Pine Ridge College Center - Oglala Lakota College

10/16/2026

Join us in congratulating our students. LILILILI We are so proud of you.

Celebrating Our Graduate Studies Students!

Oglala Lakota College Graduate Studies would like to extend a HUGE congratulations to Marilyn Frank (LAKM), Fallen Sorbel (LAKM), Summer Last Horse (LAKM), and Jacqui Giago (LMEA) on successfully defending their research proposals during today's Graduate Studies Colloquia!

This is an incredible milestone in their graduate journeys and represents months of hard work, dedication, critical thinking, and commitment to research that will contribute to our communities.

With their successful proposal defenses behind them, these four students will now move forward with the appropriate OLC Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Oglala Sioux Tribe Research Review Board (OST RRB) processes, seeking the necessary approvals before beginning their research, collecting data, and analyzing their findings.

Throughout the day, 52 individuals joined us in person and virtually to support our students and celebrate their academic accomplishments! We are so grateful to the students' committee members, faculty, members of the OLC community, families, and community members who took time out of their day to attend, ask thoughtful questions, offer feedback, and encourage our students. Your presence and support are an important part of their academic journeys.

Research is about more than fulfilling a degree requirement. It is about asking meaningful questions, contributing new knowledge, and finding ways to strengthen our communities. We are excited to see how each of these students continues to develop their research and the contributions their work will make.

We are SO proud of you, Marilyn, Fallen, Summer, and Jacqui! Your dedication and perseverance have brought you to this important milestone, and we cannot wait to see where your research takes you next!

Wóphila to everyone who helped make our first Graduate Studies Colloquia of the academic year such a success! ❤️

10/16/2026

Get your flu shot

10/16/2026

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10/15/2026

10/15/2026

Invite to our students: today we will be having our midterm encouragement lunch to celebrate you reaching your midterms and completing them shows your perseverance. We would like to encourage you to keep moving forward. You can do this and we are so proud of you.

10/15/2026

📚 Saturday study session bring your classmates 📚
PRCC students, the center will be open this Saturday for anyone who needs a place to study, work on assignments, or review notes before next week’s classes.
Freshmen, this is a great opportunity to build strong study habits and stay on track with your coursework.

✅ Wi-Fi available
�✅ Laptops available for student use
�✅ Quiet study space
A few hours of focus can make a big difference.
📍 Pine Ridge College Center
�🗓️ Saturday, October 17�
⏰ 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Bring your assignments, bring your notes, and stop by. We hope to see you there!
🎃👻📚

10/14/2026

Join us, Stephanie Two Crow will be teaching us how to identify and harvest

10/08/2026

Join Us for the First Lakota Leadership & Lifeways Series!

Oglala Lakota College Graduate Studies is excited to launch our Lakota Leadership & Lifeways Series this year with a special presentation by Dr. Craig Howe!

“Lakotan Societies as Models for Lakotan Governance”

Tuesday, October 13, 2026
5:30–7:00 PM (MST)
In Person: OLC LaCreek College Center and Virtually: Via Zoom

Dr. Howe, an Oglala Lakota scholar and founder of the Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies (CAIRNS), will explore how Lakotan societies provide meaningful models for leadership, governance, relationships, and collective responsibility.

This session invites participants to consider how Lakotan knowledge, values, and traditional ways of organizing communities can continue to inform leadership and decision-making today.

Our new Lakota Leadership & Lifeways Series is designed to bring together students, educators, community members, and leaders to learn from Indigenous scholars and knowledge holders while strengthening connections between Lakota knowledge, leadership, and contemporary community practices.

This event is open to everyone! Whether you are a student, educator, community leader, or simply interested in learning more, we welcome you to join us in person or virtually.

Please see the flyer for additional information. We hope to see you there!

10/08/2026

Anpetu Waste Mitakuyapi

Here is a list of upcoming activities offered to you as support and resources. We invite you to show up, connect with each other and keep moving forward. We are very proud of each and everyone of you. any questions feel free to reach out to me.
Side Note:
For the Saturday Study Times; The center is open to students to come use the Wi-Fi and or laptops also give you a quiet space to get your assignments and or research completed, we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.
Have a good day.