2009 GOVERNOR'S AWARDS FOR THE ARTS & HUMANITIES
The awards are given to those who have demonstrated their commitment to the Alaska Humanities Forum mission.
Presentation: Awards will be presented at the Governors' Awards for the Arts and Humanities to be held at the Hotel Captain Cook, Anchorage, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. For reservations or information on this event, please contact the Alaska State Council on the Arts at 1.888.278.7424.
Leadership Anchorage Now Accepting Applications!
Leadership Anchorage applications for the 2009-2010 class are now available online at Leadership Anchorage. As applications are received, interviews will be scheduled, with the final application deadline August 28, 2009. The program year begins with an overnight retreat in early October.
Leadership Anchorage is a nationally recognized, rigorous program for adults. It is designed to expose the leaders of non-profit, neighborhood, business, and ethnic organizations to the larger power brokers of Anchorage and Alaska. After eleven years, more than two hundred graduates, and recognition as one of the top civic leadership programs in the country, the program continues to grow and expand its reach. Program participants over nine months experience a two-day retreat and nine rigorous, full-day sessions (mostly on Saturdays). These sessions include speaker presentations from established leaders in the community, readings in the humanities and on leadership as well as group dynamic learning exercises designed to facilitate the development of critical leadership skill sets.
The cornerstones of LA's curriculum are a one-on-one mentorship program, and a civic service related group project designed to address an expressed need in the community. The goal: more effective community leadership with a wider and more diverse network of connections. Open to individuals who have already demonstrated a commitment to their community, have already shown leadership skills, but who would benefit from intensive leadership training. Anchorage residency is not required. Diversity is crucial; there is no ceiling on age. For further information, contact Jim MacKenzie at 272-5324 or
jmackenzie@akhf.org.
Deadline Near for Alaska History Teacher of the Year Nominations
Each year at the Governor's Awards for the Arts & Humanities a high school teacher of Alaska history is honored for demonstrating exceptional abilities in teaching the subject. Any teacher, colleague, administrator, student or parent can make a nomination to the Alaska Humanities Forum for the 2009 Alaska History Teacher of the Year Award. The Deadline for applications is August 1. Click
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To be eligible, the nominee must be a high school teacher certified to teach social studies and have taught AK history for a minimum of four years. The Forum convenes a panel of educators who review the nominations and makes a recommendation to the Forum's Board of Directors.
Nominations should be addressed to Jim MacKenzie at the AK Humanities Forum, 421 W. First Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501. Phone 272-5324; 272-3979 (fax),
jmackenzie@akhf.org.
RURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BEGINNING IN AUGUST 2009
The Program: The Alaska Humanities Forum receives a U.S. Department of Education grant to implement the Rose Urban Rural Exchange (RURE), a cross-cultural exchange program for middle and high school students and teachers across Alaska. RURE is committed to recruiting urban and rural communities, schools, qualified families, teachers and students who are willing to promote the mission of the program: "to increase understanding and relationships between urban and rural communities in Alaska through a guided exchange of teachers and students throughout our state."
RURE Program Assistant ... works as a team player with the Director and Sister School Guides to implement the Rose Urban Rural Exchange in an exciting, fast-paced, supportive work environment and for a program that puts a lot of good into the world. The rewards are in the outcomes and words of the students.
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RURE Sister School Guides works as team players with the Director and Program Assistant to implement the Sister School Exchange over the course of the school year in a fast-paced, supportive and exciting work environment; extensive travel across Alaska is required.
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US News and World Report article mentions 'Alaska's Statehood Experience' grant programme
The upcoming 'Year in Review' issue of US News and World Report includes an article on Alaska's 50th anniversary of statehood.
The article, titled '50 Ways to Improve Your Life in 2009: Visit Alaska', mentions 'Alaska's Statehood Experience' $1 million grant program, a partnership between AKHF and Rasmuson Foundation. The article also includes a quote from President/CEO Dr. Greg Kimura on the rich cultural diversity Alaska brings to the US context.
The US News and World Report 'Year in Review Edition' is available now in digital edition form, and will be available at newsstands Monday, December 22. The article may be found here.
Humanities Award Recipients and Alaska History Teacher of the Year Named
An accomplished Alaska Native lecturer and author, and an eminent UAA professor and scholar are the recipients of this year’s Distinguished Service to the Humanities awards.
