SNAGS logo designed by Ivan Eagletail (Canada).
Vangee Nez (Dineh) from Tosido, NM along with her colleagues of American Indian graduate students at UNM founded SNAGS the Summer of 2005. SNAGS officially became a chartered org in Fall 2005. Vangee graduated from the University of Utah in Human Development & Family Studies in May 1999. She received her masters of arts in Educational Psychology in May 2007. She's also certified in Pre-12 in the Navajo Language & Culture. She is currently a project assistant for the Institute for American Indian Education at U NM. Vangee is in the LLSS Doctoral Program in the Bilingual Education.
| Mission Statement
The purpose of the SNAGS is to better represent growing concerns and interests of graduate students at UNM.
Goals
Our goals are to:
- Provide a network of graduate students with faculty members among the American Indian population on campus and surrounding communities
- Promote professional, scholastic & social activities among its members
- Promote cooperation and communication between students & faculty
- Represent the views of Native & non-Native graduate students at UNM
- Provide support across the disciplines for those working on dissertation, thesis, or research
- Promote issues of professionalism for those who plan to pursue a career in academia, to utilize NA faculty for guidance, lectures, or meeting one-on-one
- Promote & maintain the prestige & high standing of UNM
- Encourage & promote the representation of New Mexico’s cultural & ethnic diversity at UNM
- Mentoring & meeting with Native & non-Native graduate students who are new to UNM.
Membership
Every graduate (part-time or full-time, Native or Non-Native) student at the UNM is eligible to become a member of SNAGS and may so register the First-Year during orientation or any time thereafter.
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Welcome Back to returning and new Graduate students at UNM:
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