navajo Contemporary Arts Virtual Lecture Series – Beverly Blacksheep “Traditional Contemporary: Looking Back, Moving Forward”

Navajo painter, Beverly Blacksheep’s illustrations and paintings are well-known throughout Navajo country and abroad. Many of her portrayals of Navajo women, motherhood, and traditional life ways have garnered accolades at the southwest Indian markets, including the coveted Intertribal Indian Ceremonial poster centerpiece in 1994. Join us as Beverly discusses her rise to fame, including her inspirations, challenges and the significance of her latest pieces.

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Cordell Chee Part of Diné College’s Second Straight Group of B.S. Biology Students

TSAILE, Ariz. — In a school with six campuses in Arizona and New Mexico and a student population of a little more than 1,500, no one should feel like number.

Diné College Garners 1^st, 2^nd Place AIHEC Honors

Billings, Mont. — Diné College’s top organizers of the 2019 American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) agree on one main thing: The annual event is a magnificent opportunity for students to grow and learn intellectually.

Diné College NCAP Students Attend Heard Museum Workshop

TSAILE, Ariz. — Diné College’s Navajo Cultural Arts Program, which is funded through a private grant, often teams up with its sister grantees to create collaborative learning environments for Emerging Artisans.

Diné College Researching School Shootings, Role of Media

TSAILE, Ariz. — The Diné College contingent that recently spent several weeks researching school shootings and violence at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., is back in class and readying for another research go-round — but this time not so far away.

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