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More Than a Program: How ANSEP Helped Blog Root Find Their Path

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Meet Blog Root (Tlingit and Tsimshian), a 20-year-old UAF ANSEP graduate from Wasilla, who graduated last month with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Growing up in a low-income household surrounded by chronic illness and limited access to higher education, Blog never imagined college could be part of their future—until they discovered ANSEP in sixth […]

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Kristen ‘Atluk’ Reece’s Journey of Resilience and Representation

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Kristen (Atluk) Reece, is Iñupiaq from Selawik and Fairbanks and graduated last semester from UAF with her Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies! Kristen’s academic journey began in 2004 when she enrolled at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) shortly after graduating from North Pole High School. She began pursuing a degree in Elementary Education […]

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ANSEP Alum Returns as Program’s COO

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The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) appointed Dr. Michele Yatchmeneff as Chief Operating Officer. An ANSEP alumnus and the only Alaska Native with a doctoral degree in engineering education, Yatchmeneff will work alongside ANSEP Executive Director Matt Calhoun to further expand the program’s impact. Yatchmeneff was previously ANSEP’s assistant director before becoming UAA’s […]

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ANSEP Alum Kelvin Goode Named Alaska’s Top 40 Under 40

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We are thrilled to celebrate Kelvin Goode, Tarupiat (Alutiiq) of Egegik, who has been named to Alaska Business Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40! This award recognizes Alaskans who are making significant contributions to their industries and communities — and Kelvin’s journey is a shining example of leadership rooted in culture, faith, and purpose. Kelvin’s ANSEP Journey Kelvin […]

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Acceleration Academy students are magnet fishing in Bethel

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A dozen teenagers heave on a skinny line of paracord stretched tight over the edge of a boardwalk in the center of Bethel. At the other end of the line, the rusted hulk of a Honda dirt bike dangles from a small grappling hook. Finally, the group’s efforts pay off and the dirt bike crashes […]

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Stefani Martinez studies how microbes consume methane with NSF

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Deep in the ocean, a community of creatures, including tube worms and mussels, relies on methane for energy. Too far from the sun to directly benefit from photosynthesis, these animals inhabit methane seeps, which are areas where methane bubbles from rocks into ocean water. “We’re comparing methane seeps on the continental margins of Southern California […]

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ANSEP celebrates another record-breaking year for full-time Acceleration Academy component, honors university graduates 

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The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program is celebrating its largest-ever graduating class of full-time Acceleration Academy students. Fifty-two students from the Anchorage, Bethel, Matanuska-Susitna and statewide campuses will earn their high school diplomas this week. They have also earned an impressive total of 3,336 college credits earned for free as ANSEP Acceleration Academy students. […]

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Matt Calhoun named new Executive Director for ANSEP

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Matt Calhoun, Ph.D. (Athabaskan) has been selected as the new full-time executive director of the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP). A graduate of ANSEP, former program assistant director, and associate professor of civil engineering at UAA, Calhoun has led ANSEP as interim executive director since spring 2023. “ANSEP plays a critical role in UAA’s […]

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ANSEP’s Acceleration Academy offers college credits to high school students for free

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Watch the full video here ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP), run through the University of Alaska, offers an Acceleration Academy that allows students to take full-time college classes while still in high school. The program, for students in grades 8 through 12, is free and can help families […]

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Explore the 2023 Summer Bridge Internships

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Kadin Dayton Kadin Dayton is Athabascan, his family is from the villages Koyukuk and Kaltag, and he was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. This summer, Kadin interned with ConocoPhillips in the Exploration Department where he studied the geology of the North Slope and did planning on where to drill new wells. This project consisted […]

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