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Welcome back from the holiday weekend. I hope you took time to celebrate, relax and enjoy time with your loved ones. Over the past week or so, a lot of news has circulated regarding Alaska s state budget. I want to follow up regarding what these announcements mean for UAA.
First, I hope you all saw UA President Pitney s message last Thursday, which announced the university will honor the Alaska Performance Scholarship and Alaska Education Grant awards for new and continuing students this fall and assume delayed payment from the state, ensuring our students are able to pursue their education
Let s go! This position reports to the CHD Co-Director and is responsible for shared leadership and operational support of the ECHO project, an innovative telementoring model to reduce health and other social disparities through virtual clinics. This training and development full-time salaried position leads a team of project coordinators and project assistants. Occasional evening and weekend work is required. The position is located in Anchorage, Alaska.
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The Center for Human Development is seeking applications for a Family Services Training Center Lead Behavioral Health Training Coordinator. This position will provide coordination
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The University of Alaska Anchorage will offer Unangam Tunuu courses as part of its Alaska Native Studies coursework.
This fall students can take a course in Unangam Tunuu the Unangax̂ language at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Course instructor Haliehana Stepetin says it ll be a regular part of the school s offerings for the next two years. It s really wonderful to include it in the Alaska Native Studies curriculum because it shows this density and it will hopefully teach more people about who we are and where we come from in our differing experiences and our similar goals of cultural revitalization presence, Stepetin said. And more than just that, but thriving.
Service Navigators working for AmeriCorps and the Alaska Public Defender Agency to collect books for the largest prison in the state, Goose Creek Correctional Center.
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People who are incarcerated have very little to do, but this has only become worse during the pandemic. Many have been cooped up in their cells for 23 hours a day, and many programs that are lifelines for those inside have been canceled or greatly reduced. We ve heard from a lot of clients who say they are going stir-crazy, and we want to
The University of Alaska Anchorage will offer Unangam Tunuu courses as part of its Alaska Native Studies coursework.
This fall students can take a course in Unangam Tunuu the Unangax̂ language at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Haliehana Stepetin (Unangax̂) will teach an elementary course in Unangam Tunuu the Unangax̂ language at the University of Alaska Anchorage this fall. (Photo by Jaiden Willeto) Course instructor Haliehana Stepetin says it’ll be a regular part of the school’s offerings for the next two years.
“It s really wonderful to include it in the Alaska Native Studies curriculum because it shows this density and it will hopefully teach more people about who we are and where we come from in our differing experiences and our similar goals of cultural revitalization presence,” Stepetin said. “And more than just that, but thriving.