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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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 […]
Twenty years ago, Sam Bailey envisioned a career spent in classrooms, inspiring and guiding curious students through the fascinating and frustrating universe of mathematics. Instead, Sam fueled his passion for teaching – and learning – as supervisor of Alyeska’s brilliant-and-busy automation engineering team. Sam’s team is responsible for automation aspects of Alyeska’s operations, on the […]
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