Upcoming Events

May 31

02:00 PM

Community Outreach

Nevada Field Day & Ag Expo

Our event offerings include

Indigenous Gatherings

High school students, ages 14 - 17, enjoy activities such as spring berry picking and fall pine nut gathering, in collaboration with the Nevada Outdoor Education and Recreation Grant Program.

Ag Experience Days

Current and prospective University students learn about the Tribal Students Program and our College's majors, tour our labs and farms, discover student resources, and more!

Career Fairs

University students discover career options, network with potential employers and get their resumes in front of top companies.

Native Youth Ag Council

Students in grades six through 12 complete a community project with peers and elders, learning how to protect and preserve natural resources, exploring internships and careers in natural resources, building leadership skills, and earning free participation in the College's Discover Your Path: American Indian/Alaska Native College Prep Camp in Lake Tahoe.

Discover Your Path: American Indian/Alaska Native College Prep Camp

Native American Indian youth make up a small percentage of students attending college and completing degrees. The College's week-long Discover Your Path: American Indian/Alaska Native College Prep Camp for high school-aged youth and incoming college freshman, held each summer in South Lake Tahoe, is designed to help address this disparity.

Discover Your Path

Discover Your Path | 2023

  • The College’s Discover Your Path Summer Camp, offered by the College’s Tribal Students Program and held at Extension’s Nevada State 4-H Camp in Lake Tahoe, is back for its second year.
  • Over 100 American Indian/Alaska Native teens attend the camp on Wá∙šiw lands, to explore career opportunities and college majors, build life skills, engage in cultural activities, and have fun.
  • Campers conduct an interest inventory to discover their path; learn about career- and college-readiness; and explore careers in a variety of fields, including biotechnology, gaming, hospitality, journalism and more.
  • Melanie Benjamin (left) shares indigenous plant knowledge with campers.
  • In addition to learning about indigenous plants from Melanie Benjamin (left), campers also participate in other cultural activities, such as bird singing, tule duck making and round dancing.
  • The camp’s Spending Frenzy Activity helps participants build life skills related to money management during college.
  • As part of the activity, campers set their own budgets for expenses, such as tuition, rent, utilities, food and fun, as well as for building up a savings account.
  • Campers gather around the “Yum Yum Food Bundles” table during the Spending Frenzy Activity, deciding how much of their annual salary they should spend on food.
  • In addition the camp’s educational and cultural activities, participants also have time to enjoy camp games, such as hand games, volleyball, beach time and more.
  • Campers engage in a morning polar bear plunge into Lake Tahoe each day, as well as daily beach time. Beach activities include visiting the lake; listening to, playing and singing cultural music on the beach; paddle boarding; and more.