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Recruitment and Retention of Alaska Natives Into Nursing Recruitment and Retention of Alaska Natives into Nursing Above: Metlakatla students smiling with RRANN Student Success Facilitator Rebecca Dreier during the RRANN spring 2015 outreach trip to Southeast Alaska Kijik: Gathering Place Our newsletter is called, Kijik, or “Gathering Place.” Kijik (or Qizhjeh) was a well-populated Dena’ina settlement. The Dena’ina abandoned Kijik as a settlement in 1909 due to concern over a measles outbreak, but still gather at the site to collect subsistence foods necessary for a healthy life. This continues the long tradition of Kijik being a gathering place where people care for each other. RRANN wishes to offer its deepest respect and gratitude to James Hobson as well as his mother, Aggie, for their gift of this name capturing the dream of its students and staff: Native people joining in community to build a healthy future. We invite you to join us in these pages as a community celebrating the news and accomplishments of our people. Photo by Naomi Chuckwuk Inside this Issue: 2-4: Our Recent Graduates 9: RRANN Student Home Communities: 5: The Della Keats Program Gathering from Many Places 6-7: Recruitment Update: 10-11: Meet the RRANN staff! RRANN Staff Visits Fairbanks and Kotzebue Congratulations to Bob Love 8: RRANN Connections 12-13: Interested in Supporting RRANN? A Place to Share and Connect 3211 Providence Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99508 (907) 786-6944 http://nursing.uaa.alaska.edu/rrann https://www.facebook.com/rrann.nwdp Page 2 Graduates who earned their Bachelors of Science in Nursing: Kijik Fall 2014 Anchorage Campus: Samantha Brown Kaylee Grant Nicole Moore Kayla Murphy Julia Riopelle Above: Fireweed Photo by Naomi My name is Samantha Brown and I am RRANN staff and Samantha’s fellow from Nome, Alaska. I am a May 2015 students would like to recognize UAA graduate with my BS degree in Samantha’s special gift to the RRANN nursing. Program. Samantha initiated a new standard for the School of Nursing My father raised my siblings and me on Recognition Ceremony: use of the many of our Inupiaq traditional values. RRANN logo next to the names of I grew up learning to be a hard worker RRANN graduates to honor their status as and to help others as well as respecting Alaska Natives and/or American Indians elders and sharing with others. I am a and their participation in the hard worker because of my upbringing RRANN program. and that has motivated me to pursue success. Quyanaq Samantha! My name is Kaylee Grant, and I am from Kenai, Alaska. I am a May 2015 UAA graduate with my BS degree in nursing. I grew up in a diverse home heavily influenced by two drastically different cultures; my dad is Alaska Native and my mom is from the South. Growing up, I always wanted to be a nurse. Their compassion, care, and nurturing characteristics have always inspired me and lead me to pursue the nursing profession. RRANN has been a positive experience for my education. The Program has helped me stay focused and motivated in my nursing courses. It has also created a positive community for nursing students where we could share thoughts and experience with one another. Best wishes for blue skies and beautiful things! Thank you for sharing your nursing pathway with RRANN students and staff. We are all so proud of you! Page 3 Continued: Graduates who earned their Bachelors of Science in Nursing: My name is Kayla Murphy, and I am from Anchorage, Alaska and Eklutna, Alaska. I am a May 2015 UAA graduate with my BS degree in nursing. My auka always said, “Smart people don’t get bored.” This is how I pursue everything in my life. My auka was a strong, hardworking woman, and I strive to be like her everyday in my attitude and cheerful spirit. I have enjoyed being a good spokesperson for the RRANN Program and a team player in the goal of helping Program desires to become reality. My name is Julia Riopelle, and I am from Eek, Alaska. I am a May 2015 UAA graduate with my BS degree in nursing. Eek is a Yup’ik community on the Kuskokwim river. I am Yup’ik and have good understanding of the Yup’ik language. Pursuing a career in nursing is a way to help my Native culture thrive in healthy and positive ways. I endeavor to work at the Alaska Native Medical Center as an R.N. RRANN has introduced me to other students who have been through the same courses, and these students have provided me with encouragement during challenging and frustrating times. Above: Lake Aleknagik Photo by David Sanderlin Page 4 Associates of Science in Nursing: Kijik Fall 2014 Fairbanks Campus: My name is Amy Warren and I am a May 2015 Amy Warren graduate with my Associate of Nursing Science degree. I am a Chickasaw tribal member and a military spouse. I am looking forward to transferring to