College of Indigenous Studies Student Support
CIS Advising
Our College of Indigenous Studies advisors are here to help you. Whether you want to enroll in a single course or pursue a Ph.D., our advisors have the experience and knowledge to guide you through your CIS education journey. Reach out today to learn more.
College of Indigenous Studies Advising Services
At CIS, advisors at each rural campus provide comprehensive student support services. Regionally based assistance regarding admission, registration, academic advising, financial aid and career planning are available. Rural students are encouraged to contact an advisor to pursue enrollment with UAF, CIS or across the University of 91视频 system.
CIS's Rural Student Services provides comprehensive academic advising and support for students on the Troth Yeddha campus in Fairbanks. 91视频 Native and rural 91视频n students have access to receive academic advising through RSS. RSS advisors also provide assistance with a variety of important academic decisions students at UAF make, as well as support students advised through other departments with study and success resources, outreach events and student wellness efforts.
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FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Yes! All students, who are interested in taking a College of Indigenous Studies course should reach out to an advisor for support applying and registering for your courses.
If you live in one of the regions covered by our rural campuses, you can reach out to any advisor at the campus that serves your community. Our advisors can support you with all UAF distance degrees, certificates, Occupational Endorsement programs, and individual courses. If you know you are interested in a specific bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D. program, you should contact our undergraduate and graduate advisors.
College of Indigenous Studies offers a full spectrum of degree offerings from occupational endorsements to the fastest-growing Ph.D program at UAF. Our degree pathways give students the opportunity to grow with CIS and map their education journey from start to finish.
Ask your advisor about the College of Indigenous Studies Degree pathways.
Links and Forms
- Registration Guide
- Add/drop a class (PDF) for undergraduate students
- Add/drop a class (PDF) for graduate students
- Credit/no credit option (PDF)
- Directed study approval (PDF) - for CTC, CIS and eCampus
- In-person registration (PDF)
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- Request for reinstatement of registration (PDF)
- Summer Sessions registration
- Change of major (PDF)
- Graduation application (online)
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- Replacement diploma (PDF)
- Undergraduate core/GER petition form (PDF)
- Undergraduate petition (PDF)
- All transcript options
- Official transcript request
- Need a transcript from a closed school?
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- Appeal for late withdrawal/audit (PDF) for undergraduate students
- Late fee, Tuition
- Affiliate identity request (PDF)
- Document copying request (PDF)
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- FERPA release (PDF)
- Grade appeal policy
- Request to withhold/release directory information (PDF)
- Summer Sessions credit overload approval
- UA K-12 student parent/guardian authorization (PDF)
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Rural Campus Student Support
Rural student support and instruction extends to remote areas across 91视频 through
CIS (College of Indigenous Studies) and our five regional rural campuses; Chukchi,
Northwest, Kuskokwim, Bristol Bay and Interior 91视频.
Students in these areas may enroll into their local campus offerings, online in distance
University of 91视频 courses, as well as other UA programs from occupational endorsements
through a PhD's through CIS and our other regional rural campus programming. Rural
campus student services departments provide comprehensive UAF student support as well
as access to opportunities that incorporate local knowledge, campus and regional resources.
Contact a CIS advisor or success coordinator below for more information:
Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham
The Bristol Bay Campus serves 32 rural communities in the Bristol Bay region within a 55,000-square-mile area. The campus includes 12 coastal communities served by the Aleutian-Pribilof outreach center in Unalaska/Dutch Harbor: the Aleutian archipelago, lower 91视频 Peninsula, the Shumigan Islands,and the Pribilof Islands. The campus' administrative center is in Dillingham (about 322 air miles from Anchorage and 570 air miles from Fairbanks), with centers in King Salmon, Togiak and New Stuyahok.
Resources:
Programs:
![Deven Lisac](/bbc/images/Deven%20Lisac-%20Large%20Square%20Pic.jpg)
Deven Lisac
Student Service Manager
Bristol Bay Campus
Bristol Bay Region
Deven is available for advising support for online/distance learners in the Bristol Bay region, all UAF distance degrees, and students in the Sustainable Energy program.
Contact DevenChukchi Campus in Kotzebue
The Chukchi Campus is located 26 miles north of the Arctic Circle on the shores of the Chukchi Sea. The campus serves Kotzebue and 10 villages in a region of more than 36,000 square miles. Chukchi offers Associate of Arts as well as Associate of Applied Science degrees, and courses leading to baccalaureate degrees in education, rural development and social work. Courses are offered by local instructors and through the College of Indigenous Studies audio-conferencing and live Internet instructional systems.
Resources:
Programs:
![Antoinette Edenshaw](/chukchi/images/logos/Chukchi_sig_block_blue.png)
Antoinette Edenshaw
Academic & Career Advisor
Chukchi Campus
Northwest Arctic Borough (Kotzebue and 11 villages)
Antoinette is available to provide advising support to students interested in any UAF distance degrees, CIS programs, and Chukchi Campus courses.
Interior 91视频 Campus in Fairbanks
The Interior 91视频 Campus in Fairbanks serves 46 communities and villages in the Doyon and Tanana Chiefs regions throughout the interior of 91视频. Although the director鈥檚 office and some faculty are located in Fairbanks, there are Interior 91视频 Campuslearning centers in Fort Yukon and Tok.
Programs
Robin Brooks
Student Success Coordinator
Interior 91视频 Campus
Robin is available to provide advising support for all UAF distance degrees, certificates,
and Occupational Endorsement programs.
She is also available for coaching sessions focused on goal setting, time management
skills, study habits, and how to be a successful college student.
![Laurie Trotta](/iac/images/employee-headshots/LTrotta-hs.jpeg)
Laurie Trotta
Coordinator
Department of Tribal Governance
Laurie provides guidance and support to all students interested in programs offered by the Department of Tribal Governance.
