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Ilisagvik College

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School Notes:

• Located in the northernmost point of Alaska, Ilisagvik College is a two-year community college offering quality post-secondary academic, vocational and technical education aimed at matching workforce needs. We are dedicated to perpetuating and strengthening Inupiat (Eskimo) culture, language, values and traditions.
• The North Slope has undergone great changes since the establishment of the North Slope Borough in 1972. In 1986, the North Slope Borough created the North Slope Higher Education Center, a cooperative effort between the North Slope Borough and the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The North Slope Higher Education Board and the North Slope Borough Assembly changed the institution's name to Arctic Sivunmun Ilisagvik College in 1991 to reflect its development into a community college. Arctic Sivunmun Ilisagvik College merged with the Mayor's Workforce Development Program in 1994, adding facilities and resources to support the growing number of vocational education opportunities available at the college. In 1995, the North Slope Borough established by ordinance the Ilisagvik College Corporation, an independent, public, non-profit corporation of the North Slope Borough with full power for governance of the college vested in the Board of Trustees.
• The Ilisagvik College campus is situated at what was originally the United States Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL). In 1995 this site became the newly renovated main campus for Ilisagvik College through a lease with Ukpiagvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC). The main building on campus houses the residential center, Ilisaqtuat Tukkumaviat and a full-service cafeteria. This building also contains administrative offices, student services, and instructional administration and support. Also located on the main campus is a Recreation Center for students, faculty, and staff. The Heavy Truck, Industrial Safety, Associated Construction Trades, Academic Studies, Computer and Business classes are located in renovated Quonset huts on the main campus grounds.
• The college offers Associate of Arts Degree, Allied Health Program, Associate of Applied Science Degree, One-Year Certificate, Endorsements, Industry Certified Training and Adult Basic Education / GED.
• Ilisagvik College is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU).
• Profile last updated: 06/22/2009.

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• Ilisagvik College Drawing From Around the State (Alaska Public Radio Network)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 02:22:19 am
  Barrow’s Ilisagvik College is attracting notice from college bound students in Anchorage and Fairbanks, and even Burbank, California. What makes this two-year community college a magnet for Alaska Natives and non-Natives alike? Ellen Lockyer, APRN – Anchorage Ilisagvik College. Download Audio (MP3)
• Anaktuvuk Pass is site of a prototype green home (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
  posted on August 2, 2009 at 08:01:17 am
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• Little tribal college is huge in changing lives (Anchorage Daily News)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 03:50:46 am
  School districts in the Bush are usually singled out for their high dropout rates on these report cards. So I'm here to raise a "huzzah" to an institution and a person who defied the odds and proved that with a little creativity, a lot of family and community support, and a determination second only to Lance Mackey's, you can achieve any educational goal you set for yourself.

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