USDA Summer Camp at UNC Pembroke

PEMBROKE – The Southeast American Indian Studies Program at the UNC Pembroke is taking applications for the second annual Safeguarding Our Natural and Tribal Heritage Youth Program.

The program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and hosted by SAIS, will be held July 11-22.

The free two-week residential program is seeking 20 American Indian high school students who are rising sophomores, juniors and seniors that have an interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), as well as agriculture, veterinary, plant, food, environmental sciences, and natural resources, wildlife biology, and related fields.

The intensive program will be held at UNC Pembroke, with visits to sites within the state including North Carolina State University in Raleigh, Duke University in Durham, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the NC Zoo in Asheboro.

The program will expose students to the STEM and other fields, the college environment at UNC Pembroke, and American Indian history and culture, as well as potential career opportunities for college graduates in the tribal community and with the USDA-APHIS.

The application deadline is May 15, 2016, no later than 5 p.m.

Return completed application to your Indian Education YDS staff or mail to: Southeast American Indian Studies Program, UNC Pembroke, PO Box 1510, Pembroke, NC 28372.

For additional information, please visit www.uncp.edu/sais/initiatives or contact Dr. Alfred Bryant, Founding Director, Southeast American Indian Studies Program at alfred.bryant@uncp.edu or (910) 775-4009 or Lawrence T. Locklear, Program Coordinator, Southeast American Indian Studies Program, at lawrence.locklear@uncp.edu or (910) 775-4579.