Diné College Attends Advocacy Week in DC

 

TSAILE, AZ- Diné College administrators and select students are in Washington, DC as part of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Tribal College and University (TCU) Advocacy Week from February 8 -11, 2016.

 The delegation joins 37 other TCU's in the Nations Capitol in urging their state legislative leaders to support a collective higher education agenda. The Colleges will converged on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and Wednesday to visit with their respective Congressional representatives through meetings set up by AIHEC.  

Diné College will also use this week to gather support for the Diné College Act of 2015, which is due to be introduced into Congressional legislation this spring. The Act of 2015 will replace the Navajo Nation Higher Education Act, which expired in 2014.

• Diné College participates in this legislative week each year.  This year, the delegation includes:
• Dr. Martin Ahumada, Interim President
• Greg Bigman, President, Board of Regents
• Theresa Hatathli, Vice-President, Board of Regents
  
• Dr. Henry Fowler, Interim Provost
• Moroni Benally, Vice-President, Government Affairs and Public Relations
  
• Marie Etsitty-Nex, Executive Director, Communication and External Affairs
  
• Abraham Bitok, Dean, Student Development
  
• Lori Tapahonso, Senior Public and Community Relations Officer
  
• LaToyia Largo, Student Advisor and Miss Diné College Advisor
  
• Lilya Begay, Miss Diné College
  
• Nicole Yazzie, Vice-President, Associated Students of Diné College

DC Delegation Prepping	DC Delegation with AZ Congressional Rep. Kilpatrick
DC Delegation with NM Congressional Rep. Lujan	Miss DC, Dr. Fowler, Senator McCain, and Ahumada