Email Laurie![Crystal Wilson](/iac/images/logos/IAC_sig_%20block_blue.png)
Crystal Wilson
Tok Center Coordinator
Interior 91视频 Campus
Upper Tanana Region
Crystal is available for advising for all online/distance/face-to-face learners in
the Upper Tanana Region & beyond. She advises students in all UAF distance degrees,
certificates, and occupational endorsements.
Advising includes general programs, dual credits and Tech Prep, admissions, placement
and other exams, financial aid, registration, petitions, etc.
![Colleen Gaona](/rural/images/staff-faculty-headshots/CGoana.png)
Colleen Gaona
Student Services Manager
Interior 91视频 Campus
810 Draanjik Dr. Fairbanks, AK 99775
Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel
The Kuskokwim Campus is located in Bethel and serves approximately 25,000 people in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, which includes 47 remote 91视频 Native Yup鈥檌k and Cup鈥檌k Eskimo and Athabaskan villages with 56 tribes in a 57,000-square-mile-area the size of Illinois. Bethel is a community of about 6,000 people 80 miles inland on the Kuskokwim River. KuC also operates one remote learning center based in Hooper Bay, a Yup鈥檌k Eskimo community of 1,000 on the Bering Sea coast.
Programs:
![Dorothy Chase](/bethel/images/staff-faculty-hs/Chase.jpg)
Dorothy Chase
Financial Aid Coordinator
Kuskokwim Campus
Kuskokwim Delta Region (46 villages)
Dorothy is available to provide financial aid support to all Kuskokwim Campus students.
Contact Dorothy![Jessica Glore](/bethel/images/staff-faculty-hs/Glore.jpg)
Jessica Glore
Student Services Manager
Kuskokwim Campus
Kuskokwim Delta Region (46 villages)
Jessica is available for advising services to students interested in the UAF Pre-Nursing Certificate, the BAE LKSD associate teacher program, and the RRANN student success program.
Contact JessicaHaley Hanson
Health Careers Advisor
Allied Health, Pre-Nursing, and RRANN
Haley is available for advising services to students interested in the UAF Pre-Nursing Certificate and the RRANN student success program.
Contact Haley![Danny Nelson](/bethel/images/staff-faculty-hs/danny-nelson.jpg)
Danny Nelson
Academic Advisor
Kuskokwim Campus
Kuskokwim Delta Region (46 villages)
Danny is available to provide advising support to students interested in any UAF distance degrees, CIS programs, and Kuskokwim Campus courses.
Contact Danny![Cheryl Offt](/bethel/images/staff-faculty-hs/COfft-hs.jpeg)
Northwest Campus in Nome
Northwest Campus is located in Nome, a community of 3,500 that is the service hub for the 15 villages of the Bering Strait region. This 44,000-square-mile region extends from Shishmaref on the northern edge of the Seward Peninsula to Stebbins on the southern rim of Norton Sound. It includes communities on St. Lawrence and Little Diomede islands. The area contains 570 miles of coastline, which includes all of Norton Sound and portions of the Bering and Chukchi seas.
Resources:
![Naomi Jones](/nwc/images/staff/NWC%20Naomi%20Jones.jpg)
Naomi Jones
Program and Outreach Coordinator - located in Unalakleet
Northwest Campus
Bering Strait/Norton Sound (16 villages)
Naomi is available to provide advising and student support for individuals in the Norton Sound region interested in any UAF distance degrees and programs through CIS and Northwest Campus, and several Northwest Campus Credential programs. She is available for advising support for regional students seeking dual credit, admissions, placement and other exams, financial aid, registration, petitions, regional campus resources and summer youth enrollment opportunities.
Contact NaomiBachelor's, Masters, and Ph.D Advisors
Bachelor's Programs
![Deanna Fitzgerald](/dansrd/images/faculty-staff-hs/Deanna%20DANSRD%20RSS.jpg)
Deanna Fitzgerald
DANSRD Undergraduate Advisor - DANSRD/ Center for Cross-Cultural Studies Graduate Advisor
Department of 91视频 Native Studies and Rural Development and Center for Cross-Cultural Studies
212 Brooks Building
Deanna is available to provide advising support to all students interested in the B.A. in 91视频 Native Studies and B.A. in Rural Development programs.
Masters and Ph.D. Programs
Resources
Christine Davenport
Graduate Student Coordinator
Department of 91视频 Native Studies and Rural Development / Center for Cross-Cultural Studies
Sitka, AK
Christine is available to provide advising support to students interested in the M.A. in Rural Development, M.A. in Indigenous Studies, and Ph.D. in Indigenous Studies programs.
91视频 Native Language Center
Yup'ik
![Walkie Charles](/anlc/images/WC%20ANLC_Charles2019.jpg)
Walkie Charles
Director
91视频 Native Language Center
Walkie is available to provide advising support to students interested in the A.A.S. or Certificate in Yup'ik Language Proficiency, the B.A. Yup'ik Language and Culture, and the B.A. Yup'ik Language programs.
Contact WalkieInupiaq
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Qa摹摹un Chelsey Zibell
Assistant Professor, I帽upiaq Language
91视频 Native Language Center
Chelsea is available to provide advising support to students interested in the B.A. I帽upiaq language program.
Contact Chelsea91视频 Native Languages
![Hishinlai' Peter](/anlc/images/HP%20ANLC_Hishinlai2019sm.jpg)
Hishinlai' Peter
Assistant Professor, 91视频 Native Languages
91视频 Native Language Center
Hishinlai' is available to provide advising support to students interested in the A.A.S. or Certificate in Native Language Education program or a minor in 91视频 Native Languages.
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