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menominee.eduMAIN CAMPUS
N172 Hwy 47/55, P.O. Box 1179, Keshena WI 54135Phone: 715 799-5600 or 800 567-2344
GREEN BAY CAMPUS
2733 S. Ridge Road,Green Bay WI 54304
Phone: 920 965-0070 or 800 567-2344
Quick Facts
2015-2016
HISTORY
The history of the College of Menominee Nation is a recent chapter in the long story of the Menominee People.
The tribe’s narrative spans thousands of years. Its land once encompassed a vast hunting, gathering and agricultural range from east of Lake Michigan to west of the Mississippi River. By the 20th Century, tribal land was reduced to a reservation of 235,000 acres. By mid-Century, Federal efforts to terminate the standing of the Menominee as a recognized tribe had dismantled a functioning economy and community infrastructure that included schools, courts, industry and health care on the reservation.
Through Federal courts, the Menominee successfully won restoration of tribal status in 1973 and began rebuilding their financially and culturally dev-astated community. As part of that rebuilding, Menominee leaders asked Dr. Verna Fowler to create a College on the reservation to serve the community and strengthen its infrastructure. The College of Menominee Nation began offering classes in January 1993 in borrowed and rented facilities with 42 students en-rolled in general education courses. CMN was chartered on March 4, 1993, and in 1994 began classes on its current site in the town of Keshena. At the request of the neighboring Oneida Nation, CMN began offering a small number of profes-sional development courses nearby in the city of Green Bay.
Today, CMN is an accredited Land Grant institution offering three Bachelor’s Degrees, a variety of Associate Degrees, and several technical diplomas. The flagship campus in Keshena serves two-thirds of CMN’s enrollment from nine major buildings. Students who comprise the remaining one-third attend classes in a leased building 45-miles east in the metro Green Bay area. Both campuses welcome students from many American Indian tribes and a broad range of eth-nicities and races.
LEADERSHIP
President: S. Verna Fowler, Ph.D. En-rolled in the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and a descendant of the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe, Verna Fowler grew up in South Branch, a small com-munity on the Menominee Reservation.
She earned degrees from the University of North Dakota, Silver Lake College and the Milwaukee Institute of Technology; holds honorary University of Wisconsin degrees, and has received awards from many agencies and organizations, in-cluding the 2010 George Washington Carver Award of the United States Agency for International Development.
Board of Trustees: Bernard (Ben) Kaquatosh, chairperson; Virginia Nuske, vice chairperson, Lynnette Miller, secretary, and Lori Corn, Sarah Harkey, Georgianna Ignace and Elaine Peters, members.
ADMINISTRATORS, DEANS AND DIRECTORS
Telephone
Keshena Campus: 715 799-5600 Green Bay/Oneida Campus: 920 965-0070 Toll free both campuses: 800 567-2344
Location Telephone
Administration Keshena campus
College President ext. 3040
Academic Affairs Keshena campus
Chief Academic Officer ext. 3019 Dean, Continuing Education ext. 3007 Dean, Letters and Science ext. 3262 Dean, Nursing ext. 3139 Dean, Student Services ext. 3017 Dean, Technical Education ext. 3026
Finance Keshena campus
Chief Financial Officer ext. 3032 Green Bay/Oneida campus Green Bay campus
Vice President, Green Bay/Oneida ext. 4000
Directors Keshena campus
Advancement ext. 3155 Bursar ext. 3034 Center for First Americans
Forestlands ext. 3041 Financial Aid ext. 3039 Human Resources ext. 3037 Information Technology ext. 3012 Institutional Research ext. 3011 Libraries ext. 3001 Operations ext. 3424 Registrar ext. 3052 Sponsored Programs ext. 3085 Sustainable Development Institute ext. 3041
FACULTY AND STAFF PROFILE
Fall 2014 Statistics
All employees 178
Enrolled/Descendant Menominee 70 Other American Indian 20
Other (Asian, Black, Hispanic, White) 88 Faculty 56
Full time faculty 31
Part-time faculty 25 Post-secondary educational attainment, all employees Ph.D., J.D. or other terminal degree 12 Master’s Degree 53
Baccalaureate Degree 45
Associate Degree 21
STUDENT AND ALUMNI PROFILES
Fall 2014 student demographicsHeadcount enrollment 560 FTE enrollment 370.4 Full time 165 / 29% Part-time 395 / 71% Males 132 / 24% Females 428 / 76% Age 16-24 225 / 40% Age 25-65 335 / 60% Enrolled/Descendant Menominee 200 / 36%
Other American Indian 131 / 23% Other (Asian, Black, Hispanic, White) 229 / 41%
Tribes represented in CMN enrollment in recent semesters included Menominee, Oneida, Chippewa, Ho-Chunk, Stockbridge Munsee, Potawatomi, Mohican, Lac Courtes Oreille Ojibwa and Navajo, among others.
