KBOCC brings home awards from AIHEC

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DOWN TIME–Students, faculty, and staff from the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC) traveled to Rapid City, SD, to participate in the 2025 AIHEC (American Indian Higher Education Consortium) Student Conference. While there, the group was able to explore the area, including Devils Tower and Mt. Rushmore. Picture is (back, l-r) Tony Magnant, Victor Westman, Madison Kelly, Danielle Hueckstaedt, Andrew Kozich PhD/Environmental Science Department Chair, Ryland Edwards, Robert Curtis, Daniel Lauritsen, (front, l-r) Bob Rabin PhD/Environmental Science Adjunct Instructor, Naomi Smith, Jenna Maki, Kristy Laramore Admissions Coordinator/Advisor, and Jordis Numinen. Missing from the photo are Jon Dowd Cultural Advisor/ Anishinaabe Studies and Cielle Waters-Umfleet Student Success Coordinator.

by Melissa Newland
Fun was had and awards were brought home after students, faculty, and staff from the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC) traveled to Rapid City, SD, to partic
ipate in the 2025 AIHEC (American Indian Higher Education Consortium) Student  Conference. The AIHEC was established in 1972 to represent the interests of the newly
developed tribal colleges, which are controlled and operated by American Indian nations.
THE AIHEC Student Conference is an annual event, originating in 1980, and has grown significantly, now welcoming over 1,000 participants each spring to engage in academic, cul
tural, and artistic exercises. Those traveling to the event included KBOCC staff/faculty Kristy Laramore Admissions Coordinator/Advisor, Andrew Kozich PhD/Environmental Science Department Chair, Bob Rabin PhD/Environmental Science Adjunct Instructor, Cielle
Waters-Umfleet Student Success Coordinator, and Jon Dowd Cultural Advisor/Anishinaabe Studies. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.