Student Engagement

In addition to coaching, the College Fund provides a large number of events, resources, encouragements and engagements to its scholars and other college-going Native students. From social media posts and emails to postcards and online events, the Student Success Services team provides an array of motivating promotions to engage students. • More than 60% of surveyed scholars found website resources, online events and social media posts helpful. • 81% found the amount of communication from the College Fund as “just right”. • Email newsletters, event follow-ups, and other opportunity messages saw 50-80% open rates. Almost 30 online events served a larger group of college-going students and professional partners on 2020-2021. Organized around timely best practices and topics, event participant surveys found the webinars helpful and applicable. In January 2021, the College Fund launched an automated chatbot on our website to serve student needs 24/7. Its use during our regular scholarship application cycle saw almost 60,000 user sessions, with almost 9,000 engagements.

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Students found events helpful Have a better understanding of the event topic

Likely to apply skills in their college journey

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Student Story

College Fund scholar and student ambassador Jasmine Neosh (Menominee) graduated with her Bachelor’s degree from College of Menominee Nation. She is one of our many non-traditional students who attended college after an academic break after high school. While at College of Menominee Nation she developed her civic leadership skills by focusing on sustainability efforts both on and off campus. Seeking to advocate for environmental justice and tribal sovereignty, she has been recently accepted into the University of Michigan Law School.