Login

Gallup Sun

Thursday, Mar 28th

Last update12:57:39 AM GMT

You are here: Community Features

Features

VP Lizer visits Rehoboth Christian School

E-mail Print PDF
REHOBOTH, N.M. – Navajo Nation Vice President Myron Lizer was invited to Nikki VanSlooten’s sixth-grade class lecture to discuss the importance of tribal sovereignty, growth, and development at Rehoboth Christian School, located east of Gallup, N.M Jan. 30.

Lizer discussed the significance of the “Long Walk” and the...

VP Lizer visits Rehoboth Christian School

E-mail Print PDF
REHOBOTH, N.M. – Navajo Nation Vice President Myron Lizer was invited to Nikki VanSlooten’s sixth-grade class lecture to discuss the importance of tribal sovereignty, growth, and development at Rehoboth Christian School, located east of Gallup, N.M Jan. 30.

Lizer discussed the significance of the “Long Walk” and the Navajo Treaty of 1868. In 1864, the Navajo people were forcefully removed from their homelands and forced to walk 300 miles to Bosque Redondo, N.M. The signing of the Treaty of 1868 allowed the Navajo people to return to their homelands and establish a government-to-government relationship with the U.S. government.

“Sovereignty is a powerful privilege for the...

UNM-G student named semi-finalist for prestigeous scholarship

E-mail Print PDF
Shawna Yellowhair, a sophomore at The University of New Mexico Gallup Campus, was recently named as a semi-finalist for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s prestigiousCooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.  The competitive scholarship program supports highly accomplished community college students as they transfer to four-year institutions to complete bachelor’s degrees.

Yellowhair was selected as a semi-finalist from nearly 1,500 students representing 369 two-year colleges in 45 states.

A graduate of Window Rock High School, Yellowhair will earn an associate of arts degree in business administration from UNM-Gallup in May, 2019. She plans to transfer to a four-year institution to...

UNM-Gallup student named semi-finalist for prestigious scholarship

E-mail Print PDF
Staff Reports


Shawna Yellowhair, a sophomore at The University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus, was recently named as a semi-finalist for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s prestigious Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.


The competitive scholarship program supports highly accomplished community college students as they transfer to four-year institutions to complete bachelor’s degrees.


Shawna was selected as a semi-finalist from nearly 1,500 students representing 369 two-year colleges in 45 states.


A graduate of Window Rock High School, Shawna will earn an associate of arts degree in business administration from UNM-Gallup in May. She plans to transfer to a four-year...

Alzheimer’s Association to bring fundraising walk to Gallup

E-mail Print PDF
Pinnacle Bank hosts meeting to draw local support

At a committee meeting held at Pinnacle Bank Jan. 11, 107 E. Aztec Ave., members from the Alzheimer’s Association New Mexico Chapter announced their plans to bring a fundraising event to Gallup.

The association has offices in five different locations cross New Mexico: Farmington, Roswell, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Las Cruces. They provide information to help people who have been affected in numerous ways by Alzheimer’s through support groups and classes, in addition to research towards eliminating the disease, along with reducing the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.

The goal of the meeting, according to...

Page 81 of 223