Announcements of Â鶹´«Ã½ system leadership changes, employee recognition and personnel news.

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  • Gretchen Gordon named KÂ鶹´«Ã½C's interim general manager

    November 21, 2019

    Upon the resignation of KÂ鶹´«Ã½C General Manager Keith Martin, Gretchen Gordon, KÂ鶹´«Ã½C's assistant general manager and director of development, outreach and FM, has been named interim general manager.

  • Â鶹´«Ã½F's director of Indigenous programs announces departure

    November 21, 2019

    Sandra Kowalski, director of Indigenous programs, has announced she will leave her position at the Â鶹´«Ã½ Fairbanks College of Rural and Community Development effective Dec. 6.

  • New leadership elected for the Â鶹´«Ã½ Board of Regents

    November 15, 2019

    The Â鶹´«Ã½ Board of Regents elected new leadership on Nov. 7. Sheri Buretta, who presently serves as vice chair, will replace John Davies as chair. Karen Perdue will serve as vice chair. Dale Anderson and Lisa Parker will continue in their roles as secretary and treasurer respectively.

  • Dr. Math Trafton to serve as Interim Â鶹´«Ã½S Sitka Campus Director

    November 13, 2019

    Dr. Math Trafton will serve as Interim Director at the Sitka campus of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Southeast (Â鶹´«Ã½S) once the post is vacated by Leslie Gordon. Dr. Trafton will begin his interim position December 8, 2019, and the search for a permanent director of the Sitka campus will begin in January 2020.

  • Benjamin Shier appointed interim CIO

    November 12, 2019

    Dr. Beverly Shuford has appointed Benjamin Shier as interim CIO for Â鶹´«Ã½A effective Dec. 2. Later this year, Â鶹´«Ã½A will launch a recruitment for a permanent CIO

  • Â鶹´«Ã½S Chancellor Rick Caulfield announces retirement plans

    November 08, 2019

    After 35 years of exemplary service and leadership at the Â鶹´«Ã½, Â鶹´«Ã½S Chancellor Rick Caulfield plans to retire at the end of the academic year in June 2020.

  • Longest-serving KPC professor, Alan Boraas, passes away

    November 07, 2019

    On Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, Kenai Peninsula College's (KPC) longest-serving professor, Alan Boraas, professor of anthropology, passed away peacefully with family at his side at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage.

  • Steven J. Patin leads Â鶹´«Ã½'s human resources

    November 01, 2019

    Throughout his distinguished service as a U.S. Army officer, businessperson, and a professor at institutions around the globe, Steven J. Patin’s career has been guided by one leadership principle: people first. A philosophy whereby people are the most important asset for any organization is what guides Patin in his work as the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for the Â鶹´«Ã½.

  • Keith Martin plans KÂ鶹´«Ã½C departure

    October 31, 2019

    Keith Martin, KÂ鶹´«Ã½C general manager, announced Tuesday that he will be leaving the public broadcasting station to move on to other endeavors.

  • Â鶹´«Ã½S Sitka Campus Director Leslie Gordon to take new position

    October 31, 2019

    Leslie Gordon, Sitka Campus Director for the Â鶹´«Ã½ Southeast (Â鶹´«Ã½S) will be leaving her position in early December. She has accepted a position with the Southeast Regional Health Consortium in Sitka as the Director of Performance Improvement.