The College of Rural and Community Development History
CRCD Over The Years
• 1972 First Rural Community College – Kuskokwim Campus
• 1973 Alaska Native Human Resources Development Program
• 1975 Northwest Community College
• 1977 College of Rural Education and Extension - CREE
• 1980 Chukchi Community College
• 1982 Rural Alaska Honors Institute
• 1982 Chukchi Community College Reopened
• 1988 College of Rural Alaska (CRA)
Chukchi, Northwest, Kuskokwim, Bristol Bay, Interior- Aleutians, CDE, Dept. of Rural
Development, Social Work, Psychology, Human Services, Rural Education, Tanana Valley
Campus, CES
• 2004 Name change from College of Rural Alaska to College of Rural and Community Development
• 2010 - The Alaska Native Studies program transfered to the College of Rural and Community
Development, joining the Department of Alaska Native and Rural Development.