Congratulations to the 130 students who are receiving a total of $247,200 in scholarships for the summer 2021 semester! We are pleased to award 56 full-time basic scholarships and 74 part-time basic scholarships to students in a wide variety of programs, including certificate, associate, bachelor’s, graduate and vocational. Read More

Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the Class of 2021 at our virtual graduate reception on May 21. If you missed it, you can watch our 2021 reception video to hear inspiring stories and advice from graduate speaker Taniesha Moses and alumna speaker Andrea Nield, as well as see graduate introductions and a grad slideshow! Watch the Reception

Book and flashcards by intern Natilly Hovda now available

There are very few children’s books featuring the Alaska Native languages of the Doyon region, but thanks to the work of student Natilly Hovda and her partnership with Doyon Foundation, there is a new addition to the bookshelf. Read More

13 recipients receive $5,000 awards for language revitalization projects

Doyon Foundation is pleased to announce its 2021 Our Language grant recipients. A total $65,000 will be awarded to 13 organizations to support language revitalization projects across the Doyon region. Read More

Doyon Languages Online courses available for free to all interested learners

Doyon Foundation is pleased to announce the release of the expanded Holikachuk language-learning course. The expanded course is the latest release from the Foundation’s Doyon Languages Online project, which is developing online courses for the languages of the Doyon region. The courses are available for free to all interested language learners. Learn More or Sign Up

The past year has been full of challenges. And yet it was also an amazing display of resiliency. Our students pushed on through the changes and the uncertainty, bravely continuing to pursue their educational goals. Our language revitalization teams continued their work to ensure that the languages of the Doyon region not only survive, but thrive, for future generations. And our donors continued to support our efforts, generously giving despite the challenges and uncertainties of 2020. Read More or Watch Our Video

Many students hear the word “scholarship” and think it’s just for students pursuing a traditional four-year degree at a university. But at Doyon Foundation, we have scholarships for everything from short-term vocational courses to doctorate programs. Whatever educational goals and career dreams you have, Doyon Foundation has the scholarship for you! Learn More

We are excited to announce that our scholarship amounts are increasing! Pursuing higher education continues to get more and more expensive every year, and these scholarship increases will allow us to continue helping our students reach their educational goals in a meaningful way. Increases take effect with our spring 2021 scholarships. Learn More.

Re-live our 2020 virtual graduate reception! While we missed coming together in person this year, we were excited for the opportunity to include students and supporters from across the country in a way we’ve never done before. Watch, comment and share our 2020 graduate reception video! Watch Now.

We celebrate the Doyon Foundation Class of 2020 in this video, featuring photos and short video clips of our 2020 graduates! Watch Slideshow.

Meet the Doyon Foundation Class of 2020 in our interactive 2020 Graduate Yearbook! We also invite you to join us in congratulating this year's graduates by commenting on social media and tagging #DFGradLove. View Yearbook Post to Facebook Post to Instagram.

Take our student gratitude survey
Donors are at the heart of making Doyon Foundation's scholarship program possible. To show our thanks, we’d like to give them a booklet filled with messages of gratitude from the students they are supporting. If you are a past or current scholarship recipient, please help us by completing our student gratitude survey. If you’re comfortable, please include a photo and/or video of yourself as well. Take the Survey.

Keeping everyone safe and healthy is top of mind for all of us at Doyon Foundation these days as we all face the COVID-19 pandemic together. We've worked with our terrific group of language speakers to develop a series of helpful translations in our Native languages. Watch our blog, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter for daily posts - and if you have other translations, please share by commenting!

Are you Doyon Foundation alumni? If you’ve received a Doyon Foundation scholarship in the past, we want to hear from you! Please take a couple minutes to complete our short alumni survey. Take the survey.

With Doyon Languages Online courses now available, we wanted to provide some helpful tips to all you language learners! Check out this short instructional video series on how to sign up for Doyon Languages Online (for free!), how to add and use the courses, and how to take advantage of some of the software features. Watch the video.

There are more ways than ever to stay connected with Doyon Foundation! We’ve recently expanded our online presence to include Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter, as well as Facebook. We invite you to choose your favorite platforms and follow us to get the latest info on scholarship deadlines, language revitalization news, volunteer opportunities, grant applications, events and more! Connect with us

Click here here to see and hear the Native words and phrases of the month. Both written and audio translations are provided.

“The smile on an Elder’s face when they hear you speak is the best motivation,” shares Rochelle Adams in our latest language champion profile. Read more about Rochelle, a member of our language revitalization committee and a cultural adviser to the PBS kids’ show, Molly of Denali. Read more.

Doyon Foundation student James Quinto has a three-part strategy for success: “Always have goals, pursue those goals and don’t stop until you complete them.” Just a couple years from retirement from the Juneau Police Department, James has his sights on a new goal: obtaining licensure to captain a whale watching and sightseeing tour boat in Southeast Alaska. Read more

“I didn’t grow up realizing what Doyon, Limited and Doyon Foundation had to offer. Students have so many different opportunities and support within the community,” shares Monica Lee, a Doyon Foundation alumna, who works today as a human resource business partner at Arctic IT, a Doyon, Limited subsidiary. Meet Monica in our latest alumni profile. Read more.

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!