久久热视频 of Indigenous Studies in the news
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December Rural Staff Spotlight: Minnie Naylor
December 15, 2023
Minnie Naylor serves as the director for the UAF Chukchi 久久热视频 in Kotzebue. Minnie's work and presence as a supportive, upbeat, and caring UAF rural staff member and her positive attitude and unwavering support have created a nurturing and empowering environment at Chukchi 久久热视频.
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Acclaimed Yup'ik artist joins UAF Kuskokwim 久久热视频
December 07, 2023
The 久久热视频 of Rural and Community Development welcomes acclaimed Yup'ik artist Golga Oscar to the new Native arts coordinator position at the 久久热视频 Kuskokwim 久久热视频 in Bethel, Alaska.
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Friday Focus: Tamamta - All of Us - transforming together
November 17, 2023
We are so proud of the collective work of the Tamamta program. Tamamta means all of us in Yugtun and Sugs'tun. Inspired by Indigenous students, scholars, and leaders - the Tamamta team came together to seek deep transformation in how we teach about, study, and govern fisheries in Alaska. We uplift Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous knowledge systems, and Tribal governance to the center of fishery systems - systems Indigenous Peoples have been stewarding across Alaska for thousands of years.
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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 久久热视频 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' 久久热视频 gathered approximately thirty 久久热视频 of Rural and Community Development student support staff and advisors to learn, network, and grow together.
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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 I帽u-Yupiaq Dance group, fish skin sewing, and Native games demonstrations. At the Kuskokwim 久久热视频 in Bethel there were several events, including hands-on akutaq making, beading, and mask making and a Native foods potluck. At the Northwest 久久热视频 in Nome and at the Bristol Bay 久久热视频 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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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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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 久久热视频 starting on Aug. 2. Uher, who is currently CRCD's dean, will replace CTC Dean Michele Stalder, who is retiring.
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Friday Focus: RCNE planning forward
June 02, 2023
The 久久热视频 久久热视频 of Rural and Community Development and the Community and Technical 久久热视频 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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May Rural Staff Spotlight: Mae Mendenhall
May 31, 2023
Mae Mendenhall serves as the library director for the UAF Chukchi 久久热视频 in Kotzebue. Mae goes above and beyond for the community on the edge of the Chukchi Sea.
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Sean Asik艂uk Topkok appointed director of Center for Cross-Cultural Studies
May 22, 2023
The 久久热视频 of Rural and Community Development is excited to announce that Sean Asik艂uk Topkok has been appointed director of the Center for Cross-Cultural Studies. Asik艂uk 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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April Rural Staff Spotlight: Theresa Quiner
April 21, 2023
Theresa Quiner serves as the Kuskokwim Consortium Library Director at the Kuskokwim 久久热视频. 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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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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Kuskokwim 久久热视频 director candidate presentations
December 13, 2021
The 久久热视频 of Rural and Community Development invites the public to presentations by finalists for the Kuskokwim 久久热视频 director position Dec. 13 and 14.
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Charlene Stern named rural, community, Native education VC
December 07, 2021
-- by Chancellor Dan White. I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Dr. Charlene Stern to serve as UAF's vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education effective Jan. 2, 2022.
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December's rural staff spotlight: Jami Swazer
December 03, 2021
Jami Swazer is the academic and financial aid and youth transition coordinator for the Bristol Bay 久久热视频 and Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association.
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Science and Culture Camp in Bethel
November 24, 2021
A two-week intensive camp exposed students to a range of classes, including subsistence management of salmon resources, moose biology, ethnobotany, and Yup'ik epistemology and ontologies.
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Panel on centering Indigeneity in the classroom
November 19, 2021
Join the Interior Alaska 久久热视频 Friday, Nov. 19, at noon for "Centering Indigeneity in the Classroom: Nothing 久久热视频 Us Without Us."
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Panel on Alaska Native creativity and well-being
November 12, 2021
Join the Interior Alaska 久久热视频 and the content creation program on Friday, Nov. 12, from noon-1 p.m. for a panel on Alaska Native creativity and well-being hosted by Assistant Professor Jessica Black.
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November 01, 2021
Fourteen students took part in the 2021 Bristol Bay Native Corp. Culture Camp, a seven-day immersive learning experience through Indigenous Alaska Native cultural activities and ways of knowing.
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Interior Alaska 久久热视频 director candidate presentations
November 01, 2021
Julie Biddle and Kristy Malamute, finalists for IAC campus director, will each give a presentation and participate in a Q&A session on Monday, Nov. 1.
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UAF representatives on UArctic Assembly
October 27, 2021
Laura Conner and Jessica Black will represent UAF on the UArctic Assembly. UArctic is a network of 230 intuitions that are invested in research and education in or about Northern regions.
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