SOMETHING ABOUT UNIVERSITY
OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST
Information
Phone Number :
747-7700
800-478-6653
Contact
1332
Seward Ave
Sitka, AK, 99835
Email Contact :
student.info@uas.alaska.edu
Vision
The UAS Sitka Campus
serves as a primary resource for learning opportunities in our community. We
aim to provide a place where people from across the region and the state can
enrich their lives and build a path to their future.
Mission
· To meet the diverse, lifelong educational
needs of our native and non-native community
· To assist all students in reaching their
immediate educational long-range career goals
· To provide accessible postsecondary
academic, vocational and continuing educational opportunities
· To enrich the lives and embrace the cultures
of our community, region and the state
Community
Outreach
The city of Sitka,
population 8,900, hosts the smallest of the three University of Alaska
Southeast campuses.
Due to its smaller size, the Sitka campus has strong
connections within the community, including neighbors Mt. Edgecumbe High School
and SEARHCCommunity Hospital.
Distance Learning and Technology
UAS Sitka has been
recognized for its distance education since the early 1980s. As an active
participant in the University of Alaska Learning Consortium (UALC), the Sitka campus is linked to many
college campuses throughout Alaska.
UAS Sitka offers distance-learning opportunities to Alaska-based students both
locally and abroad, and specializes in the statewide reach of rural areas.
Student Success
UAS Sitka focuses
its efforts on Alaska Native, rural, and low-income students, in addition to
the Sitka-based student population. It acts as the educational center for
Sitka-based programs such as Health Information Management, Health Information
Technology, Law Enforcement, and Fisheries Technology.
The Sitka campus awards
workforce credentials, occupational endorsements, certificates and associate
degrees.
And Historic
Milestones
· 1962: Sitka Community
College was
officially organized. It was operated on a part-time basis from 1962 until 1968.
In 1968, the first full-time teacher was hired.
· 1983: The college
changed its name to Islands Community College, to reflect its overall service
area, which included Angoon, Kake, Pelican, Petersburg, Port Alexander, Sitka,
Tenakee Springs, and Wrangell.
· 1987: The regional unit
of University of Alaska
Southeast was
established in Juneau, Ketchikan,
and Sitka. Sitka retained its
“Islands Campus” name.
· 1988: The college
changed its name to University of Alaska
Southeast, Sitka
Campus.
· 1989: University of Alaska Southeast,
Sitka Campus moved to its current location on Japonski Island.
The building was originally constructed as a WWII airplane hangar.
· 1992: A new certificate
and associate degree in Health Information Management was developed; it was the
first degree in Alaska to be designed
and delivered specifically for distance education.
· 1998: Completion of
Science Wing
· 2000: Completion of Learning Center and
additional classroom space
· 2005: Completion of Kiln
and Foundry Shelter for Art Program
· 2006: Completion of
Welding Laboratory with 16 booths
· 2008: Completion of
Career and Technical Education classroom
· 2010: Renovation and
expansion of Health Sciences Education Wing including computer classroom
upgrade and installation of telepresence conference room
· 2013: Completion of
Final Phase of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Wing and renovation of Student Success Center
Recognitions
- UAS
Sitka Campus has been noted in Business Week and Forbes for its expertise
in distance-delivered education.
- 2005: Awarded 5-year Title III
grant - Building Bridges for Alaska Native Students: Access to Success
- 2010: Awarded 5-year Title III
grant - Connecting to Success: Building Resources for Alaska Native
Students
- 2012: Awarded Platinum-Level
Sitka Green Business Award by the Sitka Global Warming Group and
Sustainable Sitka (SGWG/SS), for the highest level of commitment towards
green practices.