PNW-COSMOS Panel Discussion

Dr. Kim Winkelman (Oglala Lakota and Abenaki) is a retired Army lieutenant colonel. In 22 years of military service, he earned several military merit awards. He earned a bachelor’s degree from The Citadel, a master’s from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California, and his doctorate from Walden University. Winkelman is credited with spearheading a movement to create Comanche Nation College, against great odds from local and state governments. Comanche Nation College was the first tribal college in Oklahoma at the time.

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The primary sponsor for PNW-COSMOS is the National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), Division of Human Resource Development (HRD). This project is supported by: Collaborative Research: The Pacific Northwest Alliance to develop, implement and study a STEM Graduate Education Model for American Indians and Native Alaskans. This is an AGEP - T: Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate – Transformation under HRD grant #1432910. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.