Matthew Schmitz

One of the grants that was partially cut provides financial support to universities with large Alaska Native student populations such as the University of Alaska Fairbank’s Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham. That grant is called Strengthening Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy appointed Fernando Escobar as the next student regent to the University of Alaska Board of Regents on April 15. Escobar was born and raised in Kodiak and is attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks.