The Environmental Stewardship of Indigenous Lands (ESIL) Certificate Program has joined the Native Food, Energy and Water Systems (FEWS) Alliance with the shared vision to build a highly skilled Native American Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce, and to address insufficient access to food, energy and water in Indigenous communities. The Native FEWS Alliance strives to become a transformative force in education, bringing into being innovative pathways to STEM careers that engage local communities and are based on Indigenous ways of living and learning.
To reach their goals, the Native FEWS Alliance, bolstered by a 7-million-dollar National Science Foundation INCLUDES grant, will leverage the strength and potential of each partnering program and expanding the Alliance’s collective capacity with a tight network of exchanges and collaborations.
As a partner in this Alliance, the ESIL Program will develop a nation-wide certificate program preparing students for liaison work between tribal and...
