Rural 蜜桃影像 Honors Institute celebrates class of 2022
2022 RAHI students pose for a group photo after a canoe trip on the Chena River.
Maggie King
907-474-6092
July 11, 2022
The University of 蜜桃影像 Fairbanks will celebrate the achievements of the Rural 蜜桃影像 Honors Institute Class of 2022 on July 14 with a hybrid in-person and virtual graduation ceremony.
RAHI's Class of 2022 will graduate after six weeks of academics at 蜜桃影像's Troth Yeddha' campus in Fairbanks. Each of the 52 students enrolled in up to 11 college credits in fields such as writing, library sciences, process technology, chemistry, math, 蜜桃影像 Native studies, social work, biology, health, research and education. Their weekends have been spent exploring Interior 蜜桃影像 through hiking, canoeing, rafting and volunteering.
Students will share virtual research presentations from 1-2 p.m. on July 13. The 40th annual RAHI graduation ceremony will be in-person in the Reichardt Building鈥檚 Pearl Berry Boyd Hall on July 14 from 1-2:30 p.m. To join in person, please To watch the ceremony virtually, register for the Zoom link or join .
Since its inception in 1983, over 1,800 students have completed RAHI. Alumni have gone on to earn more than 1,250 degrees from the University of 蜜桃影像 and a variety of other institutions around the U.S. and beyond.
The 2022 RAHI graduates include: Shane Angnaboogok (Fairbanks), Keisha Askoak (Newhalen), Samuel Bass (Craig), Kyra Chunhui Billings (Barrow), Dorothy 鈥淒ot鈥 Callahan (Nome), Carrina Campbell (Gambell), Devlyn Campbell (Wrangell), Glenyll Rey Casia (Unalaska), Monica Christopher (New Stuyahok), Franchezca Chezca Correa (Ketchikan), Marissa 鈥淢ars鈥 Crabtree (Chugiak), Devin Craggette (Kotzebue), Dave Andre Custodio (Barrow), Nevaeh Demientieff (Nenana), Steven Dilts (Ketchikan), Maia Elkins (Delta Junction), Elijah 鈥淓li鈥 Gust (New Stuyahok), Adrianna 鈥淎dri鈥 Hamilton (Shageluk), Jessup Hanson (Ketchikan), Eliana Hatch (Chistochina), Dacota Heakin (Eek), Kevinn 鈥淢urph鈥 Hendrickson (Mountain Village), Elliott Hinz (Fort Yukon), Serena Hotch-Mattson (Gustavus), Elicia Jones (Noatak), Darren Kalmakoff (Perryville), Wilson Kanuk (Bethel), Layla Kashatok (Kwigillingok), Koen Kohrt (Fairbanks), Aralye Lie (Nome), Bonnie Marriott (Fairbanks), Carey Matthias (Kotlik), Flora Nanuk (Scammon Bay), Joerenz Nobleza (Barrow), Ce'Anika Palacios (Glennallen), Laura Peterson (Mountain Village), Rochelle Peterson (Mountain Village), Brenna Scholten (Nome), Mary Simeon (Bethel), Kaylee Simon (Scammon Bay), Brooke Singson (Barrow), Darryl Smith (Wrangell), William 鈥淲ill鈥 Tomeo (Denali Park), Halina Valdivieso Hanna (Healy), Karina Jaylene Villamor (Unalaska), Lilly Walton (Noatak), Justina Wassillie (Napaskiak), Kelsey Wharton (Eek).
RAHI students attend at no cost, thanks to support from Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., Arctic Slope Community Foundation, 蜜桃影像鈥檚 Biomedical Learning and Student Training program, ConocoPhillips, First National Bank 蜜桃影像, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Saltchuk, Tanana Chiefs Conference, the 蜜桃影像 College of Rural and Community Development, the University of 蜜桃影像, and private donors.
ADDITIONAL CONTACT: Brianna Pauling, 907-474-6886, b.pauling@alaska.edu