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    Professor Tia Tidwell featured on new podcast, The Alaska Myth

    November 13, 2023

    Tia Tidwell, assistant professor of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, was a guest on the first episode of the new podcast, The Alaska Myth. The Alaska Myth is a podcast about how Alaskans view our history and ourselves.
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  • Student Services members pose for a photo in a hallway during training summit.

    Advisors travel from rural campuses for training summit

    November 08, 2023

    An advising and student services training summit brought together advisors from all of UAF's five rural campuses in September with support from the College of Rural and Community Development and the Vice Chancellor's Office of Rural, Community and Native Education. The three-and-a-half-day training experience at the Troth Yeddha' Campus gathered approximately thirty College of Rural and Community Development student support staff and advisors to learn, network, and grow together.
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  • Participants in the summer 2023 Tamamta retreat hold a circle discussion at Howard Luke Gaalee’ya Spirit Camp.

    Tamamta program honored by APLU

    October 20, 2023

    UAF's Tamamta program has been honored with the Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in University Research Award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
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  • Jessica Black, associate vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education

    Friday Focus: Celebrating Indigenous excellence

    October 13, 2023

    This past Monday, Oct. 9, we celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day. A host of events occurred here on Troth Yeddha' campus and across our rural campuses. On Troth Yeddha' campus there was a frybread taco fundraiser put on by the Festival of Native Arts club and events including the Iñu-Yupiaq Dance group, fish skin sewing, and Native games demonstrations. At the Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel there were several events, including hands-on akutaq making, beading, and mask making and a Native foods potluck. At the Northwest Campus in Nome and at the Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham, Native films were showcased. Commemorating this day allows us Indigenous peoples to celebrate and share with others who we are, including our rich histories and the contemporary lives we live. As associate vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education, I get to work on and applaud Indigenous excellence each and every day.
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    UAF hosting 2023 Indigenous Peoples Day events

    October 04, 2023

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day this year with an afternoon full of cultural events and workshops.
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    Black receives 2023 Bullock Prize for service to the UA system

    September 15, 2023

    The University of Alaska Foundation Board of Directors has awarded the 2023 Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence to Jessica Black. Black, associate vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, has been a faculty member since 2006.
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  • Chris Cannon, Sean Asikłuk Topkok, Michael Koskey and Yoko Kugo, all doctorate-holding faculty members at the UAF Center for Cross-Cultural Studies, accept a 10-year accreditation from the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium during its annual general membership meeting in Fairbanks in July.

    Center for Cross-Cultural Studies receives 10-year accreditation

    September 15, 2023

    The Center for Cross-Cultural Studies has received 10-year accreditation from the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium.
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  • Charlene Stern, vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education

    Friday Focus: Fall-time transitions and higher education

    August 18, 2023

    Growing up in interior Alaska, fall time represents a season of transitions. The long summer days begin to shorten. The air gets a little crisper. The leaves begin to change color. And we at UAF are busy preparing for the start of the new academic year. Our various campuses from Dillingham to Fairbanks and everywhere in between are teeming with the energy of students, faculty and staff. It is a great time to be a part of the UAF community. An aspect of UAF that I appreciate most is our enduring commitment to increasing the accessibility of higher education.
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  • A woman wearing a floral sweater looks at garden plants while a man in a purple shirt looks on.

    $1 million USDA investment supports food, energy sovereignty

    August 03, 2023

    A $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide continued support for a University of Alaska Fairbanks project aimed at educating and preparing the next generation of Alaska Native agriculture leaders.
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  • Uher, Plumb to serve as interim deans

    July 19, 2023

    Vice Chancellor for Rural, Community and Native Education Charlene Stern has announced that Bryan Uher will serve as interim dean of the UAF Community and Technical College starting on Aug. 2. Uher, who is currently CRCD's dean, will replace CTC Dean Michele Stalder, who is retiring.
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  • Minnie Naylor is the newly appointed director of the UAF Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue. UAF photo by JR Ancheta.