Top five degree choices: Biological and Physical Science, Business, Education, Liberal Studies, Nursing
Fall/Winter 2014 alumni demographics All Graduates 955
Males 282 / 30% Females 673 / 70% Enrolled/Descendant Menominee 391 / 41% Other American Indian 265 / 28% Other (Asian, Black, Hispanic, White) 299/ 31% Academic degrees awarded cumulatively 814 Bachelor of Science (first baccalaureate awarded in June 2011) 24 Associate of Arts 584 Associate of Applied Science 206 Diplomas and Certificates awarded cumulatively 359
ACCREDITATION
• The College is accredited by theHigher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org).
• The Bachelor of Science program in Early Childhood/Elementary Educa-tion is approved by the Wisconsin Department of Education.
• The Associate Degree program in Nursing is accredited by the Accred-itation Commission for Education in Nursing.
MISSION
The College of Menominee Nation’s mission is to provide opportunities in higher education to its students. As an institution of higher learning char-tered by the Menominee People, the College infuses this education with American Indian culture, preparing students for leadership, careers and advanced studies in a multicultural world. As a Land Grant institution, the College is committed to research, promoting, perpetuating and nur-turing American Indian culture, and providing outreach workshops and community service.
PROGRAMS OF
STUDY
Bachelor of Arts Degree Public AdministrationBachelor of Science Degrees
Business Administration • Accounting Emphasis • Management Emphasis Early Childhood/Middle Childhood Education
Associate of Applied Science Degree
Pre-Environmental Engineering Technology
Associate of Arts and Sciences Degrees
Biological and Physical Sciences Business Administration Digital Media
Early Childhood Education Liberal Studies
• Humanities Emphasis • Social Science Emphasis Pre-Engineering
Natural Resources Public Administration
Technical Diploma Programs
Business Office Technology Electricity
Practical Nursing Welding
FINANCES
unaudited 2014 Revenue Federal Grants $ 7,910,312 General Fund $ 4,635,508 BIA / ISC $ 2,139,700 State Grants $ 483,855 MITW* Allocation $ 191,722 Other Grants $ 635,606 Total $ 15,996,622*Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin 2014 Expenditures Instruction $ 8,839,381 Student Support $ 1,496,661 Administration $ 1,770,252 Instructional Support $ 2,151,815 Construction $ 141,178 Operations/ Maintenance $ 1,070,663 Institutes $ 407,409 Auxiliary $ 119,255 Total $ 15,996,622
FACILITIES
Keshena campus: 52.5 acres 9 buildingstotaling 124,913 square feet (sf.)
Glen Miller Hall
28,160 sf.
Shirley Daly Hall
29,112 sf.
S. Verna Fowler Academic Library and Menominee Public Library
18,506 sf.
Cultural Learning Center
14,928 sf. Campus Commons 6,236 sf. Technical/Trades Building 6,600 sf. Facilities Building 3,600 sf.
Community Technology Center 15,603 sf.
Sustainable Development Institute
2,160 sf.
Green Bay/Oneida campus: 1 building
16,709 sf.
