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�鶹��ý System Information

 

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�鶹��ý system

The preferred reference to Alaska’s public university system, and should be written as �鶹��ý system. The �鶹��ý system includes three separately accredited universities, and a coordinating System Office responsible for administration and services not duplicated at any of the three universities. 

Users should avoid the use of �鶹��ý as a singular description of the system’s universities. A better description of the �鶹��ý system: “The �鶹��ý system comprises three separately accredited universities and a coordinating System Office.” Second reference should be �鶹��ý system.  [e.g. the �鶹��ý system is the state’s largest provider of post-secondary education…. The �鶹��ý system offers more than 400 degree and certificate programs.]

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�鶹��ý System Office

The �鶹��ý System Office comprises the president, federal and state relations, IT infrastructure, internal/external audit, financial oversight and services, [tax reporting, debt, treasury, payroll, claims/risk management], general counsel, institutional research/reporting, university relations/public affairs, academics/research, human resource functions and land management. 

The �鶹��ý System Office is the formal name to reference the central administration unit. It replaces the term “Statewide.”  On second reference, use �鶹��ý System Office or just System Office.  [e.g. �鶹��ý System Office will hold an annual administrative meeting…. ] Abbreviated as SO.

�鶹��ý Statewide – DO NOT USE

Use �鶹��ý System Office in reference to the central administration unit. Former abbreviations of SW should be changed to �鶹��ýSO or SO.

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�鶹��ý Foundation

The �鶹��ý Foundation is a private nonprofit corporation that operates as a public foundation. It was established in 1974 to solicit, manage, and invest donations for the �鶹��ý’s exclusive benefit. The �鶹��ý Foundation is separate and distinct from the �鶹��ý system and is governed by a board that comprises the president of the �鶹��ý system, chancellors from each university (�鶹��ýA/�鶹��ýF/�鶹��ýS), two members of �鶹��ý Board of Regents, and community volunteers.

The mission of the �鶹��ý Foundation - The �鶹��ý Foundation seeks, secures, and stewards philanthropic support in partnership with the �鶹��ý system to help shape Alaska’s future.

Can be abbreviated as �鶹��ý Foundation or foundation on second reference.

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�鶹��ý Land Management

The �鶹��ý Land Management office is responsible for �鶹��ý’s property and land assets, and works to generate revenue through responsible development of the university’s real property. This includes everything from commercial leasing and resource development to residential land sales and more. Revenues are invested in an endowment fund that supports the �鶹��ý Scholars Program scholarships and other educational and research programs. Use of the abbreviation �鶹��ý is part of the formal title for the �鶹��ý Land Management office.

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�鶹��ý Scholars Award | �鶹��ý Scholars Program

The �鶹��ý system established the �鶹��ý Scholars Program (Award) in 1999 to encourage Alaska students to attend and graduate from college in their home state. The �鶹��ý Scholars Award is a $12,000 scholarship awarded to students in the top ten percent of their Alaska high school class at the end of the junior year. The Award may be used toward the cost of attendance at any location within the University of Alaska system. �鶹��ý Scholars Awards are funded by the �鶹��ý Land Grant Trust Fund. The endowment receives revenue from property sales and resource development conducted on Trust lands. 

Use of the abbreviation �鶹��ý is part of the formal title of the �鶹��ý Scholars Program and Award. 

 

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�鶹��ý system: university, college and campus descriptions

The three separately accredited universities are the �鶹��ý Anchorage (�鶹��ýA), the �鶹��ý Fairbanks (�鶹��ýF), and the �鶹��ý Southeast (�鶹��ýS).

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�鶹��ýA locations include:

�鶹��ýA’s largest campus is located in Anchorage, with four community campuses and extension sites throughout Southcentral Alaska.

Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) College - Mat-Su is an extended college of the �鶹��ý Anchorage (�鶹��ýA). The main campus is located on a 950 acre site on Trunk Road, about halfway between Palmer and Wasilla. The college began in 1958 as Palmer Community College, changing its name in 1963 to correspond to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough where it is located. It is commonly called Mat-Su College. 

