Tarbert graduates from Smith College

Vivian Rue Tarbert graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, in May, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology and government. She is the daughter of tribal member Jesse Tarbert and his wife, Jamie Rue, of Asbury Park New Jersey.

Vivian will spend the 2022-23 academic year at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, where she is enrolled in a master’s program in Development Studies.

She would like to say “yakoke” to the Choctaw Nation for the support she continues to receive through the Choctaw Nation Higher Education program.