The Vice President for Academic Affairs

l_mcdonaldCCCC Mission Statement
To provide education opportunities, at the community college level, including vocational and technical training. As a tribal community college, we emphasize the teaching and learning of Dakota culture and language toward the perpetuation of the Spirit Lake Dakota Nation. The goal is student independence and self-sufficiency through academic achievement.

Commitment To Quality

  • We strive to be the very best tribal community college.
  • We employ qualified faculty and staff.
  • We maintain accreditation standards.
  • We structure the institution to optimize the skills and contributions of all stakeholders

Teaching
The strength and resilience of Dakota people is founded on the values of the culture. As a tribal college, a primary purpose is the preservation and teaching of language and culture. Dakota culture has always been constant in its teaching that learning is a life-long journey that takes many forms and that never ends. Each and every day one may learn something or see something differently. Knowledge and its discovery, understanding, and use is a Dakota cultural characteristic that is perhaps not transmitted with those words, but that is embedded in its transference for generations.

Contact Us:

Dr. Leander "Russ" McDonald
Vice President for Academic Affairs
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701.766.1133

Melvine Reierson
Administrative Assistant for Academic Affairs
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701.733.1323