Tag Archives: Kodiak College

Alan Fugleberg at KMXT. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak College’s director is retiring. Alan Fugleberg, who’s been on the island for about seven years, joined the college as assistant director. “That’s how I kinda got here. I didn’t expect to get into higher education, but it’s the way it worked out, and it’s been a wonderful …

Pencil and paper. (Photo by Tim Taylor/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT Recently, documents were released that showed the Kodiak Island Borough may cut its funding to Kodiak College in the upcoming school year. For years, the Kodiak Island Borough has helped fund Kodiak College, the region’s University of Alaska campus. The college uses a lot of that money on a program called …

(right to left) Professor Thia Falcone and students Jeffrey Woods and Aaron Mells. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A new class at Kodiak College this year focuses on community engagement. Professor Thia Falcone says that’s anything from volunteering with local nonprofits to daily kindnesses, like helping someone across the street. While those acts may seem small, she says they …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A local lecturer is tackling race in a two part course. Kodiak College English professor Jared Griffin led the first class on Tuesday and traced ethnicity all the way back to the roots of the human race. “I begin 500,000 years ago with Lucy in Africa and you’ve gotta talk about migration patterns and then how groups of …

Brandon Moonin teaches students Alutiiq in village of Tatitlek. (Photo courtesy of Brandon Moonin) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Two remote learning students just graduated from a Kodiak College Alutiiq language program. They’re striving to keep the language alive in Port Graham and Tatitlek, two villages where Alutiiq, or Sugpiaq, people speak the regional dialect of Chugach Alutiiq. Libby Eufemio, who runs the …

Stethoscope. (Photo by jasleen_kaur / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak College, which is part of the University of Alaska Anchorage, will soon make a bachelor’s degree the go-to for aspiring nurses. In previous years, students have been able to get an associate’s degree at the college and then add classes to build up to a bachelor’s. In fall 2018, the college …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, staff from Kodiak College joint to cover the courses available this coming semester. They talk about marine education, welding and the new automotive technology program, among other things.

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A series of talks Saturday will apply many different academic disciplines to one overarching theme: climate change. The day’s schedule includes perspectives from English studies, science, and archaeology. The Kodiak College Community Engagement Committee is responsible for the event’s organization. Committee member Libby Eufemio, an assistant professor of Alaska Native studies, says in the past they’ve brought a …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches chats with Kodiak College staff about the maritime and technical programs on campus. They also cover a new, affordable series of non-credit courses in development.

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Yesterday was the first day of classes for Kodiak Island Borough School District middle schoolers and high schoolers, as well as for new and returning Kodiak College students. For some, that means the end of summer. For others, it’s the beginning of an even brighter season, at least for the mind: the school season. Kodiak College Director Alan …