High School Student Opportunities at UAF!

Please Visit: http://www.uaf.edu/summer/high-school-students/

UAF Summer Leadership Institute

May 29 - June 4

Deadline for Application is April 10, 2012

The UAF Summer Leadership Institute is a one-week summer experience designed to develop leadership skills for students finishing grades 9-12. The curriculum focuses on leadership roles and accountability, team building, leadership styles and situations, motivating others, civic responsibility, integrity, public speaking, changing behaviors, and goal setting.

Students live on campus, enjoy the academic and social atmosphere and get a taste of college life.

Application deadline is April 10, 2012. Needs based scholarships are available. For more information e-mail fynlc@uaf.edu, call 907-474-5942, or go online at www.uaf.edu/som/nlc/.

Alaska Business Week
July 15 – July 21, 2012

The Alaska Business Week (ABW) program is designed to give high school students (finishing grades 9 – 12) hands-on experience in running a company, competing with other student companies to arrive at a winning strategy and leading them to discover their own leadership skills. Student companies are guided and mentored by senior business and organization executives who take on the role of company advisors.

The curriculum includes a series of presentations from statewide business leaders who share their strategies and experience in real-life scenarios. At the end of the program, students will be able to defend their actions in front of a panel of business managers and realize their own potential for leadership and future endeavors.

ABW students earn two college credits for successful completion of the program. Application deadline is June 1, 2012. (Applications will be accepted after that date on a space-available basis.) Cost is $450.00 For more information, email hope.bickmeier@alaska.edu or call 907-474-5942 or go to www.uaf.edu/abw.


Rural Alaska Honors Institute

May 29 - July 12, 2012

Deadline for Application is March 30, 2012

Rural Alaska Honors Institute (RAHI) is a competitive six-week, residential, college preparatory bridge program for rural and Alaska Native high school juniors and seniors held on the UAF campus. RAHI students may earn up to ten university credits from a wide range of subjects.

For more information e-mail rahi@alaska.edu , call (907) 474-6886, or toll free in
Alaska (800) 478-6886, or online at http://www.uaf.edu/rahi/


Alaska Summer Research Academy
June 18 - 29, 2012

(Day program) 7th - 12th grade (grade in the fall)
July 16 - 27, 2012
(Residential program) 9th - 12th grade (grade in the fall)

The Alaska Summer Research Academy (ASRA) provides an opportunity for students in grades 8-12 to experience life on the UAF campus and receive hands-on instruction from university faculty, staff, and industry professionals. Students can explore one of seventeen modules, including marine biology, biomedicine, forensics, robotics, and archaeology. ASRA students live in the dorms on campus. All students receive one college credit upon completion. ASRA is offered by the College of Natural Science and Mathematics in cooperation with other units throughout UAF.

For more information please visit the ASRA website: www.uaf.edu/asra, email klpendleton@alaska.edu or call 907-474-7221.