“The idea is to fit what we’re doing out there to the needs of the community,” he said. Williams explained that the courses will be in compressed formats and often held at night to accommodate students that work during the day. “This is, as far as we know, the first tribal microcampus established on or near a reservation by a major Research 1, top-100 university.” “These types of arrangements are unprecedented,” Williams said. The agreement was negotiated by lawyers from both parties. In 2019, an intergovernmental agreement was signed between the tribe and the university, which included plans for the microcampus. The project is also part of the university’s strategic plan to assist Native American communities. “The has microcampuses all over the world in sovereign nations, so why not have a campus for the sovereign Pascua Yaqui tribe?” Williams said. Robbins began to meet with the Pascua Yaqui on their reservation to ask how the university could best serve the tribe, leading to the idea of the microcampus. In 2019, the University of Arizona’s President Dr. The microcampus project has been in the works for three years, Williams explained. He has helped lead the initiative and will teach courses at the microcampus. Williams is a regents' professor of law and faculty co-chair of the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program. Within the 5,000-square-foot campus, students can find a classroom capable of accommodating 50 students, study rooms and a computer lab with access to university Wi-Fi.ĪSUA elections: highlights from Friday’s presidential debate Settler Ave., the site of the former Hohokam Middle School, which was closed by the Tucson Unified School District in 2012. The campus is located next to the tribal reservation, at 7400 S.
There are plans to expand offerings in the future, including the Bachelor of Arts in the law program.Ĭourses will be offered in in-person, hybrid and online modalities, with flexible schedules to best suit the needs of students.
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Initially, the curriculum will include the Indigenous Governance Program’s Masters of Professional Studies Degree through the College of Law, as well as the Native Nations Institute's Continuing Education Certificate in Indigenous Governance. According to UA News, courses will begin later this fall, giving Pascua Yaqui students easy access to the university’s resources and degree programs. 7 for its first microcampus near tribal land. The University of Arizona held a grand opening Sept. Photo courtesy of Great Projections, Inc. Huya Mi’ism means Wildcats in the Yaqui language.
The microcampus renovations were designed by Yaqui architect Selina Martinez.
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