Institution Profile: The College of Menominee Nation
Keshena, WI
Tribal College
Enrollment: Approx. 1,240
INSTITUTION PROFILE
Brief History
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Directions.html
The College of Menominee Nation is located on the Menominee Indian Reservation in the state of Wisconsin, and is one of the 36 tribally controlled community colleges in the United States. College of Menominee Nation, a land grant institution, was chartered by the Menominee Tribal Legislature as an institution of higher education in March 1993 and received full accreditation in August 1998. As one of the two tribal colleges in Wisconsin, the College of Menominee Nation has two campuses in the state, the main campus is located in Keshena and a satellite campus in Green Bay that opened in 2003.
This higher education institution’s mission is to offer excellent learning experience while training and educating its students for careers and advanced studies in a multi-cultural world. Principles of research, promotion, perpetuation and nurture of American Indian culture are well integrated in all facets of education at this institution.1 Community service and regular educational workshops are also integral to the educational experience here.
The main campus consists of seven buildings including technology, chemistry and biology labs, a distance education center as well as the new library facility. Though most buildings on the campus have sustainable features incorporated in them, the library building is the first construction to implement features following a green building rating system, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) rating system developed by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). Though not certified, the project is designed to the LEED® Silver criteria.
1 College of Menominee Nation. "Vision and Mission." Retrieved 5 August, 2009.