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Show Thursday. January 4. 1990 The Daily Chronicle - Page Five lTtah Program trains Native Americans to become school counselors develop guidance and counseling By Dagi Binggeli Chronicle Staff Writer these graduate students work and succeed changes the adult tribe skills so Native Americans can counsel their own people, according to a statement made by the U. department of educational psychology. With the arrival of 1990, the school counselors is tremendous at many reservations all across the nation, according to Lodge. Many other schools have learned about the U. program and ask either for counselors or for opportunities to ar Eight Native Americans who participated in the program are looking forward to getting their master dee rees in educational psychology and to serving as role models for other educate counselors, she explained. .. ; ' ' There is a strong tribal desire to have Native Americans counseling Native Americans, Bluhm said. 0 ' But another purpose of having Native ' Americans succeed in such a graduate program is to develop role models for the Native American society. They inspire students in their tribe who may become casualties of the high Native American dropout rate of the nation's education system, said Bluhm .. Native Americans. three-yeThe graduate program in educational psychology, which ends June 1990, provides scholarships for Native Americans to become school counselors on their own reservations. The program is considered unique since the Native American students e learn how to counsel members of their own tribes, said Harry Bluhm, project coordinator and U. professor of v . .. ar on-sit- Seeing educational psychology. Bluhm initiated the program in 1987. . The need for Native American conclusion of a unique University of Utah three-yegraduate program has moved a step closer to ending. their Native fellow Americans succeed in their education encourages other elementary and , "There hasn't been anything like it," said Nola Lodge, project director and U. associate professor. Lodge said she isn't aware of any other program in the nation that is similar to the U.'s. In June, eight out of the total 11 secondary students to stay in school. The graduate students also have an impact on the' adult tribe members, Lodge said. All the graduate students who participate in this program decided to live and work on the reservation after they received their bachelor's degrees. graduate students who participated in the program will graduate with either a master of education or a master of "They all have jobs and family," Lodge said. And upon completion of their master programs they will continue working for the tribe on the science degree in educational will receive a school counselor certificate and have the option to receive a masters degree in counseling subsequently. All of the students will work on their tribe's - : reservation. : The goals of the program are to psychology. They reservation, she said. Adult tribe members tend to believe that people who get an education will pack up their bundle and leave the reservation after they graduate. Seeing , c members' attitude toward the school system. Lodge said. Eight Navajo students and three Ute & Tune-U- p Sunglass Adjustment at students are participating in the program which is conducted at the Navajo Reservation in Window Rock, Arizona, and at the Ute Reservation in Fort Duchesne, Utah. The students receive their training from adjunct instructors at the C SUN STOP SUN EYEWEAR reservation and during the summer the students take classes at the U. While the eight Navajo students will graduate this summer, the three Ute students will not. Due to VALLEY FAIR MALL intertribal conflicts and political restructuring, the Ute students had to delay their graduation date. Since the Utes were employed by the tribe and involved in tribal politics, the recent (main entrance near Masseys Jewelers) the largest selection of sunglasses in Utah We Carry turmoils on the reservation have negatively affected their graduate education, said Lodge. The scholarship funding terminates at the end of May 1990. That means the three Ute students will have to finance the completion of the program themselves, Lodge said. The program was created when the department of educational psychology recognized that funding was available for a program that involved educating ethnic minorities, said Bluhm. The future of creating similar Native American counselor programs at the U. is insecure. Funding requests for scholarships have been denied during the last year, Lodge said. Robert Fihley, U. associate professor of educational psychology, is writing a grant requesting funds for future programs. ;. ;., f Polaroid Ray Ban Serengeti Uvis Oakley Revo Bolle Gargoyle Vuarnet OFF 20 on the purchase of any pair of Sunglasses at the Sun Stop Valley Fair ' offer expires L , 11790 I IIBMBlBlcUMIBlBIBIiSBMBIBlBBJB CASSANDRA'S CLOSET It's Time to Talk About Student Financial Aid For 1990-9- 1 (A Classy Consignment Shop) Applications for next year's student financial aid are now available. 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