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The Northwest Campus Workforce Development Specialist collaborates with various stakeholders to identify and maintain programs that meet
regional workforce need, serving as an ambassador for the Northwest Campus. This position
requires strong communication and research skills.
- Location: Nome, Alaska
- Full-time, salaried, exempt position

By Ava White
While all University of Alaska (UA) institutions offer unique traditional Alaska Native
courses on languages and arts, the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ (UAF) Northwest Campus (NWC) offers an atigi, or a traditional King Island parka making
course.
Among the three UA colleges, UAF, University of Alaska Southeast (UAS), and University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), UAF stands as the only university in the United States to offer a class in traditional parka crafting.
Feeding the Last Frontier is a six part series on food security in Alaska. We talk to the key players in the state's food system, discuss the system's strengths and weaknesses, and ask—can the last frontier feed itself?