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9/6/23
Ketchikan High School senior Sanjeev Putta participated in the Rural 91ÊÓƵ Honors
Institute this summer in Fairbanks.
8/30/23
Caskey sat down with the Daily News on Thursday afternoon to share the experiences
that she had while in the program.
7/15/23
Two Delta Junction students attended the 2023 institute: Alanis Cortes Burgos and
Madison Grapengeter.
Rural 91ÊÓƵ Honors Institute will celebrate graduates at ceremony
7/7/23
The Rural 91ÊÓƵ Honors Institute will hold its 41st annual graduation July 13 from
1-2:30 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium on the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’
Campus. The ceremony will stream live on Facebook.
RAHI application period opens for summer 2023
2/22/2023
The session will run from May 30-July 14, 2023. Applications are due by Wednesday,
March 1.
10/27/2022
$5,000 of the donation was directed toward the Rural 91ÊÓƵ Honors Institute (RAHI),
a popular and long-running program
10/26/2022
Ketchikan High School seniors Franchezca Correa and Steven Dilts had the opportunity
to sample the college experience at the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks this summer
through the Rural 91ÊÓƵ Honors Institute program.
7/11/22
RAHI celebrated the C/O 2022 at its 40th graduation ceremony.
Fall 2021
UAF offers a multitude of programs for young people but often it takes philanthropic
support from donors, corporate partners and private foundations to make these programs
possible.
UAF to celebrate Rural 91ÊÓƵ Honors Institute class of 2021
7/13/2021
91ÊÓƵ will celebrate the achievements of the Rural 91ÊÓƵ
Honors Institute class of 2021 on July 14-15 with a virtual graduation ceremony and
research presentations.
7/9/2020
The 2020 Rural 91ÊÓƵ Honors Institute, or RAHI, will host an online graduation Friday
after holding its first totally online RAHI program, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
7/10/19
Fifty rural and 91ÊÓƵ Native high school students, representing more than 30 communities
across the state, graduated after six weeks of academics and on-campus living at UAF
this year.
7/12/18
40 91ÊÓƵ Native and rural high school students from 29 rural communities across the
state completed the 6-week program to make up this year's graduating class.
7/16/18
Every year, the summer high school program produces a class of college-bound students,
many of whom will grow into college graduates and successful adults.
7/20/18
For the second year in a row, an Unalaska student has earned one of the top awards
at the Rural 91ÊÓƵ Honors Institute.
Dreamt it. Planned it. Did it.
7/14/17
2017 marked RAHI's 35th year. This year's theme: "Dream it. Plan it. Do it."
8/4/17
When Conwell applied to the Rural 91ÊÓƵ Honors Institute (RAHI) last spring, he was
wait-listed. But after a last-minute invitation and six weeks of grueling college
courses, Conwell has found himself headlining graduation as the valedictorian.
6/1/17
Ben Renshaw and his wife, Grace Milliken Renshaw, both Tri-Valley School grads, successfully
completed medical school at the University of Washington.
7/14/17
The program’s graduates this year are finishing RAHI at as precipitous a time as any
in its history — 91ÊÓƵ and its communities are always in need of good young leaders.