Utah Weekly Forum With Rebecca Cressman

During Native American Heritage Month, UVU announced it is offering scholarships to indigenous students from all eight of Utah's federally recognized tribes. The scholarships are key because currently Native American students enroll in college at half the rate of other groups across the country. In this episode of Utah Weekly Forum, UVU Native American Initiative Director Justin Allison joins FM100.3 Host Rebecca Cressman to explain how the campus is utilizing 2 million sollars appropriated by the Utah legislature to create new support programs and Learning Communities to help support indigienous students succeed and obtain their college degree