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  • Feature: Toppenish High School Visit

    July 20, 2013

    Toppenish High School Visit

    Educational Talent Search students from the Toppenish High School Kamiakin Indian Club traveled to Seattle in April to attend the University of Washington 2013 Tribal Leadership Summit and First Nations Pow-Wow. The students themselves established the goal that they would raise enough funds in order to attend the UW events and they succeeded. Led by Patricia Whitefoot, Director of Indian…

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  • Feature: Congratulations to UW Diversity Scholar Award Winners

    May 16, 2013

    Zulen Pantoja-Ortega and Melina Soto

    Congratulations to University of Washington Educational Talent Search participants Zulen Pantoja-Ortega and Melina Soto for receiving the UW Diversity Scholar Award. The award will provide 45 entering UW freshmen including Pantoja-Ortega and Soto with a scholarship of $10,000 annually, for a total of $40,000, to attend the University of Washington for four years of undergraduate study. The UW Diversity Scholar…

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  • Feature: Student Photographers

    May 16, 2013

    Feature: Student Photographers

    Yakama Nation Tribal School attendees Mercedes Andrews and Murphy K. Polk, became photographers during an Educational Talent Search (ETS) field trip to the University of Washington and documented the experiences they shared with peers while touring the UW campus. Mercedes is a senior this year and will attend Central Washington University after she graduates. She is interested in becoming an…

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  • Talent Search Students Honored at Champions of Diversity Awards Ceremony

    February 27, 2013

    Talent Search Students

    University of Washington Educational Talent Search participants Zulen Pantoja-Ortega, Austin Schuetzel and Melina Soto were among the high school students honored at the 2012 Champions of Diversity Awards Ceremony at Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon, Wash., Dec. 5. The awards ceremony is designed to honor students, from grades nine through 12, from Skagit, San Juan and Island County high…

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  • Ta Receives 2012 Friends of NAEOP Scholastic Achievement Award

    October 26, 2012

    My Ta

    University of Washington freshman and former Educational Talent Search (ETS) student My Ta was named a 2012 recipient of the Friends of the Northwest Association of Educational Opportunity Programs (NAEOP) Scholastic Achievement Award.

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