{"id":43828,"date":"2026-05-01T18:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allonlinebanglanewspapers.com\/news\/utah-valley-university-celebrates-increase-in-native-american-graduates\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:04:07","slug":"utah-valley-university-celebrates-increase-in-native-american-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allonlinebanglanewspapers.com\/news\/utah-valley-university-celebrates-increase-in-native-american-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Valley University Celebrates Increase in Native American Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"main-body-container\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p align=\"start\">Orem, UTAH, May  01, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Utah Valley University (UVU) is celebrating the graduation of approximately 203 Native American students representing 10 tribes, a 60% increase from 120 Native American student graduates last year. This year\u2019s graduates span every college on campus, with 29 different degrees being awarded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"start\">\u201cWe are very proud of our Native American graduates, and we are excited for their bright futures,\u201d said UVU Native Excellence and Tribal Engagement Director Justin Allison. \u201cThese students can now take their skills and education back to their communities and inspire more students. It is encouraging to see Native American students come to UVU to get their education, and we celebrate the completion of their degrees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"start\">UVU aims to support Native American, Indigenous, and First-Nation students through Native Excellence and Tribal Engagement, providing students a \u201chome away from home.\u201d The program focuses on strong community engagement, intentional and lasting partnerships, and continued student success through events and programs, including the Native Wolverine Association and the American Indian Studies Program. Annual events include the Indigenous Peoples Day celebration, the UVU Powwow, Native American Storytelling Night, and the Governor\u2019s Native American Summit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"start\">Many Native American students face economic barriers\u00a0in pursuing higher\u00a0education\u00a0.\u00a0The Native American Student GAP Scholarship is a financial aid initiative available at UVU and other Utah universities. The scholarship is awarded to eligible Native American Students who are members of one of the federally recognized tribes in and around Utah and who have applied for scholarships or financial aid through their tribe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"start\">Utah is home to approximately 60,000 Native Americans representing 50 Tribal Nations, with eight federally recognized tribes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"start\">To read stories about this year\u2019s graduating students, please visit uvu.edu\/graduation\/stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<pre\/>\n            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orem, UTAH, May 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Utah Valley University (UVU) is celebrating the graduation of approximately 203 Native American students representing 10 tribes, a 60% increase from 120 Native American student graduates last year. This year\u2019s graduates span every college on campus, with 29 different degrees being awarded.\u00a0 \u201cWe are very proud of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/Resource\/Download\/fe5c8192-8c63-4544-818c-8412918f955d","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-globenewswire"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allonlinebanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allonlinebanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allonlinebanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allonlinebanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allonlinebanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/allonlinebanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allonlinebanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allonlinebanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allonlinebanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allonlinebanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}