Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Success Initiative

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Dawn Randazzo, INDS BA, at UAA's 2024 Spring Commencement in the Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Airlines Center.
Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Success Initiative (ANSI)
Vision
Build an Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native community within UAA and be a global leader in Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native student success, teaching, and scholarship.
Priority 1: Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Students
Increase Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Student preparation, recruitment, retention, and graduation
rates.
Goal 1: Eliminate the need for remediation and reduce the time to earn their degree for
graduated high school students.
Goal 2: Have 15% of the total enrolled students be Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native.
Goal 3: Increase Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native retention and graduation rates.
Priority 2: Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Faculty & Staff
Increase recruitment & retention of Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Faculty & Staff.
Goal: Increase the percentage of Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Faculty from 6% & Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Staff from
7.5% to 20%.
Priority 3: Institution (Internal & External)
Create a culture of belonging for Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Students, Faculty, Staff, & Community
Organizations.
Goal 1: Resource Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Academic Departments & Student Support Programs.
Goal 2: Increase Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native representation both internally & externally.
Goal 3: Improve Human Resources’ policies & practices.
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Chanshtnu Council
Vision
UAA continually prioritizes Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Success through honoring and the representation of Indigenous Knowledge throughout our learning community. The Chanshtnu Council includes the Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Academic and Student Success Program Faculty and Staff, Student leaders, Faculty and Staff.
Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Academic Programs
Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Studies — Anchorage Campus
Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Art
Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Student Success Programs
Indigenous and Rural Student Center (IRSC)
Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Community Advancement in Psychology (ANCAP)/ Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Natives into Psychology
(ANPsych)
Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native, Indigenous & Rural Outreach Program (ANIROP) & The Cama-i Room
Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Traditional Kitchen (AKTK)
Della Keats
Recruitment and Retention of Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Natives into Nursing (RRANN)
Department of Community & Belonging
Land Acknowledgements
UAA is located in the ancestral homelands of the Dena'ina, Ahtna, Alutiiq/Sugpiak and Eyak/dAXunhyuu Peoples.
¶Ù±ð²Ô²¹â€™i²Ô²¹
Dena'inaq eÅ‚nen'aq' gheshtnu ch'q'u yeshdu: “I live and work on the land of the ¶Ù±ð²Ô²¹â€™i²Ô²¹.â€
Audio by Sondra Shaginoff-Stuart. ¶Ù±ð²Ô²¹â€™i²Ô²¹ to English translation by Helen Dick, Sondra
Shaginoff-Stuart and Joel Isaak
Ahtna Denaey
Danse nene' ghestnaa eÅ‚ izdaa: “I live and work on the land of the ¶Ù±ð²Ô²¹â€™i²Ô²¹.â€
Audio by Sondra Shaginoff-Stuart. Ahtna Denaey to English translation
Yup'ik
Uitalartua caliaqlua-llu ¶Ù±ð²Ô²¹â€™i²Ô²¹-t nuniitni: “I live and work on the land of the ¶Ù±ð²Ô²¹â€™i²Ô²¹.â€
Audio by Quentin Simeon. Yup'ik to English translation by Alice Rearden
Contact

Michele Aangsux̂ Yatchmeneff, PhD
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Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) Chief Operating Officer
Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Success Initiative (ANSI) Coordinator
Associate Professor of Engineering
michele@alaska.edu
(907) 786-1853
¶Ù±ð²Ô²¹â€™i²Ô²¹m tanangin kugan angÌ‚agÌ‚izaq: "I live on ¶Ù±ð²Ô²¹â€™i²Ô²¹ lands."
Unangam Tunuu to English translation