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This Saturday! RSVP asap!

ITEC College Exploration Day is coming up!

🪧if you are interested in attending but haven’t signed up yet, Registration is still open! Scan the QR code or sign up via the link.

🏫 Don’t miss out on the college fair either! Many local colleges and universities will be attending and this is your chance to speak directly to a college Admissions officer and/or a Native Programs staff! This list highlights just a few of the great colleges who will be there.

ITEC College Exploration Day 2026 at the University of Redlands

❤️ Meet our Keynote speaker for the day - Gerald Clarke (Cahuilla)! Gerald is a member of the Cahuilla Nation, is a celebrated artist, runs the family cattle ranch, and is a professor of Ethnic Studies at University of California Riverside.

❤️ There is still time to sign up for the College Day! Come learn about college options in the day and then talk about education opportunities with your Valentine’s at night.

❤️Open to all Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students and their families. With generous support from the Soboba Foundation.

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Join Native Student Programs for ITEC’s College Exploration Day 2026 on Saturday, February 14th, 2026 at the University of Redlands.

The College Day will be filled with opportunities for Native students and their families to demystify the college process - hear directly from Native professors, Admissions Officers, and educators on how college will work for you!

🏫Date: Saturday February 14th, 2026
🏫Location: Orton Center, University of Redlands
🏫Ages: Native Students & Families
🏫Cost to Attend: FREE

We are proud to announce that our keynote speaker will be Gerald Clarke (Cahuilla), artist, Cahuilla Tribal Council Member, & Special Advisor to the Chancellor and Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Riverside.

Explore different college majors, learn essay writing tips, join cultural workshops with Elders, and most importantly, continue your educational journey from high school to college.

https://admissions.redlands.edu/register/ITEC_CED_2026

Our last beading workshop for the fall semester!

So happy to represent the University of Redlands, Native Student Programs, and the Native American Student Union at the 2nd Annual Native American Heritage Month Parade at the state capitol. Thank you Assembly Member Ramos and his team for hosting such a great event.

We’re honored to welcome Virginia Hedrick (Yurok/Karuk), Executive Director of the California Consortium for Urban Indian Health, for a special talk titled:
“The Work of Belonging: Healing, Policy, and the Power of Native Communities.”
📅 Date: Wednesday November 12th, 2025
🕠 Time: 5:30pm
📍 Location: University of Redlands, Hall of Letters 100
Virginia’s work centers on community healing, advocacy, and uplifting Native voices through health equity and policy change. Come be inspired, connect, and be part of the conversation on what it means to build belonging in our Native communities.
✨ All are welcome ✨

Join us for a special basket weaving workshop led by recent University of Redlands alumna, former NASU President, and YEIL Scholar extraordinaire ✨Tishmal Herrera!✨

Materials and snacks provide!

Monday November 3, 2025
5:30 PM–7:30 PM
Čañaam Center, Hunsaker

Native Student Programs invites you to a public lecture by Virginia Hedrick (Yurok) at the University of Redlands on Wednesday, November 12th, 2025. Her talk - titled “The Work of Belonging: Healing, Policy, and the Power of Native Communities” - will focus on the intersection of public health and Native communities, as well as her efforts in the field.

🗓️ Wednesday November 12th, 2025
🗓️ Location: Hall of Letters 100
🗓️ Time: 5:30pm

Free and open to the public. To rsvp please contact Native Student Programs
Nativeatudentprograms@redlands@edu