Doyon Foundation received a total of $6,625 in pledges from 81 donors through the 2013 Pick. Click. Give.
program – an increase of more than $1,100 from last year! An enormous thank you to the donors who supported
the Foundation through Pick. Click. Give. There is still time to donate! You can add a Pick. Click. Give.
donation through August 31.
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Doyon Foundation recently hired Malinda Chase as our new language revitalization program director. In this role,
Malinda will work with our language revitalization committee to develop and implement the goal of revitalizing
Interior Native languages, making language-learning opportunities available to all Doyon, Limited shareholders
and non-speakers. Read more
Help us celebrate our 2013 graduates! Mark your calendar for the 2013 Doyon Foundation graduation ceremony, Friday, May 10 at 2 p.m.
The celebration will take place in the Doyon, Limited Chiefs Court at 1 Doyon Place in Fairbanks. For more information on the ceremony,
watch our website, blog
or Facebook page!
Are you graduating in 2013? We invite all high school, college or vocational graduates to complete our short questionnaire at
http://fs8.formsite.com/doyonfoundation/form9/index.html.
Graduates will be featured in a special issue of the Doyon Foundation e-newsletter this spring. The deadline to respond is Monday, April 29, 2013.
Doyon Foundation and Doyon, Limited invite you to save the date for the 2013 Morris Thompson Memorial Golf Classic,
a fundraiser benefiting Doyon Foundation’s Morris Thompson Scholarship Fund.
Thursday and Friday, June 13 and 14
Chena Bend Golf Course, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska
Registration and sponsorship opportunity information to come. Stay up to date by visiting the golf classic page or contact Jordan Sanford at
sanfordj@doyon.com or 907.459.2176.
Doyon Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded a total of $237,900 in scholarships to 309 students for the spring 2013 semester.
The scholarships include 228 $800 scholarships to full-time students, 65 $400 scholarships to part-time students, and 16 competitive scholarships
ranging from $3,000 - $7,000.
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The Doyon Foundation board of directors elected officers at their January 26 meeting in Fairbanks.
Lanien Livingston, who joined the board in 2012, was elected president. Allan Hayton, also elected
to the board in 2012, will serve as vice president. Julie Anderson will continue her role as board
secretary and treasurer.
Click here for more information on the Doyon Foundation board.
Three new members and one incumbent were elected to the Doyon Foundation board of directors at the Foundation’s
annual membership meeting on November 10. Joining the board are Joshua Peter, elected for a three-year term;
Allan Hayton, elected for a two-year remainder term; and Lanien M. Livingston, elected for a one-year remainder
term. Incumbent board member Julie Anderson was re-elected for a three-year term.
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Meet this year's graduates in the 2012 edition of the Doyon Foundation graduate yearbook.
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Current and potential scholarship recipients should be aware of several important scholarship policy changes recently approved by the
Doyon Foundation board of directors. The changes are effective beginning in the 2012 – 2013 academic year.
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Shreenyaa = Spring
Shreenyaa gwilii ts'a' chiitaii shroonch'yaa. = It is becoming spring and it's really nice outside.
Gwich'in
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Thank you to Allan Hayton for providing this month's translation.
Jennifer Maguire is a Doyon Foundation alumna, as well as a current student. She earned her bachelor’s of arts degree in English with double minors
in applied business and Alaska Native studies from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) in 2004. She is currently enrolled in the MBA program
at the UAF School of Management and will complete her master’s of business administration in December 2013.
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Each month, Doyon Foundation profiles a different student or alumnus. If you are interested in being highlighted in a student profile, please
click here to complete a short questionnaire.
To complete the alumnus profile questionnaire, please
click here.
Thank you for your participation!
Check back for the latest news on upcoming Foundation events and deadlines.
- April 15 – Application deadline for basic and competitive scholarships for the fall 2012 semester
- May 11 – Doyon Foundation Graduation Reception, time and location TBD
- June 14 & 15 – Morris Thompson Memorial Golf Classic, Fairbanks, Alaska
- November 15 – Application deadline for basic scholarships for the spring semester