The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP™) is a longitudinal program that works with students from the time they are freshmen in high school all the way through graduate school.  ANSEP™ increases university recruitment and retention rates through hands-on high school outreach initiatives, rigorous summer bridging programs, focused academic learning communities, organized student cohorts, networks of peer and professional mentors, community-based learning, professional internships and undergraduate research projects.

Our objective is to effect a systemic change in the hiring patterns of Indigenous Americans in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by increasing the number of individuals on a career path to leadership in STEM fields.

ANSEP™ Principles and Practices

• Promoting college readiness, including early identification of  
  students, motivation and preparation.
• Creating summer bridge programs and internships that provide
  intense summer preparation for university and industry
  involvement.
• Building a welcoming environment at the University.
• Infusing values of community, family and collaboration in all
  elements of the program.

UPCOMING EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

• This May the University of Alaska will graduate the largest number of Alaska Native engineering and science graduates ever in the history of the University.
  
  
• The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded ANSEP™ the funding to support graduate school fellowships for ANSEP™ students in the ANSEP™ Graduate School component.