Student Support Services: Staff

Irene Bear Runner, Career Counselor

Phone Extension: 1150
Email: ibearrunner@tm.edu
Office: Room 114
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday

Irene LaFontaine-Bear Runner is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.

• Work experience: 18 years of counseling and 17 years of clerical, administrative and management. Places of employment have been with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Services, Tribal & State governments, military, United Tribes and the Turtle Mountain Community College. Employed at United Tribes Technical College for ten years and TMCC for ten years.
• Education: B.A., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, M.A., University of Mary, Bismarck