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College of Indigenous Studies in the news
  • Dr. Alisa Alexander, director of the Center for One Health Research

    Alexander appointed director of Center for One Health Research

    July 24, 2024

    The College of Indigenous Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Alisa Alexander as the new director of the Center for One Health Research, effective July 1, 2024.

  • Headshot photo of Bryan Uher smiling

    Uher named associate vice chancellor of rural, workforce education

    July 10, 2024

    Uher named associate vice chancellor of rural, workforce education

  • Rural Alaska Honors Institute will celebrate 42nd graduation

    July 08, 2024

    Rural Alaska Honors Institute will celebrate 42nd graduation

  • Charlene Stern, vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education

    Friday Focus: College rename, leading the nation

    May 24, 2024

    This week, the UA Board of Regents approved a regulation change that formalized the renaming of UAF's College of Rural and Community Development to the College of Indigenous Studies. This action effectively makes UAF the first public institution of higher education in the Nation to have such a College. The name change which took effect immediately, came as the result of a two-year effort to solicit feedback in the renaming process. In its over 50-year history, CRCD has been known by different names and focused primarily on meeting local and regional educational needs across the Bristol Bay, Northwest, Chukchi, Kuskokwim and Interior Alaska regions.

  • Members of the Iñu-Yupiaq Dance Group pose in the Wood Center after their workshop during the 2023 Indigenous Peoples Day, a universitywide event hosted by the College of Indigenous Studies. From left are Alliyah Nay, Naatanii Mayo, Cavelila Wonhola and Sonni Shavings.

    Regents approve UAF College of Indigenous Studies

    May 24, 2024

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Rural and Community Development is now the College of Indigenous Studies. The University of Alaska Board of Regents unanimously approved the name change at its May 23 meeting in Anchorage.

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