(Pictured above is Old Main)

FPCC HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

Fort Peck Community College (FPCC) is a tribally-contolled community college chartered by the government of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes.

Courses in higher education were first introduced to the Reservation by two state-funded Montana community colleges.  In 1969, the first extension courses were offered by Dawson Community College, Glendive, Montana, and services continued until the Spring of 1986.  A cooperative agreement for offering on-reservation courses was formed in 1977 with Miles Community College, Miles City, Montana, when that college received a Title III Grant for Developing Institutions.  This relationship ended in 1986.

In the same year, the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes established the Fort Peck Education Department.  This department engaged in the development work beginning the Fort Peck Community College, which was officially chartered by the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board in 1978.  The original charter established a six-member Board of Directors, which continued to govern the College until the Fall of 1987, when the board was expanded to nine members.  According to the bylaws, at least seven members of the board must be enrolled members of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes.

ACCREDITATION

The Fort Peck Community College was granted full accreditation by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Colleges, in December of 1991.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

To make are residents more employable, and to improve employee efficiency within local businesses, industries, and agencies.  Fort Peck Community College has developed a variety of academic and vocational programs.  Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees are offered, as well as several vocational certificate programs.  In conjunction with Rocky Mountain College and Montana State University-Northern, the Teacher Training Program allows students to acquire a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education.

LOCATIONS

The main campus of Fort Peck Community College is located in Poplar.  Although the majority of the buildings are located adjacent to the Tribal and BIA administrative offices, several other educational and administrative sites are scattered throughout the city.  Noteworthy buildings include:  Old Main, which appears on the National Register of Historic Places; the Robert L. Sullivan Building, which houses the Telecommunications Center; the Administrative/Tribal Library Complex, which was constructed by the students in the Building Trades Department;  the recently erected Murry Ducharme Science and Computer Center.

The College also operates a Wolf Point campus.  It offers regularly scheduled courses at the FPCC/NAES College Center and the old Great Northern Building.

In addition, courses are offered on an "as needed" basis at the communities of Brockton and Frazer.

(Pictured above is the Administration Building)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Fort Peck Community College is a member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) and American Association of Community Colleges.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

FPCC is committed to equal employment opportunity and to equality in educational opportunity.  All students shall have the opportunity to participate in and receive benefits from all programs or activities including, but not limited to, course offerings, graduation requirements, athletics, counseling, employment assistance, extracurricular and other school-related activities.

Discrimination in education or employment because of sex, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, physical or mental handicap, political belief, marital or parental status is prohibited unless based upon reasonable grounds as provided by law.

Any student wishing to file a grievance regarding education discrimination may do so, in writing on forms provided by the Office of the Vice-President for Student Services.  Students needing assistance in filing an educational grievance will be assisted by the Student Service Office.  The Vice-President for Student Services shall promptly investigate and process all properly filed student educational grievances through the established administration channels.

DRUG FREE SCHOOLS & COMMUNITIES ACT OF 1989

Fort Peck Community College operates under the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1989.

As a condition of receiving federal aid, the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1989, requires a college to certify that it has implemented a drug and alcohol awareness program for students and employees.  The Act amended the Higher Education Act of 1965.  The Act is intended to combat substance abuse on campus through prevention, rehabilitation, and punishment.  The Act establishes broad standards to allow academic freedom in promulgating programs.  The Act affects all colleges that receive funds or any other form of financial assistance under any federal program, including student financial aid.

All students and employees of affected institutions are included in the Act.  "Student" means anyone taking one or more classes for any type of academic credit, except for continuing education units, regardless of the length of the student's program of study.  Also included are students and employees in the College's academic programs in a foreign country and off-campus in the United States.

Fort Peck Community College, P.O. Box  398, Poplar, Montana  59255

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