Ready or not, here it comes – UA Giving Day!
Across all our campuses, you'll find hundreds of reasons to support Nanook Nation. Now through 1 p.m. on March 27, explore the university priorities below to discover new ways to empower students, drive innovation and build brighter futures.
Don't miss out! Scroll the bottom of the page to see if your favorite program or scholarship has a match or challenge, so your impact can be doubled or even tripled.
Select UAF College of Indigenous Studies opportunities below to add a gift to your UA Giving Day cart.
College of Indigenous Studies Support: At the UAF College of Indigenous Studies, 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 program at no charge for over 40 years.
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.
One Health Support: Provides support for the One Health program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Bristol Bay Campus Support: The University of Alaska Fairbanks Bristol Bay Campus (College of Indigenous Studies) 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 Indigenous Studies) 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.
Kuskokwim Campus Support: The University of Alaska Fairbanks Kuskokwim Campus (College of Indigenous Studies) 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 Indigenous Studies) 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.