Take Wing Alaska provides a structured and supportive framework to assist Alaska Native students from partner school districts to transition successfully into a post-secondary institution (partnering with UAA and Alaska Job Corps).

The project will recruit students in their sophomore year of high school and will facilitate communication between students, family, and post-secondary institutions. The transition experience includes a campus residence experience in the summer, the selection of a home-community (home base) sponsor to assist the student in completing high school and to build relationships within and between the family and community and institution of choice, a student/mentor campus and class shadowing experience, and a final faculty sponsorship as the student enrolls into the institution.

The program will also provide a first-hand cultural awareness activity for faculty of entry level courses, providing an invitation to a regional Alaska Native culture camp to assist bridging the cultural transition as students move from their home culture to the post-secondary institution culture.

Click here for Faculty Cross-Cultural Immersion Experience Applications and Forms

Application Deadline: Monday, December 7th by 5:00pm

Submit Applications to ledinneen@akhf.org or fax to (907) 272-3979