Education

Shayla Chatto, a Diné scholar whose work centers on state-mandated PK-20 Native and Indigenous education, will join the University of New Mexico’s Department of Native American Studies as a 2026-27 postdoctoral fellow.

Thirty-nine students from 16 high schools earned the 2026 Navajo Nation Seal of Bilingual Proficiency, a recognition for students who demonstrated proficiency in Diné Bizaad and English.

Lanai Rickteroff gathered her Shiprock High School teammates under a canopy at the FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics World Championship and read from a list on her phone.

Utah State University Blanding awarded degrees and certificates to 158 students during its April 25 commencement ceremony at San Juan High School.

College graduates finishing school this spring are not expected to be affected by a new federal rule that will limit how much money graduate students can borrow beginning July 1.