Community Outreach to Universities and Colleges

Turtle Mountain Community College is committed to functioning as an autonomous Indian controlled college on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation focusing on general studies, undergraduate education, Career & Technical Education, scholarly research, and continuous improvement of student learning. By creating an academic environment in which the cultural and social heritage of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa is brought to bear throughout the curriculum, the college establishes an administration, faculty, and student body exerting leadership in the community and providing service to it.

Since the University of Mary's beginnings in the mid-1950s, its history has been one of rapid expansion. Founded in 1955 by The Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Monastery as a two-year school, the former Mary College became a four-year degree-granting institution in 1959. The University of Mary exists to serve the religious, academic, and cultural needs of people in this region. It takes its tone from the commitment of the Sisters of Annunciation Monastery. These sisters founded the university and continue to sponsor it today.

Valley City State University offers over 80 degree programs in teacher education, information technology, business, communication arts, social science, math, science, health, physical education, art, and music. Online and distance education options include a Master of Education, graduate and undergraduate programs in Technology Education, and an endorsement in English Language Learners /English as a Second Language.