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UAF College of Rural and Community Development

All your gifts during the 49 hours will help unlock UA Giving Day Challenges. Your generosity builds a culture of education, develops a workforce, strengthens our economy, and is invested in cutting-edge research...for Alaska.

Select UAF College of Rural and Community Development opportunities below to add a gift to your UA Giving Day cart.

College of Rural and Community Development Support: At the UAF College of Rural and Community Development, we offer academic and vocational education and outreach to campuses representing over 160 Alaska Native communities, serving Alaska by building strong individuals, and cultivating sustainable communities through developing a new generation of leaders.


Rural Student Services Support: Since 1969, the RSS program at UAF has prioritized culturally competent advising to support Alaska Native and rural students, fostering retention and matriculation through personalized guidance for academic success and creating a home away from home with welcoming community and strong relationships.


Rural Alaska Honors Institute: At RAHI, rural and Alaska Native high school students from across the state live, study, and play on the UAF Troth Yeddha' campus for six summer weeks, experiencing life as university students, developing college success skills, earning college credit, and benefiting from gifts that allow us to offer this 40+ year-old program at no charge.


Tamamta Fellowship: The Tamamta program aims to elevate the 14,000+ years of Indigenous stewardship and bridge Indigenous and Western science to transform graduate education, research, and governance in fisheries and marine systems.


Strengthening Alaska’s Native Languages: Established by state legislation in 1972, the Alaska Native Language Center serves as the major center in the United States for the research and documentation of Interior and Northern Alaska Native languages, cultivating and promoting Alaska's twenty Native languages internationally.


Bristol Bay Campus Support: The University of Alaska Fairbanks Bristol Bay Campus (College of Rural and Community Development) enriches the quality of life through education for students in remote communities of Bristol Bay, Alaska Peninsula, Pribilof Islands, and the Aleutian regions of southwest Alaska.


Chukchi Campus Support: The University of Alaska Fairbanks Chukchi Campus (College of Rural and Community Development) inspires and develops students to contribute to their community's cultural and civic needs across a service area of more than 36,000 square miles, primarily serving Kotzebue along with eleven village communities and the Red Dog Mine site.


Interior Alaska Campus Support: The University of Alaska Fairbanks Interior Alaska Campus (College of Rural and Community Development) offers lifelong educational opportunities to Alaska Native peoples and Rural Alaskans in 46 communities and villages across a 200,000 square mile service area, spanning the Doyon and Tanana Chiefs regions throughout the interior of Alaska.


Kuskokwim Campus Support: The University of Alaska Fairbanks Kuskokwim Campus (College of Rural and Community Development) educates and prepares professional, community, and culturally rooted leaders within a healthy, active, and culturally relevant learning environment, serving the people of the Yup’ik, Cup’ik, and Athabascan lands of Southwest Alaska in Bethel and 56 surrounding villages, covering an area roughly the size of Oregon.


Northwest Campus Support: The University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus (College of Rural and Community Development) offers excellent opportunities for academic, vocational, and community education to the Bering Strait Region, serving 15 Alaska Native villages in addition to Nome within a 36,000 square mile area, equivalent to the size of the state of Indiana.

