Diné College unveils new housing, renovated SUB
Submitted An aerial view of the new family student housing shows the buildings laid out in a pattern resembling a hogan.
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An aerial view of the new family student housing shows the buildings laid out in a pattern resembling a hogan.
TSAILE, Ariz.
Navajo Times | Cindy Yurth
Vice President for Student Success Abraham Bitok, left, leads a tour of Diné College’s renovated student union building. The building is not yet open to the public. Bitok said the reds and yellows of the building were chosen because they encourage studying. The building has many nooks for studying and socializing, including some group study rooms equipped with large monitors so students can share information from their laptops.
Diné College Friday gave visitors a sneak peek at the recently renovated student union building and a tour of the new family student housing at a grand opening Friday, although the SUB is not yet officially open to the public.
“It’s 99.1 percent done,” said former Navajo Nation Council delegate Joshua Butler, who M.C.’d the ceremony.
Keynote speaker Vice President Jonathan Nez, both an alumnus and former faculty member of Diné College, lauded the “one-stop shop” approach of the renovated SUB, which includes registration, financial aid and counseling under the same roof.
“President Russell Begaye and I are really trying to promote this one-stop shop concept,” Nez said. “It should be out there in all the communities as well.”
Nez noted that every chapter wants a senior center, a youth center and a chapter house, but there’s no reason they couldn’t all be combined into one building.
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