A dozen teenagers heave on a skinny line of paracord stretched tight over the edge of a boardwalk in the center of Bethel. At the other end of the line, the rusted hulk of a Honda dirt bike dangles from a small grappling hook. Finally, the group’s efforts pay off and the dirt bike crashes […]
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Deep in the ocean, a community of creatures, including tube worms and mussels, relies on methane for energy. Too far from the sun to directly benefit from photosynthesis, these animals inhabit methane seeps, which are areas where methane bubbles from rocks into ocean water. “We’re comparing methane seeps on the continental margins of Southern California […]
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The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program is celebrating its largest-ever graduating class of full-time Acceleration Academy students. Fifty-two students from the Anchorage, Bethel, Matanuska-Susitna and statewide campuses will earn their high school diplomas this week. They have also earned an impressive total of 3,336 college credits earned for free as ANSEP Acceleration Academy students. […]
Matt Calhoun, Ph.D. (Athabaskan) has been selected as the new full-time executive director of the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP). A graduate of ANSEP, former program assistant director, and associate professor of civil engineering at UAA, Calhoun has led ANSEP as interim executive director since spring 2023. “ANSEP plays a critical role in UAA’s […]
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Watch the full video here ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP), run through the University of Alaska, offers an Acceleration Academy that allows students to take full-time college classes while still in high school. The program, for students in grades 8 through 12, is free and can help families […]
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This year, the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program is proud to announce the largest-ever graduating class of its full-time, academic year Acceleration Academy opportunity. Twenty-eight students from the Anchorage, Bethel, Matanuska-Susitna and residential campuses earned their high school diplomas when they graduated this past weekend. Along with their degree, the 28 students will be leaving Acceleration Academy […]
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Alaska Airlines, a longtime strategic partner of ANSEP (Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program), is offering a new opportunity to ANSEP middle and high schoolers through hands-on simulations that will introduce students to the aviation industry and the diverse career opportunities that exist for them through the pursuit of a STEM education. Strategic partners like […]
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Funding to support ongoing permafrost research, K–12 education collaborations Dr. Sarah Evans, a quantitative hydrogeologist and an assistant professor in App State’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences (GES), has received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF’s CAREER is a foundationwide activity that offers the NSF’s most prestigious […]
For a 10-th grader Beck Nordlum, this school year marks a new educational opportunity: taking high-school classes and getting college credits toward a bachelor’s degree simultaneously. Originally from Kotzebue, Nordlum is participating in the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program’s Acceleration Academy component — a program that allows students to complete their high school graduation […]
This summer, 21 students from across Alaska are participating in the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program’s Summer Bridge opportunity, which places recent high school graduates in paid science, engineering or business internships with ANSEP strategic partners. Over the course of 10 weeks, students are preparing for college and future STEM careers by getting hands-on, […]
