[CircleUp] Summer Opportunity: Native American High School Students

[Stewart Sarkozy]

Please forward this information widely.  

 

Deadline Extended: March 15th, 2009

 

Do you want to learn about business as it is relevant to Tribes?

Do you want to spend your summer at one of the top universities in the country?

 

LEAD and the Native American Finance Officers Association Summer Business Institute

 

For more than 28 years, the LEAD Program has provided business education to more than 7,500 minority high school students.  In summer 2009, LEAD and the Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA) are partnering to provide a unique program for Native American and Alaska Native students. 

 

Native American and Alaska Native high school juniors will participate in a four week program to learn about business and finance as it is relevant to Native communities.  Tribal leaders and Native people working in business and finance will introduce students to exciting career opportunities.  Students will live on a university campus, participate in interactive classes and corporate site visits conducted by business school professors and corporate executives.

 

Students will also take classes in marketing, accounting, finance and economics.  The curriculum also includes a day focused on college admissions.  Students will participate in business and stock market competitions.  On weekends, students will engage in a variety of extracurricular activities from theme park trips to sporting events. 

 

Participating Universities:

 

Cornell University      

Dartmouth College                       

Duke University                                     

Northwestern University                                    

Stanford University                       

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

University of Michigan

University of Pennsylvania

University of Virginia 

           

Original Application Deadline: February 5, 2009

Application deadline for Native students extended to: March 15, 2009

 

It is to your benefit to submit your application as soon as possible before the deadline, as you will have a higher likelihood of being accepted into the program.

Please do not let cost deter you from applying.  Additional funding is available for Native American students.

 

To apply online visit: www.leadprogram.org <http://www.leadprogram.org/> . Click on "LEAD Business."

Native American and Alaska Native students in currently in their junior year of high school should apply. 

 

For more information contact: 

Tashina Etter

Associate Director of Education and Programs

Native American Finance Officers Association

Tashina at nafoa.org  <mailto:Tashina at nafoa.org>  

303.503.8772

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