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 The American Distance Education Consortium

OSU Campus Meeting
February 11, 2003

I met with Bob Rost, Communication Specialist; Bill McCaughen, Dean of Distance & Continuing Education; and Larry Pribble, Co-Director of the Communication Media Center, all from OSU, to discuss future projects with the Warm Springs Confederated Tribes and the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indians. We met in Bill's office in the library building.

Bill led the meeting with his ideas on future projects with both reservations. One of the goals he believes in is the creation a bachelor's degree in general studies with courses tailored to target specific on-reservation needs and requirements. These courses could be combined from multiple institutions and on-reservation resources as needed.

Another example of targeting certain needs would be the creation of a nursing degree. Utilizing the Oregon Health Science University, this degree would prove very useful in the staffing of a health clinic. Umatilla recently took control of their former Indian Health Service (HIS) clinic. Having degreed nurses from the reservation is a very important factor in stability of the clinic and it's care.

Warm Springs has two natural resource biologists in need of further credentialing. OSU's on-line natural resource degree could supply the necessary courses. There are certainly other Tribal government entity employees in need of similar credentialing in their particular field. Distance education is key in this training.

These types of degrees, courses, and training could be the cornerstones of a virtual Tribal College that would serve Tribes in the Oregon statewide region. Bill has been a big proponent of this idea along with Wendell Jim, Education Director at Warm Springs. Both have been in discussions in many forums on the topic. One key element of this concept is building upon established partnerships. Both reservations have many MOU's with outside institutions that could be beneficial in helping to create the virtual Tribal College.

Click here to view some photos from this meeting.

- Craig Campbell, June 4, 2003
 
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