ORIENTATION SPECIAL...
BYU INDIAN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Seventy-one Indian students
arrived on campus to begin their
higher education at Brigham
Young University on June 27.
These new faces were eager and
desirous to meet the challenges
and experiences of BYU campus
life.
For the past eight years, the
Indian Education Department has
conducted a summer orientation
program for incoming freshmen
students. A major goal of the
program is to increase the reten¬
tion and graduation rates of BYU
Indian students and to help make
an easier adjustment to college
life by starting their academic
careers during the less crowded
summer term.
Students are given effective
tools for future success in college,
and they become aware of learn¬
ing opportunities available at
BYU. The program is geared
toward answering questions con¬
cerning majors, study habits,
class work and career options.
A long-term objective of the
program is to increase the num¬
ber of American Indian students
in law, engineering, science, med¬
ical, health, business and edu¬
cation disciplines.
This summer term, students
received instruction in math,
English, career selection, and ef¬
fective study. Students not only
earned college credit but also re¬
ceived a variety of learning ex¬
periences through class atten¬
dance, firesides, and field trips.
Three educational field trips
were conducted during the eight-
week term. Students were exposed
to the various job opportunities
available at Valtec, a private
valve-making industry in Spring-
ville; BYU Dairy Farm, in Spanish
Fork; and Primary Children’s
Hospital, in Salt Lake City. Car¬
eers in business, engineering,
math, science, medicine, agricul¬
ture, education and law were
some career possibilities given
to the students.
For an outdoor experience,
a nature field trip was conducted
up American Fork Canyon and
Provo Canyon. A tour was pro¬
vided to Timpanogas Cave also.
Another memorable trip for
most of the students was to the
Church Office Building of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
Day Saints located in downtown
Salt Lake City.
Each student was also able
to view the Manti Pageant (Manti,
Utah) in which they saw the early
history of the LDS Church unfold.
To motivate each student to
be in high academic standing,
special tutoring and study groups
were organized to promote effec¬
tive study habits. These study
sessions were conducted on a
weekly basis.
Special firesides were held
in which former students shared
their educational experiences and
encouraged the new orientation
participants to develop their
talents and to remember the pri¬
mary reason for being at BYU.
Throughout the term, differ¬
ent social activities were held.
Besides disco dancing, the orien¬
tation students participated in the
fourth of July parade in Provo
and attended the days of ’47 par¬
ade and celebration in Salt Lake
City. The students demonstrated
their talents in a talent show for
the BYU student body in which
they shared their contemporary
and traditional talents with the
audience.
An awards banquet was held
to honor outstanding students of
the orientation program. Each
Field trips were essential
parts of the orientation program.
Students hike to Timp Cave (top
left), visited the Church Office
Building (top right), rode buses
to various sites, viewed the BYU
farm (bottom left), had haircuts
to meet standards of BYU, par¬
ticipated in the July 4th parade
and saw President Kimball in the
parade.
student was recognized for his or
her desire to earn a higher edu¬
cation.
Vickie Manning, Shoshone-
Paiute, graduate student in ad¬
ministrative management-busi¬
ness education, served as the
director of Summer Orientation
’79. Ms. Manning has worked with
the program for the past two
years and stated if she had her
way, she would work with summer
orientation as long as she is at
BYU. She further indicated, “The
students are great and they each
have the potential to excel in
whatever they choose in life. But
for one to do so, he/she must be
motivated, disciplined, cour¬
ageous and should always have
a positive attitude.’’
Serving as assistant directors
were Norm Johnson, Paiute, ma¬
joring in chemical engineering;
Verna Curley, Navajo, majoring
in business management; Donna
Gill, Sioux, majoring in home
economics education; and Julie
McCabe, Navajo, majoring in
elementary education.
The overall success of the or¬
ientation program was also made
possible by faculty members and
SUMMER 1979
administrators of the Indian Edu¬
cation Department. Dean Rigby
served as the faculty-director of
the orientation program.
Sharing personal experiences
about this year’s program can be
better said by the participants
themselves. Hopefully, their ex¬
periences will be treasured and
has opened doors to achieving
success in college.
Debra Runs Through, an As-
siniboine from Frazier, Mont.,
said, “The orientation program
enabled me to develop effective
study habits, and I have come to
appreciate the people who extend¬
ed their services to me to help
me make a success of my college
endeavors.”
“The program has taught me
to get along with people and to
respect each individual for what
they have to offer. I’ve grown
spiritually and learned to develop
good study habits,” said Mary
Dukepoo, a Hopi from Second
Mesa, Ariz.
Summer Orientation ’79 was
funded by the Educational Foun¬
dation of America, Inc. in West-
port, Conn.
 Faces And Places • • •

bebra Runs Throut^h Lena Warren Nelhs Hedonie Marcie Eldridge

Assiniboine Navajo Navajo Navajo
Frazier, MT Bluff, Utah Tuba City, AZ Shiprock, NM
 Ina Mike Albert Benally Mae Manygoats
Navajo Navajo Navajo
F'ruitland, NM Church Rock, NM Tonelea, AZ

Some students gathered together to present a cake to two orientation

students following their baptism.

Virginia Morgan Gilbert Ben Toni Johnson

Navajo Navajo Navajo
Crownpoint, NM Montezuma Creek, UT Royal City, WA

Philene Stewart Carol Runs Through Davis Tsosie

Navajo Assiniboine Navajo
Window Rock, AZ Frazier, MT Kayenta, AZ

Berdleen Pevo Curtis Frazier Harriet Arthur Denise Cote Mary Tsosie
Shoshone Navajo Navajo Saulteaux Navajo
Pocatello, Idaho Shiprock, NM Crystal, NM Kamsack, Sas., Can. Whitehorse Lake. Cuba. NM

Tim Gilbert Donna Kee Victoria Dickson Lucille Cotton Eddy Swimmer Gina Fox
Eskimo-Tlinget Navajo Navajo Blood Cherokee Stoney
Olympic, WA Teec Nos Pos, AZ Snowflake, AZ Cardston, Alb., Can. Cherokee, NC Lethbridge, Alb., Can.

Debbie Eticitty Donna Lee Janette Garcia Keith Knowlton Arlene Tsosie Laura Strahs
Navajo Navajo Apache Peigan Navajo Hidasta
Kaibeto, AZ Ft. Defiance, AZ Taos, NM Brocket Alb., Can. Chinle, AZ Mandaree, ND

Anna Gleed Doreen Arviso Phil Charley Pauline Chischilly Sharlene Henry Dorthine Tso
Assiniboine Navajo Navajo Navajo Navajo Navajo
Frazier, MT Chinle. AZ Farmington, NM Houck. AZ Clearfield, UT Window Rock, AZ
 Tomm Sandman, a Navajo from Tohatchi, N.M., is the artist
whose work is shown here. He is a freshman summer orientation
participant. He draws pencil and ink sketches of people and land¬
scapes.

ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz...the familiar tune to many on the field

trips. Students take advantage of free time (left) to reflect on the
day’s activities.

Students listen intently during a tour of the Church Office Building (top left), girls relieve
pressures of student life before the Manti Pageant (center), and a student helps director
Vickie Manning make a poster for an orientation event.

Orientation students ride on the Tribe of Many P^eather's float in the Provo Fourth of
July parade.