Kenai Peninsula College (KPC) - KPC is a community campus system within the �鶹��ý Anchorage. Students have the choice to study at one of KPC’s three locations as well as take courses through KPC’s expanding virtual college. Locations include the Kenai River Campus (KRC) in Soldotna, the Kachemak Bay Campus (KBC) in �鶹��ýr, and the Resurrection Bay Extension Site (RBES) in Seward 

Kodiak College - Kodiak College is part of the �鶹��ý statewide system of public higher education. In 1987 it changed from its previous designation as a community college to an extended college of the �鶹��ý Anchorage. Kodiak College offers numerous academic credit courses that lead to occupational endorsement and undergraduate certificates and associate degrees and may be transferred to other colleges. In addition to traditional campus courses, there are a variety of alternative course formats including web-based, self-paced, and synchronous elearning courses. 

Prince William Sound College (PWSC)-  PWSC comprises one main campus in Valdez and extension campuses in Glennallen and Cordova. The college is part of the �鶹��ý Anchorage. In 2014 the Board of Regents requested the college drop its separate accreditation by the Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities and come under �鶹��ýA’s accreditation. The commission approved the change in July, 2015. At the same time the college began the process of dropping “Community” from its name.  

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�鶹��ýF locations include:

The �鶹��ýF main campus is referred to as the Troth Yeddha’ campus. The ridge that is the site of the �鶹��ý Fairbanks campus was called Troth Yeddha’ (sometimes spelled Troth Yetth) by the Lower Tanana Dene (or Athabascans). Troth is the plant (Hedysarum alpinum) known in English as “Indian potato,” “wild potato,” and “wild carrot.” The word yeddha’ means “its ridge, its hill.”  

Bristol Bay Campus (Dillingham, AK) - The campus is located in Dillingham, Alaska, and serves the many remote communities of Bristol Bay, Alaska Peninsula, Pribilof Islands, and the Aleutian regions of southwest Alaska.

Chukchi Campus (Kotzebue, AK) - Located in the hub village of Kotzebue in the Northwest Arctic Borough, Chukchi Campus primarily serves Kotzebue as well as the eleven village communities and the Red Dog Mine site within a service area of more than 36,000 square miles. Chukchi Campus is a two-year public institution, with Alaska Native Serving Institution status. 

Community & Technical College (Fairbanks, AK) - The �鶹��ýF Community and Technical College, formerly Tanana Valley Campus is located in Fairbanks, Alaska. CTC is a major academic division of the �鶹��ý Fairbanks, offering classes and curriculum normally associated with community colleges. CTC is primarily focused on career and technical education.

Interior Alaska Campus -  IAC is part of a consortium of campuses within the College of Rural and Community Development (CRCD). IAC is designated as an Alaska Serving Institution. IAC is broken into several rural service districts: McGrath/GASH Region, Nenana Region, Tok Region, Yukon Flats Region, and Yukon-Koyukuk Region. This is the largest service area within the �鶹��ý system and it is largely roadless; the majority of the communities IAC serves are primarily reached by small aircraft and/or boats.

Kuskokwim Campus (Bethel, AK) - The Kuskokwim Campus is located in an extended community of more than 46 Alaska Native villages. They are primarily Yup’ik/Cup’ik Eskimo villages with 56 tribes in a 57,000 square mile roadless area. The Kuskokwim Campus offers academic, vocational and community interest courses, as well as courses leading to associate, baccalaureate and master’s degrees. Kuskokwim Campus is the largest rural campus in the University of Alaska Fairbanks system. The campus is physically located in Bethel, a regional hub community situated in Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

Northwest Campus (Nome, AK) - Northwest Campus is located in Nome, a community of 3,500 that is the service hub for the 15 villages of the Bering Strait region. The Northwest Campus serves a total population of nearly 10,000.

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�鶹��ýS locations include:

The �鶹��ý Southeast is a public university with its main campus in Juneau, Alaska and extended campuses in Sitka and Ketchikan. 

The �鶹��ýS Juneau Campus offers on-campus housing and classrooms, online classes, and specialized facilities for marine biology, environmental science, nursing, health science, construction, power technology, welding, mining, and fisheries.

The �鶹��ýS Ketchikan Campus offers all �鶹��ýS online degree programs, selected classes on-campus and specialized facilities for biology, construction, welding, power technology, marine oiler training, and ship navigation.

The �鶹��ýS Sitka Campus offers all �鶹��ýS online degree programs, selected classes on-campus and specialized facilities for nursing, health science, construction, welding, biology, and fisheries.