honors

Crystal Jensen Honored as 2011-2012 American Indian Graduate Center Fellow

Crystal Jensen Selected as 2011-2012 American Indian Graduate Center Fellow

By X.Ryan
Los Angeles, CA June 29, 2012 – Crystal Jensen, President and Founder of Integrity Technologies, Inc., and doctoral student in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University in West Los Angeles, CA, was named an American Indian Graduate Center Fellow for the 2011-2012 school year.

Founded in 1969, the American Indian Graduate Center’s (AIGC) is a national non-profit based in Albuquerque, NM.  To most effectively fulfill their mission to “build, promote, and honor self-sustaining American Indian and Alaska Native communities through education and leadership,” they partner with the Bureau of Indian Education, corporate and foundation partners, and numerous private donors.  AIGC’s mission and Ms. Jensen’s scholarly and professional efforts to utilize information and communication technologies (ICTs) for Native American and other Indigenous Peoples’ community capacity building synergistically empower one another.

To learn more about the American Indian Graduate Center, please visit their website at http://www.aigcs.org.
To learn more about Ms. Jensen and Integrity Technologies, please visit:  http://integriytechnologies.org.

Crystal Jensen Chosen as American Indian College Fund Scholar

Crystal Jensen Chosen as American Indian College Fund Scholar

By X. Ryan
Los Angeles, CA June 29, 2012

Crystal Jensen, President and Founder of Integrity Technologies, Inc., and Doctor of Learning Technologies student in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University in West Los Angeles, CA, was named American Indian College Fund Scholar for the 2011-2012 school year. This scholarship is funded through the organization’s partnerships with corporate and private donors, and is generally based upon merit.

The American Indian College Fund was established in 1989 to provide scholarships to American Indian students and to fund and create awareness about the community-based accredited tribal colleges and universities that offer students access to knowledge and skills alongside Native culture, language, and values. In support of their motto, “educate the mind and spirit”, the American Indian College Fund  provide support to students attending 33 accredited tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), as well as non-tribal institutions, that have a focus on American Indian language and cultural preservation and revitalization.  They have consistently received high accolades from independent charity evaluators, such as the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance, the American Institute on Philanthropy, and Charity Navigator.

To learn more about the American Indian College Fund, please visit their website at http://www.collegefund.org/.
To learn more about Ms. Jensen and Integrity Technologies, please visit:  http://integriytechnologies.org.

Crystal Jensen Highlighted as a “Stand Out in the Crowd” in Pi Lambda Theta’s “Educational Horizons” Magazine

Crystal Jensen Highlighted as a “Stand Out in the Crowd”
in Pi Lambda Theta’s “Educational Horizons” Magazine

By X. Ryan
Los Angeles, CA June 29, 2012

Crystal Jensen, founder of Integrity Technologies, Inc., and doctoral student in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University in West Los Angeles, CA, was named a Pi Lambda Theta “Stand Out in the Crowd” in their April-May 2012 issue of Educational Horizons Magazine.

Pi Lambda Theta is the most selective national honor society of educators, with a minimum 3.5 cumulative G.P.A as their primary membership requirement. The purpose of Pi Lambda Theta is to honor the accomplishments of exemplary educators and support the continuing development of knowledge and skills aimed at providing leadership for colleagues and enhanced learning for students.

Ms. Jensen was chosen for this honor based on both her professional and scholarly efforts.  PLT highlighted her teaching and technology coordinating efforts as a K-12+ educator for many “at-risk” students in rural and urban school districts.  Her scholarly research in utilizing information and communication technologies (ICTs) to support Native America/U.S Indigenous Peoples’ cultural preservation and revitalization was also a focus of the article.

To learn more about Pi Lambda Theta, please visit their website at http://pilambda.org/.
To learn more about Crystal Jensen and Integrity Technologies, please visit:  http://integritytechnologies.org