    Minnie Naylor appointed director of UAF Chukchi Campus

    July 14, 2023

    Minnie Naylor continues her leadership of the Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue as newly appointed campus director effective July 2.
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  • Students canoeing on the Chena River in front of the Love Alaska sign

    Rural Alaska Honors Institute will celebrate graduates at ceremony

    July 07, 2023

    The Rural Alaska Honors Institute will hold its 41st annual graduation July 13 from 1-2:30 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha' Campus. The ceremony will stream live on Facebook.
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  • Indigenous higher education consortium meeting registration opens

    June 12, 2023

    The World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium will host its annual general meeting on the Troth Yeddha' Campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks from July 16-20, 2023.
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    Alaska Native Language Center film wins Northwest Regional Emmy

    June 08, 2023

    The Alaska Native Language Center's film "Awake" has won a Northwest Regional Emmy through the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The film, produced by Channel Films in fall 2022, captures the past, present and future of language revitalization. It won in the long-form branded content category.
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  • Charlene Stern, vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education

    Friday Focus: RCNE planning forward

    June 02, 2023

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Rural and Community Development and the Community and Technical College have been busy working to update their 10-year campus master plan. Board of Regents Policy 05.12.030 requires a CMP for each campus. The 2023 CRCD and CTC campus master planning effort is informed by a shared vision that will guide the development of the two college's campuses and instructional sites over the next decade.
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  • Mae Mendenhall, the library director for the UAF Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue, was named the rural staff member for May 2023.

    May Rural Staff Spotlight: Mae Mendenhall

    May 31, 2023

    Mae Mendenhall serves as the library director for the UAF Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue. Mae goes above and beyond for the community on the edge of the Chukchi Sea.
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  • Kuskokwim Consortium Library receives national medal

    May 23, 2023

    The Kuskokwim Consortium Library in Bethel, Alaska, has received the 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, an honor given to museums and libraries that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities.
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  • Sean Asikłuk Topkok has been appointed director of the Center for Cross-Cultural Studies.

    Sean Asikłuk Topkok appointed director of Center for Cross-Cultural Studies

    May 22, 2023

    The College of Rural and Community Development is excited to announce that Sean Asikłuk Topkok has been appointed director of the Center for Cross-Cultural Studies. Asikłuk has a long history with the CXCS, having worked with the center and previous leadership since 1997 through the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative and the Alaska Native Knowledge Network. Topkok's new appointment became effective April 10, 2023.
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  • Theresa Quiner, the Kuskokwim Consortium Library Director at the Kuskokwim Campus, was named the rural staff member for April 2023.

    April Rural Staff Spotlight: Theresa Quiner

    April 21, 2023

    Theresa Quiner serves as the Kuskokwim Consortium Library Director at the Kuskokwim Campus. She consistently has a great attitude, loves her job and the patrons she interacts with. Theresa is respected and appreciated as a supervisor and steps in with main campus issues when needed.
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  • Outdoor portrait of Jessica Black

    Jessica Black appointed associate vice chancellor

    April 04, 2023

    Vice Chancellor Charlene Stern has appointed Jessica Black as associate vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education effective March 26, 2023.
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  • A female college student wearing headphones works at a computer. Three other students work at computers in the background.

    Grant boosts internet, IT careers at UAF rural campuses

    March 13, 2023

    A $2.9 million federal grant will expand broadband internet access at the University of Alaska Fairbanks' rural campuses and support information technology careers for low-income Alaska Native and minority students.
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  • RAHI application period opens for summer 2023

    February 22, 2023

    The Rural Alaska Honors Institute is accepting applications for its summer 2023 session. The session will run from May 30-July 14, 2023.  Applications are due by Wednesday, March 1.
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  • Two Yup'ik dancers dressed in regalia with fans performing onstage.

    Festival of Native Arts returns in person Feb. 24-25

    February 16, 2023

    The Festival of Native Arts returns as an in-person celebration Feb. 24-25 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Davis Concert Hall. The student-led event showcases Native culture through dance, music and arts.
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    Gray, Wool honored with UAF alumni awards

    January 19, 2023

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks Alumni Association has named its 2023 award recipients.
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  • UAF receives grant to advance Alaska Native food and energy sovereignty

    October 11, 2022

    A $1.9 million federal grant will support University of Alaska Fairbanks programs that focus on Indigenous food and energy system development and sustainability at the institution's five rural campuses.
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