ANSEP Alumni: Where are they now?

Brandon Bachman is Yup’ik, grew up in Haines, Alaska and his family is from Kwigillingok. In 2012, he first joined ANSEP as a high school student and completed his computer build. The following year, he participated in ANSEP’s Summer Bridge component and then immediately began attending UAA: University of Alaska Anchorage as a University Success […]

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Dr. Herb Schroeder accepts Partner Service Award from AISES

At the AISES National Conference earlier this month, ANSEP Vice Provost and Founder Dr. Herb Schroeder was awarded the Educator Partner Service award! This award recognizes a program for their AISES advocacy and their excellent guidance, leadership, and expertise to support indigenous students and professionals in STEM! What started in 1995 as a scholarship program for university students, […]

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Kotzebue student combines high-school and college education through Acceleration Academy

For a 10-th grader Beck Nordlum, this school year marks a new educational opportunity: taking high-school classes and getting college credits toward a bachelor’s degree simultaneously. Originally from Kotzebue, Nordlum is participating in the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program’s Acceleration Academy component — a program that allows students to complete their high school graduation […]

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ANSEP Intern, Nadia Barcelona, working on sleeper shark research

This summer, AOOS is supporting a student from the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program to work on a sleeper shark research project under the direction of Dr. Markus Horning. The intern, Nadia Barcelona, will be sending regular notes from the field. Here are her first field notes from “Sleeper Sharks: Episode 1” Hey everyone! My […]

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Homer student, Alivia Fefelov, attends ANSEP program

Homer student Alivia Fefelov has been spending part of her summer participating in the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program’s Acceleration Academy at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Through the program, students further their education and improve their future with access to advanced academic and professional opportunities. According to a press release, in the Acceleration […]

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STEM Stories: Recognizing iconic women in STEM during Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month and ANSEP proudly supports the women in STEM who are breaking down barriers and achieving success. Women in STEM According to the National Girls Collaborative Project, women represent half of the U.S. college-educated workforce but only 29 percent of the STEM workforce. Perhaps even more staggering, only 15 percent of all […]

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ANSEP’s Janelle Anausuk Sharp Studies Arctic Sinkholes

Janelle Anausuk Sharp, ANSEP Regional Director for the Anchorage Acceleration Academy, and a team of scientists researched a large lake in Alaska that is bubbling with methane! PBS’s Nova television science series “Arctic Sinkholes” followed them this summer as they worked to understand where these bubbles are coming from and how much gas is being released.  As the Arctic […]

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