RAHI graduation ceremony planned
July 13, 2011
UAF's Rural Alaska Honors Institute will honor RAHI students at a graduation ceremony Wednesday, July 13, at 1 p.m. in
Schaible Auditorium with a public reception to follow at 2:30 p.m. outside the Brooks
Building.
The 59 students participating in this year’s program come from 41 communities across
Alaska. They spent six weeks living in UAF residence halls, building their academic
skills and learning firsthand about college life. They earned up to 10 college credits.
Organized in 1983 at the request of the Alaska Federation of Natives, RAHI aims to
help increase college success for rural and Alaska Native students. Hundreds of RAHI
graduates have gone on to earn graduate, baccalaureate and associate degrees. Many
have joined Alaska's professional workforce and many more are pursuing postsecondary
education.
This year’s graduation keynote speaker, Randall Yates, is a 1998 and 1999 RAHI alumnus
from Ketchikan. He is an attorney, having earned his bachelor’s degree from Oregon
State University and law degree from the University of California, Berkley.
RAHI sponsors include several UAF departments, New York Life, Alyeska Pipeline Service
Co., Wells Fargo, Rasmuson Foundation, the Alaska INBRE program, the Department of
Education’s Future Educators of Alaska, the National Science Foundation-funded Alaska
EPSCoR program, the National Institutes of Health-funded Alaska BioPrep program and
The Boeing Corporation.