Campus Green Builder

The College serves over 550 students, 80-plus% of whom are American Indian students, representing 20 or more different tribes.¹

As one of the few higher education institutions with an academic degree program in sustainable development, this accredited institution offers Associate of Arts and Sciences degrees in over 16 programs.² Since the College of Menominee Nation makes learning Native American and sustainability education an integral part of the curriculum, sustainable development general education is a mandatory course for all students. For instance, the associate of Arts and Sciences in Sustainable Development provides student with a broad-based understanding of the Menominee Model of Sustainable Development. This program focuses on a multidisciplinary approach where emphasis courses are designed to foster awareness of and responsibility for community and environmental resources. The Sustainable Residential Building Systems track also focuses on sustainability with an emphasis on green building.³

To provide additional learning opportunities to its students, the college is also a part of the Wisconsin Transfer Information System that is a web-based interactive program, which allows students to see how their credits transfer between the Universities, Wisconsin 2-year colleges, Wisconsin Technical Colleges, and the College of Menominee Nation.⁴

In addition, this two-year associate degree granting institution is in the process to obtain its first baccalaureate degree. Initial steps have been taken to offer a baccalaureate degree program in education, building on the associate degree in early childhood education.⁵ 

¹ Sharing Indigenous Wisdom. "Who We Are." Retrieved 1 September, 2009.
² Sharing Indigenous Wisdom. "Who We Are." Retrieved 1 September, 2009.
³ College of Menominee Nation. "List of Programs." Retrieved 5, August, 2009.
⁴ College of Menominee Nation. "Academics." Retrieved 5, August 2009.
⁵ College of Menominee Nation. "Annual Report 2007." Retrieved 5 August, 2009.