The awardees confirmed by Gov. Sarah Palin are Dr. Rosita Worl, an anthropologist and president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau, and Dr. James Muller, a political science professor and co-founder of UAA’s Forty-Ninth State Fellow Program.
Dr. Worl’s work with several different Native organizations is a reflection of her Tlingit heritage and her teaching in anthropology. She received her B.S. from Alaska Methodist University her M.S. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard.
Dr. Muller, also a Harvard graduate, has taught at UAA since 1983. He founded, with Professor Stephen W. Haycox, the Forty-Ninth State Fellows Program. It offers opportunities and challenges to exceptional students who study the foundations of free government in America in preparation to take their places as the next generation of leaders for Alaska.
The honors were presented at the 2008 Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities on Thursday, October 23 at the Anchorage Downtown Marriott Hotel.
The Alaska History Teacher of Year award is also part of the program. This year’s recipient is Raymond Voley, a high school social studies and technology teacher at Kenny Lake School in the Copper River School District. His students have produced award-winning films, including a 90-minute documentary on the history of the Kennecott mine. They are currently producing a documentary about the 1898 Valdez Gold Rush that will premiere in April 2009.
Distinguished Service to the Humanities Award
Dr. Rosita Worl, an anthropologist and president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute
Distinguished Service to the Humanities Award
Dr. James Muller, a political science professor and co-founder of UAA's Forty-Ninth State Fellow Program.
Alaska History Teacher of Year
Raymond Voley, a high school social studies and technology teacher at Kenny Lake School in the Copper River School District
Awards given for Alaska’s Statehood Experience!
 Click on logo for ASE grant awards Rasmuson Foundation and the Alaska Humanities Forum have partnered to award 24 projects which commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Alaska Statehood. These statewide and local community projects explore the history of statehood, the circumstances that brought it about, and projects that address the meaning of statehood as Alaska looks ahead to the next fifty years. ASE is also supported by corporate and private support and the National Endowment for the Humanities “We the People” program. These 24 projects include: Media, Public Meetings/Exhibits, Oral History, Research, Planning, and Creative Expression. Click on logo to view the projects awarded!
‘AK50: Our Stories’, the portion of Alaska’s Statehood Experience grant program aimed at students, classes, schools, and clubs for K-12, remains open with a rolling deadline for applications. This mini-grant category will feature young Alaskans reflecting upon statehood, civics, and American identity from their perspective. For more information see Grant Guidelines on this website or contact Laura Schue, grants officer, at grants@akhf.org.
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MUSEUM ON MAIN STREETWe are pleased to announce that AKHF has been accepted for participation in the 2009 Museum on Main Street tour of New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music. Based on the premise that rural audiences deserve opportunities to participate in high-quality and highly visible humanities activities, the exhibit investigates the on-going cultural process of preservation and blending of musical traditions across generations in America. With the collaborative support between the Smithsonian Institution and the Federation of State Humanities Councils, for the first time the Alaska Humanities Forum will initiate exhibit events and educational programs for locally conceived and directed exhibitions in rural towns across Alaska. AKHF invites communities to express their interest in hosting this endless opportunity to showcase and celebrate the roots of American music. The wheels are turning, so don't delay! Deadline for community interest, October 1, 2007. For more information contact Jim MacKenzie at jmackenzie@akhf.org or 272-5324.
Best Beginnings is a public/private partnership bringing together people and resources to ensure all Alaska children begin school ready to learn. For the most recent information, click here.
ALASKA HISTORY AND CULTURAL STUDIES is the new online curriculum designed to teach Alaskan high school students about their state, its rich history and its people. Never before has so much information about Alaska been accessible from one website. The curriculum is designed to meet Alaska's Alaska History graduation requirement and related performance standards. The Alaska Humanities Forum and the state's leading historians, anthropologists, geographers and educators developed the course. It is an authoritative compilation of information and thought provoking questions about the 49th State.
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 The Forum's office is housed in one of Anchorage's most historic buildings, the Alaska Railroad Depot. The Depot was built in 1942 and is located along the banks of Ship Creek, where Anchorage had its origins as a tent city for workers building the Alaska Railroad. Contact the Forum at:
421 W 1st Ave, Ste 300
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 272-5341 Main number
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