by Doyon Foundation | Jul 15, 2019 | News and Events, Scholarships, Student Profiles
In honor of the 2019 Morris Thompson Memorial Golf Classic, we’d like to introduce you to another of our amazing Morris Thompson competitive scholarship recipients: Noah Lovell. A University of Alaska Fairbanks student, Noah is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in...
by Doyon Foundation | Jul 11, 2019 | News and Events, Scholarships, Student Profiles
In honor of the 2019 Morris Thompson Memorial Golf Classic, we’d like to introduce you to another of our amazing Morris Thompson competitive scholarship recipients: Cory LePore is a student at the University of Hawaii Manoa where he’s pursuing a master of arts...
by Doyon Foundation | Jul 9, 2019 | Language and Culture, Language Supporters, Storyteller, Student Profiles
Born in the community of Holikachuk on the north bank of the Innoko River in west-central Alaska, Elizabeth Keating is an Elder taking part in Doyon Languages Online, a Doyon Foundation project that develops online language learning for nine of the 10 Alaska Native...
by Doyon Foundation | Feb 5, 2019 | Language and Culture, Language Supporters, News and Events, Storyteller, Student Profiles
“Native languages are important to all Alaskans” Beth Leonard is a professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage where she directs the Alaska Native Studies Program. She holds a doctorate in cross-cultural and Alaska Native studies in addition to degrees in...
by Doyon Foundation | Jun 18, 2018 | News and Events, Scholarships, Student Profiles
Born and raised in Fairbanks, Julian Thibedeau is a student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). He’ll earn a certificate in rural human services in 2019 and begin his associate’s degree in the Tribal Management Program at UAF in the fall of 2018. Julian’s...
by Doyon Foundation | Jun 11, 2018 | Alumni, News and Events, Scholarships, Student Profiles
Doyon Foundation student Shawna Hildebrand attends the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS), where she’s earning a master’s degree in public administration with an emphasis in rural development. Her parents are Edith and Darell Hildebrand of Nulato. Shawna’s maternal...