Southwestern Alaska alumni
Dillingham alumni
Ralph Anderson
Lives in: Dillingham, Alaska
Hometown: Dillingham, Alaska
Degree, year: B.A., English, 1979
Employment: chief executive officer, Bristol Bay Native Corp.
Cross-country: Attended high school in Vermont, Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, worked for 20 years on the North Slope, then finally settled down back home in Bristol Bay.
Rhiannon Fyfe Sallee
Living in: Dillingham, Alaska
Hometown: Dillingham, Alaska
Degree, year: B.A., elementary education, 2001
Employment: kindergarten teacher, Dillingham City School District
Togiak alumni
Fanny Kay Parker
Living in: Togiak, Alaska
Hometown: Togiak, Alaska
Degree, year: B.Ed., 1991
Employment: 2nd-grade teacher at Togiak School, Southwest Region School District
Teaching the teachers: Member of the Ciulistet Group, Yup'ik educators who worked with UAF researchers to develop Yup'ik-centered teaching. A resulting book, Transforming the Culture of Schools: Yup'ik Eskimo Examples, won an American Book Award in 1999.