Students in the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program, known as ANSEP, recently gathered in downtown Anchorage to listen to the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space. But this time, John Herrington, a Chikasaw, had a different mission. The US Navy officer and former astronaut with the National Aeronautics […]
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‘Why can’t I be an astronaut?’: First Native American to go to space speaks to Alaska Native students
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Around 300 students gathered inside the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) building on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus Friday afternoon, as part of the kick-off event for the 29th annual ANSEP Celebration. “We hold the celebrations each year to recognize the successes we’ve had over the past year, and also […]
Baird Leads Business Initiative for Native Alaskan Students
ANCHORAGE (Feb. 5, 2023) – Today, Baird announced an exciting partnership with the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program at the University of Alaska Anchorage, focusing on supporting Indigenous students and bringing them into the world of financial services. Through support from Baird Foundation, the organization has been awarded $100,000 to grow its programming and continue […]
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ANSEP’s Acceleration Academy offers college credits to high school students for free
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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Alaska Natives Are Claiming Their Seat at the Table
Three decades ago, Herb Schroeder was working as a professor and engineer for the University of Alaska, researching rural sanitation. But in that work, he never met a native Alaskan engineer. So in 1995, he decided to change that, by founding the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program within UAA to support Alaska natives from […]
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ANSEP celebrates largest-ever Acceleration Academy graduating class
This year, the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program is proud to announce the largest-ever graduating class of its full-time, academic year Acceleration Academy opportunity. Twenty-eight students from the Anchorage, Bethel, Matanuska-Susitna and residential campuses earned their high school diplomas when they graduated this past weekend. Along with their degree, the 28 students will be leaving Acceleration Academy […]
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Alaska Airlines offers new hands-on learning experience for ANSEP students
Alaska Airlines, a longtime strategic partner of ANSEP (Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program), is offering a new opportunity to ANSEP middle and high schoolers through hands-on simulations that will introduce students to the aviation industry and the diverse career opportunities that exist for them through the pursuit of a STEM education. Strategic partners like […]
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Dr. Sarah Evans receives CAREER award from National Science Foundation to work with ANSEP students
Funding to support ongoing permafrost research, K–12 education collaborations Dr. Sarah Evans, a quantitative hydrogeologist and an assistant professor in App State’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences (GES), has received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF’s CAREER is a foundationwide activity that offers the NSF’s most prestigious […]
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 […]
ANSEP students prepare for college and careers with paid STEM internships in Alaska and across the U.S.
This summer, 21 students from across Alaska are participating in the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program’s Summer Bridge opportunity, which places recent high school graduates in paid science, engineering or business internships with ANSEP strategic partners. Over the course of 10 weeks, students are preparing for college and future STEM careers by getting hands-on, […]