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9/6/23
Ketchikan High School senior Sanjeev Putta participated in the Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Honors
Institute this summer in Fairbanks.
8/30/23
Caskey sat down with the Daily News on Thursday afternoon to share the experiences
that she had while in the program.
7/15/23
Two Delta Junction students attended the 2023 institute: Alanis Cortes Burgos and
Madison Grapengeter.
Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Honors Institute will celebrate graduates at ceremony
7/7/23
The Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Honors Institute will hold its 41st annual graduation July 13 from
1-2:30 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium on the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Troth Yeddha’
Campus. The ceremony will stream live on Facebook.
RAHI application period opens for summer 2023
2/22/2023
The session will run from May 30-July 14, 2023. Applications are due by Wednesday,
March 1.
10/27/2022
$5,000 of the donation was directed toward the Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Honors Institute (RAHI),
a popular and long-running program
10/26/2022
Ketchikan High School seniors Franchezca Correa and Steven Dilts had the opportunity
to sample the college experience at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ this summer
through the Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Honors Institute program.
7/11/22
RAHI celebrated the C/O 2022 at its 40th graduation ceremony.
Fall 2021
UAF offers a multitude of programs for young people but often it takes philanthropic
support from donors, corporate partners and private foundations to make these programs
possible.
UAF to celebrate Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Honors Institute class of 2021
7/13/2021
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will celebrate the achievements of the Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥
Honors Institute class of 2021 on July 14-15 with a virtual graduation ceremony and
research presentations.
7/9/2020
The 2020 Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Honors Institute, or RAHI, will host an online graduation Friday
after holding its first totally online RAHI program, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
7/10/19
Fifty rural and ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native high school students, representing more than 30 communities
across the state, graduated after six weeks of academics and on-campus living at UAF
this year.
7/12/18
40 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native and rural high school students from 29 rural communities across the
state completed the 6-week program to make up this year's graduating class.
7/16/18
Every year, the summer high school program produces a class of college-bound students,
many of whom will grow into college graduates and successful adults.
7/20/18
For the second year in a row, an Unalaska student has earned one of the top awards
at the Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Honors Institute.
Dreamt it. Planned it. Did it.
7/14/17
2017 marked RAHI's 35th year. This year's theme: "Dream it. Plan it. Do it."
8/4/17
When Conwell applied to the Rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Honors Institute (RAHI) last spring, he was
wait-listed. But after a last-minute invitation and six weeks of grueling college
courses, Conwell has found himself headlining graduation as the valedictorian.
6/1/17
Ben Renshaw and his wife, Grace Milliken Renshaw, both Tri-Valley School grads, successfully
completed medical school at the University of Washington.
7/14/17
The program’s graduates this year are finishing RAHI at as precipitous a time as any
in its history — ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ and its communities are always in need of good young leaders.