An Even Brighter Future for NAS?

Adam Youngbear (top) and Diante Walker do research on their laptop while in a lab at the A.I.M.M.S. camp.

A.I.M.M.S. in Session Again

The Native American Studies department will be quiet busy this week, because high school students from Watonga and Westville are in Norman for their annual American Indian Math and Science Society camp. The camp is in progress for one school week, where the students will be dealing with assignments related to science and math.

The purpose of the camp is to help promote Native American students into choosing OU as their college of choice for their future, camp coordinator Barbara Hobson said.

"This is a really great camp for both the kids and the program of Native American Studies," Bridgett Dimery, graduate student, said. "I was really impressed by how smart these kids are and how much they care for their future.

The camp is ran every summer in the middle of June, according to the Native American Studies department. As the years go by, the camp tends to grow larger by about four students every year.

The Native American Studies department is proud to have a program that allows students to consider college in their home state and helps prepare them for their future, said Barbara Hobson.  The Native American Studies department will see more students in the future who might be interested in majoring or minoring in Native American Studies and could also allow them to be reconnected in the fields of math and science, which is what they are in now at the camp