Education

When she was in high school, Lauren Curran traveled from her tiny town north of Houston to the city to see the U.S. Coast Guard Band in concert.

Jerome Chee, 19, made standing on top of a newly trained horse look easy.

With school starting Aug. 19, Diné College students can look forward to some exciting upgrades, including a four-year institution accreditation, a refurbished Ned A. Hatathli Cultural Center, enhancements to the distance learning program, and a new coffee shop, Warrior Coffee.

The massive two-story structure on the south end of town is shaping up to be the most imposing building in Chinle since the Wildcat Den. But it’s just the beginning for Navajo Technical University’s new Central Agency campus.