LLTC News Archives
Press Release July 18, 2006
LLTC President Receives Honor
Leah Carpenter, President of Leech Lake Tribal College, has been selected as a 2006 National TRIO Achiever, and has been invited to participate in the Council for Opportunity in Education's 25th Annual Conference in September. While in New York for the conference, President Carpenter will also be honored at the TRIO Achiever's Luncheonat the New York Marriott Marquis.
TRIO-a federally funded program that includes Upward Bound, Talent Search, and Student Support Services-is designed to offer educational opportunities for low-income students. While Carpenter was in high school, she participated in the Upward Bound Program in Bemidji, where she was mentored by Barry Yocom. As a result of the encouragement and training she received through Upward Bound, she began a journey that has led to her receiving a B.A. degree in Political Science and American Indian Studies at Bemidji State University (1985), a J.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Law School (1989), and she will complete a PhD at the University of Arizona in December 2006.