$4,500
Launch Power Hour
Thank you to the UA Board of Directors' Development Committee and the first 100 donors of UA Giving Day! We're off to a great start.
100 / 100 Donors
Completed
$3,000
Regents Dedicated to Student Success Challenge
Thank you to the University of Alaska Board of Regents and all supporters of this challenge! This challenge has been met.
1,500 / 1,500 Donors
Completed
$5,000
Reaching New Heights Challenge
Thank you to the UA President's Office and all of our UA Giving Day supporters! We have surpassed last year's total donors and are so thankful of the support. This challenge has been met.
1,807 / 1,807 Donors
Completed
$2,000
UAF Alumni Challenge
Thank you UA President Pat Pitney and alumni donors! $2,000 has been unlocked to support UAF scholarships.
361 / 361 Donors
Completed
Leaderboard
UAF Giving Day Gift Total Leaderboard
See how much has been given to each UAF Giving Day fund. Who will top the UAF Gift Total Leaderboard?
Rank Fund Designation Raised
1 College of Engineering and Mines Support $55,039.00
2 OneTree Alaska Project Support $18,701.00
3 Troth Yeddha' Park Support $15,560.00
4 Usibelli Coal Mine UAF Ski Trail Development $13,118.00
5 UAF General Support $11,960.00
Ended
$5,000
UAF Triple Your Gift to RAHI with FNBA Challenge
Thank you First National Bank Alaska and RAHI donors! $5,000 has been matched to support Rural Alaska Honors Institute.
Completed
$25,000
UAF RAHI Challenge in Memory of Lisa Okubo and Mark Wartes
Thank you to donors to UAF's Rural Alaska Honors Institute. A $25,000 gift in memory of Lisa Okubo and Mark Wartes has been unlocked.
30 / 30 Gifts
Completed
$500
UAF CRCD Northwest Campus Challenge
Thank you UAF Northwest Campus advisory council and donors! $500 has been unlocked to support the UAF Northwest Campus (Nome) Support Fund.
5 / 5 Gifts
Completed
$10,000
UAF College of Rural and Community Development Challenge
Thank you to an anonymous donor and other donors to the College of Rural and Community Development's Rural Student Services, Rural Alaska Honors Institute, Tamamta Fellowship, Strengthening Alaska Native Languages, and donors to any of UAF's rural campuses. $10,000 in support of the Alaska Native Language Center has been unlocked.
49 / 49 Donors
Completed
$1,000
Building Work Force Power Hour
Thank you to the UA President's Office and all supporters during this hour! The challenge has been met.
Completed
$1,000
Leading Research Power Hour
Thank you to the UA President's Officer and all supporters who helped us reach this challenge goal! And thank you to all of the UA supporters on a successful UA Giving Day!
100 / 100 Donors
Completed
$10,000
Supporting Alaska's Educators Challenge
Thank you Regent Hughes and all donors to UA Giving Day! This challenge has been unlocked.
1,000 / 1,000 Donors
Completed
Leaderboard
UAF Giving Day Donor Leaderboard
See how many donors have given to each UAF Giving Day fund. Who will top the UAF Donor Leaderboard?
Rank Fund Designation Donors
1 Troth Yeddha' Park Support 116
2 Usibelli Coal Mine UAF Ski Trail Development 80
3 Nanook Volleyball 51
4 Nanook Men's Hockey 37
5 UAF Inspiring Girls 37
Ended
Leaderboard
UAF Chancellor Dan White Leaderboard Challenge
Thank you to UAF Chancellor Dan White and donors. The Chancellor's gift of $5,000 has been unlocked to support the Troth Yeddha' Indigenous Studies Center, coming in at the top spot with 58 alumni donations to their fund.
What is your affiliation with UA?
Rank Answer Donors
1 UAF Alum 388
Ended
$500
UAF Community Campuses Fab Five Challenge
Thank you Directors Wahl, Naylor, Biddle, Amorak, and Goolsby, and donors! $500 has been unlocked to support the CRCD community campuses.
Completed
$1,000
UAF Flower Power Hour Challenge
Thank you UA President Pat Pitney and UAF donors! $1,000 has been unlocked to support the UAF Botanical Garden.
Completed
$500
UAF Tamamta Fellowship Challenge
Thank you to Jessica Black, Courtney Carothers, Charlene Stern and Peter Westley and donors. $500 has been unlocked in support of the UAF Tamamta Fellowship Challenge.
5 / 5 Donors
Completed
Leaderboard
49th Donor for the 49th State
Completed! 49 donors gave a gift of at least $49 in the first 13 minutes of UA Giving Day. An anonymous donor earned a $500 mini-grant for Statewide General Scholarships.
Rank $49+ donations Gifts
1 UAF 812
2 UAA 777
3 UAS 109
4 University of Alaska System 51
Ended
Final Hours of UA Giving Day: Race to the Finish Challenge
Mar 28, 2024

We are so thankful for all of the support during our #49HoursforAlaska and have just a few hours left! We are now in the Race to the Finish: All UA Giving Day donors that give today are automatically entered into a drawing open for a $2,000 mini-grant for a program or scholarship of choice. The winner will be notified once UA Giving Day has ended. 

Thank you again for supporting our UA System over these last few hours.

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