2020 Winds of Change Issues

December 2020

Pandemic 101: Lessons Learned During COVID-19
Charting a Course in Health Care
Top 200 Colleges for Indigenous Students
An Overview of Tribal Colleges

If you’re in high school and thinking about college, this issue is for you. And if you’re in college, dealing with the unique challenges of this academic year and maybe thinking about grad school, this is for you too. The much-anticipated “Top 200 Colleges for Indigenous Students,” begins on page 22. Our researchers have designed it specifically to help you find a school that feels like home. You’ll see that the formatting lets you easily check and compare important facts — like cost and graduation rate — to narrow your list of schools where you can flourish. The whole AISES family is proud of our student members who are adjusting to a very different school year and making it work. You can read more about students dealing with similar situations — and the lessons they are learning — in “Pandemic 101.” If there’s a silver lining in our national health crisis, it may be that the vital role of health care professionals has become the focus of global attention and appreciation. As a result, more young people are considering careers in those fields. To help you think about options and schools, we’ve put together “Charting a Path in Health Care.” Also in this issue, you will find profiles of some colleges and universities that represent a wide range of school sizes and locations.

December 2020

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Ceremonies and Celebrations
Meet the Award Winners
Sessions Overview
College & Career Fair

Welcome to the Winds of Change 2020 National Conference Wrap-Up issue! I hope you were able to join us for this year’s remarkable conference-like-no-other. If you were part of the virtual experience, I think you will agree that even though we could not be together in Spokane, the 2020 conference was a high-quality event full of opportunities for learning, networking, and recharging. Together the AISES family lived the conference motto: “Achieve, Inspire, Support, Explore, Succeed.”

October 2020

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Managing wildlife important to communities
Meet the recipients of the 2020 AISES Professional Awards
AISES members and the COVID-19 challenge

Welcome to the Fall 2020 issue of Winds of Change! As we continue to adapt to the ever-changing trajectory of the pandemic, your hard-working staff at AISES has held fast to our mission. AISES has continued virtually with every program we possibly can, from the National American Indian Science and Engineering Fair to the National Conference. An important part of every National Conference is the presentation of the Professional Awards. You can meet this year’s winners starting on page 40 of this issue. Also champions — but of a different kind — are the many in the AISES family taking steps to fight the pandemic through community outreach, scientific research, and fundraising. On page 38 we look at a few of these outstanding community members. In every fall issue we feature our annual roster of Native STEM Enterprises to Watch. Read about the businesses and organizations that earned their place on this year’s list. Finally, in this edition we continue our series of articles on natural resource management, this time focusing on wildlife.

July 2020

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Top STEM jobs in cybersecurity
Indian Country's response to the COVID-19 crisis
AISES People: Meet our members

Welcome to the Summer 2020 issue of Winds of Change! With the pandemic disrupting our personal, professional, and academic lives, this has been a season of momentous change for all of us. The AISES Together Towards Tomorrow (T3) Fund, has responded with a one-time payment to more than 120 students. (To support AISES and the T3 Fund visit aises.org.) You’ll also find pandemic coverage in the feature article COVID-19 and Indian Country, which looks at how individuals and communities are responding. This summer issue also has our annual feature on top STEM jobs, showcasing roles that promise career growth. This year the focus is on positions in cybersecurity, a burgeoning field that encompasses many paths in computer science. And don’t forget about "AISES People," where we get a chance to meet individual members and learn about their dreams and accomplishments. Here Lincoln End of Horn, a pre-college student who attended the Leadership Summit in February, talks about his experience at this event — the first time it was open to high school students.

April 2020

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Top 50 workplaces for Indigenous STEM professionals
Traditional techniques help tribes manage natural resources
Strategies for overcoming diversity fatigue

Welcome to the Spring 2020 issue of Winds of Change! Our much-anticipated annual report on the Top 50 Workplaces for Indigenous STEM Professionals is here. In it, we take a look at organizations that do more than just talk about DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), but actually demonstrate their commitment in hiring, promoting, and fostering a diverse pipeline of aspiring STEM professionals. In addition, we look at how tribes are employing traditional knowledge and techniques as they address the increasing threat of wildfires. As always, you will find stories about individual members in "AISES People," starting on page 12. Many of the people you will meet have overcome daunting obstacles as they pursue their goals for an education and a meaningful career. One is Dominique Pablito, who was homeless for part of her high school career yet still earned straight As, took college courses at night, ran varsity cross country, and graduated in three years at age 15. Now focusing on chemistry and biology at the University of Utah, Pablito says that support from campus communities like AISES “has been crucial to my success.”

Circle of Support Partners are organizations that have established a multiprogram partnership with AISES.

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