South Dakota with my three daughters and husband who serves in the Air Force. I intend to pursue National Nursing Certification License as we are a lifetime military family, so we will be moving a lot in the future. Above: Spring 2015 Fairbanks graduates receiving their degrees Above: Kanakanak Beach Rocks Photos by David Sanderlin Were you a RRANN graduate? Would you like to reconnect? Greetings to all our RRANN If you have news to share with alumni! We’d like to hear our Kijik newsletter audience, what you are doing now in please contact Stephanie: your careers and families, and [email protected]. we’d love to feature that information in future RRANN We hope you are all doing Kijik newsletters. well and being happy in your nursing careers! Page 5 The Della Keats Health Sciences Summer Program Above: Della Keats Participants Photo courtesy of WWAMI The Della Keats Health Sciences Summer Program is a program offered to high school students in Alaska through the University of Alaska WWAMI School of Medical Education. The goal of the Della Keats Program is to foster, affirm, and encourage high school students’ interest in the medical professions by allowing them to explore health-care careers and to obtain a valuable introduction to college life. Current high school juniors and seniors in Alaska who meet one or more of the following criteria are eligible to apply for the program: Come from an ethnic minority background Live in rural Alaska (off the road system) Be a first-generation American Be the first in his/her family to go to college Speak English as a second language, and/or Be economically disadvantaged The RRANN Program is thankful to partner with the Della Keats Program! RRANN staff serves on the selection committee and as guest speakers for Program participants. We offer a special welcome to the two future nurses attending the Summer 2015 Della Keats Program! For more information on the Della Keats Program, please visit: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/wwami/programs/dellakeats-udoc.cfm Above: Sitka Roses Photo by Stephanie Sanderlin Page 6 Recruitment News: RRANN Staff Visits Southeast Alaska This spring, RRANN Student Success Facilitator Rebecca Dreier traveled to Southeast Alaska to visit students in Metlakatla, Ketchikan, and Sitka. Below: All photos by Rebecca Dreier Kijik Fall 2014 Rebecca began her recruiting trip at the University of Alaska campus in Juneau. Above, the UAS Juneau campus library Above: Killer whale weathervane in Ketchikan harbor Above: Rebecca Dreier Rebecca’s second destination was Metlakatla Junior High School and High School. Above, Above: Wolf clan house in Metlakatla masks created by Metlakatla students Page 7 Adventures in Juneau, Metlakatla. Ketchikan, and Sitka! After Metlakatla, Rebecca headed to Ketchikan to visit both college and middle school/high school students. Above: welcome sign on main street in downtown Ketchikan Above: Totem Pole in Metlakatla Rebecca finished her trip in Sitka where she visited the three high schools and the University of Alaska Southeast campus Left above: Mt.Edgecombe welcome sign Left right: entrance to University of Alaska SouthEast Sitka campus Left below: View from the Mt. Edgecombe High School Library Page 8 RRANN Kijik Gatherings: A Place to Share and Connect Gatherings with food and sharing are a vital part of Alaska Native/American Indian culture. RRANN staff ensures that culturally appropriate foods are served at most of our RRANN Kijik gatherings to celebrate tradition and Kijik Fall 2014 combat the homesickness, sadness, and isolation that Alaska Native/American Indian students often face. RRANN Kijik gatherings occur monthly during Fall and Spring semesters. Each gathering provides a place for students to connect with each other and guest speakers to encourage, inform, and enrich them. Would you like to be a guest speaker? If you are a RRANN supporter—and especially if you are a RRANN alum—we would be honored to have you volunteer as a guest speaker for one of our RRANN Kijik gatherings. We are always looking for people to speak on healthcare/nursing, Native traditions, customs, values, and issues, volunteer opportunities, and community building. To volunteer as a guest speaker, please contact Stephanie at [email protected]. Above: Happy students at a RRANN Gathering Above: Salmon spread bowl before and after a RRANN Gathering—we are very good at eating together Page 9 RRANN Students’ Home Communities: Gathering from Many Places Eek* Kodiak** We welcome our newest students from Kodiak and Eek! We are happy to add two more communities to the gathering of communities we serve! *The community of Eek is located southwest of Bethel. For readability, he RRANN service map lists communities by general area served rather than exact geographic location.
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