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University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest is a community campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, as part of the College of Rural and Community Development, and works in partnership with all Bering Strait regional partners to provide relevant programs and training opportunities. University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest offers access to academic degree programs, specialized programs and training, and other initiatives.

Northwest Community College was created by an act of the state legislature in 1976, when the college began offering classes. In 1987, Northwest community college became a branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and was renamed UAF Northwest Campus. Though now affiliated with a preeminent research institution, University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest has kept its Community College mission as a foremost goal.

The organization of University of Alaska Fairbanks' rural campuses into their own college, the College of Rural and Community Development, and the priority that University of Alaska Fairbanks gave to the development of a cross-regional network and a highly qualified instructional faculty have been critical to University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest's continued viability. The mission of Northwest Campus and UAF's College of Rural and Community Development is to provide higher education to the people of the Bering Straits Region and to other rural regions through telecommunications links.

Quick Facts:

University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest instruction extends to students in all portions of Alaska through the College of Rural and Community Development distance schedule.

A University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest student can participate in a course offered from any one of eight or more campuses by audioconference phone call or one of the latest technologies, such as Blackboard and Elluminate Live.

Some academic programs available through University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest include an associate of arts, bachelor of arts, certificates, and other master of arts programs.

University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest offers certificates and degrees in some Allied Health fields, community health, early childhood education, and rural human services.

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