{"id":114437,"date":"2015-02-19T19:48:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T02:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/first-native-to-lead-flc-board\/"},"modified":"2015-02-19T19:48:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T02:48:01","slug":"first-native-to-lead-flc-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/first-native-to-lead-flc-board\/","title":{"rendered":"First Native to lead FLC board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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It\u2019s not far-fetched to think there\u2019s a link between Karen Wilde\u2019s tenacity in getting a college degree and her role today as the first Native American to serve as chairwoman of the Fort Lewis College board of trustees.<\/p>\n

Wilde presided over her first board meeting last week.<\/p>\n

Raised in a single-parent household in Oklahoma, Wilde was also a single parent while pursuing higher education.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a young single mother when I took my 20-month-old daughter to college with me,\u201d Wilde said in a statement. \u201cI knew I had to have that education in order to support the two of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parenting didn\u2019t stop with her daughter. Wilde is now raising a 16-year-old grandson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe each of us is born with the ability to rise to any occasion,\u201d Wilde said. \u201cAs an elder (tribal), I strive to be a role model, and I have been blessed to be an individual who advocates for the minority of the minorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilde is of Muscogee and Pawnee descent on her father\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

The board of trustees supports the administration and faculty in recruiting and retaining students, Wilde said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to see the board come together with faculty, staff and students to be recognized as a transparent institution as we move forward through the return of the three-credit hour for seamless transfer and to comply with state law and policies,\u201d Wilde said.<\/p>\n

FLC is eliminating four-credit hour courses in order to be in step with other Colorado colleges and universities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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