Mendocino College awarded $1.5 million grant to support Native American students

UKIAH, 7/8/23 — Weeks after Mendocino College announced it had the highest enrollment of Native American students in California’s community college system, the college earned another milestone in its efforts to further support its diversity and equity efforts: it was awarded a five-year $1.5 million grant from the California College Community System to establish a Native American Student Success & Support Program. 

According to a press release, the community college, which serves students in Mendocino and Lake counties, will hire staff to work with students and expand its engagement with tribal nations. Currently, 5.56% of the college’s 6,800 students identify as Native American. The new program will build upon the college’s longstanding work with Native communities, including the Pomo Pathways program in partnership with the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians and the college’s Native American Student Resource Center and Native American Club.