'Know Before U Go' College prep workshop, October 12

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The American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) is sponsoring Know Before U Go, a FREE one-day session for American Indian and Alaska Native students from 9th-12th grade, parents and educators to learn about college preparation, scholarship opportunities and financial literacy.

The event will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at Oregon Institute of Technology from 9:00 a.m. – 3:10 p.m. in the Martha Anne Dow Center for Health Professionals (DOW) Building.

The free event, which includes breakfast snacks and lunch, is funded by a generous grant from Wells Fargo. AIGC is partnering and collaborating with area colleges, state agencies and local communities, including tribal communities, to highlight the value of higher education and to showcase resources and funding available to students before they enter college.

Starting with our morning session, this event is filled with useful information, inspiring stories, funding opportunities—and the chance for a lucky student to win a free laptop! To register online to attend the event please go the following link at www.aigcs.org/event/know-before-u-go-klamath.

AIGC and AIGCS are the largest scholarship providers to American Indian and Alaska Native students. For nearly 50 years, we have empowered Native students from 500 tribes in all 50 states. AIGC funds undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in any field at any accredited institution of choice at over 1,700 campuses across the United States.

AIGC students graduate at significantly higher rates than the national average. (Our SPGSF program graduation rate is 95%; our GMS graduation rate is 68.3%; the NCES AI/AN graduation rate is 38.9%.) Scholarships range between $1,000 and $30,000, and many are renewable. To learn more, visit www.aigcs.org for a list of undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships.

Press release provided from the American Indian Graduate Center.