Maxymilian Stefanski
Research Mentor(s): William Lovejoy
Mentor Department: Technology and Operations
Authors: Nacha Ramanathan
Session: Session 4 (1:00pm – 1:50pm)
Presentation Type: Poster 78
Abstract
The Native American community at the University of Michigan and specifically at the Ross School of Business is neither large nor visible enough to successfully satisfy UM’s obligations to educate Native Americans as stated in Article 16 of the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs. This project focuses on how to not only increase attraction and retention of Native Americans at the Ross School of Business but also understanding how to bring in more Native American culture and experiences into the school via events, curricula, and students’ learnings. Our methodology for doing so has been mainly interviews and mediums of exchange with faculty and students at other colleges and universities like ours and learning more through Indigenous websites. This process has enabled us to learn from others who are in colleges and environments that support Native American students and have resources for the Indigenous higher education population. From our research thus far, we have seen that there is a strong and direct connection between colleges with a multitude of resources and support systems for Native American students and a high Indigenous student and faculty presence. Therefore, our hope is to increase the Native American student population at the University of Michigan through increasing our resources, events, and Indigenous networks for giving support to the students at our college.
