Akron Roundtable: Eva Flying

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• Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024  12pm

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In Conversation with Sam Chestnut, Head of The Lippman School

Eva M. Flying is the president of Chief Dull Knife College (CDKC). She will be the 6th sitting president, and the first woman to occupy this role. She is deeply rooted in the Northern Cheyenne community and is a champion of enhancing lives through health and education.

Flying began her postsecondary education in Wyoming at Sheridan College where she received her Associate of Arts in general studies. From there she continued on to Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in exercise science. In 1999, she returned to Montana and completed her Master of Science in sports administration at Montana State University-Billings. One of her special achievements was completing her graduate internship at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Flying is presently working on her Doctor of Education degree in community colleges, with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion, at California State University, Stanislaus.

Flying has spent a considerable amount of her professional career establishing and managing health and wellness programs at higher education institutions. She appreciates the importance of the TCU movement and has been personally involved.

Flying is a Northern Cheyenne tribal member; her Cheyenne name is Vóestaā’e, meaning White Buffalo Calf Woman, given by her grandfather, Grover Wolfvoice. Flying’s mother, Beverly Jordan Flying, is Oneida and her father, John Paul Flying Sr., is Northern Cheyenne. Her maternal grandparents were Melvin Jordan and Gertrude King. Her paternal grandparents were Lawrence Flying (Turkey-Legs) and Eva Ghost Bull. She has one son, Mariusz Bagley. She was raised on the Northern Cheyenne reservation where she completed her elementary education at Lame Deer Public School and secondary education at Colstrip High School.

Sam Chestnut begins his 14th year as Head of The Lippman School, a multicultural Jewish Day School. Over this time the school has developed significant local, national, and international partnerships that have helped establish The Lippman School as an educational leader using Jewish values as a foundation for cross-cultural learning experiences.