Multicultural Student Services

Native American Achievement Program

Requirements

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Student Action Course

Participation in the program is through the NAAP Student Action Course (NAAP-SAC). This is a booklet designed to help students make the transition/adjustment to university life, ensure academic success, instill skills needed to succeed in college, and foster career development. Participants work with NAAP advisors to follow the prescribed items in NAAP-SAC. The NAAP-SAC contain the necessary information and forms to document program participation.

Basic Requirements

All students are required to participate in the following basic requirements:

  1. Orientation: Students participate in an on-campus NAAP orientation at the beginning of each semester.
  2. Instructor Visits: Students meet with each of their instructors twice per semester. Students schedule their own appointments and the instructor records the visit on the Instructor Visit Log. Additional visits may be necessary to meet the student's needs.
  3. Academic Advisor Visits: Students meet with an academic advisor twice per semester. Students schedule appointments and the academic advisor records the visit on the Academic Advising Log. Additional visits may be necessary.
  4. NAAP Staff Visits: Students meet with NAAP staff four times per semester. Staff review the visit logs and address academic and personal concerns.
  5. Workshops: Students attend one workshop per semester. The workshops focus on important subject matter that relate to student's personal lives from relationships and substance abuse to their professional lives including internships and careers.
  6. Events: Students participate in socials, special events and end-of-the-year banquet.
  7. All NAAP students are members of Native Americans Taking Initiative ON Success (NATIONS), a student driven organization aimed at improving student success.

 

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