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Six students win 2022 MSU Native American leadership awards
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
MSU News Service
BOZEMAN, Montana — Six Montana State University students have been selected for awards given by the university’s Department of Native American Studies and the American Indian/Alaska Native Student Success Program to honor academic excellence, community service and leadership.
“Our office, with the support of the NAS Department, is pleased to announce we have selected six students who demonstrate a commitment to academic excellence and have represented and served our community well in such areas as scholastic achievement, leadership, community involvement, and outstanding service and ambassadorship,” said Nicholas Ross-Dick, program manager for the American Indian/Alaska Native Student Success Program.
The awards, and the students honored are:
Maleeya Knows His Gun, a sophomore majoring in nursing, and Cassandra Baker, a junior in mathematics, have earned the Dan Voyich Community Involvement Award. The award honors Dan Voyich, a native of the former Yugoslavia and MSU graduate. He ran a Bureau of Indian Affairs School in Sales, Arizona, which convinced him of the need for advocacy and support for Native students. He returned to MSU and met with then-president Leon Johnson to gain support to begin a Native student support program at MSU. He spent 30 years as director and adviser to MSU American Indian and Alaska Native students.
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