Alumni Spotlight: Darrel Foister Jr. – Serving ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É as a Nurse Practitioner
Darrel Foister Jr., School of Nursing alum and military veteran, now serves ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É communities as a family nurse practitioner.
Darrel Foister Jr., School of Nursing alum and military veteran, now serves ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É communities as a family nurse practitioner.
ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É's Area Health Education Center (AHEC) helped bring hands-on healthcare career opportunities to over 100 students at a career fair in Ninilchik, where they engaged in activities like sheep eye dissections to explore health-related fields.
The 2025 ALPHA Health Summit, held at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage, featured a session on combating substance use disorders through academic detailing, presented by ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É’s ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Center for Rural Health & Health Workforce (ACRH-HW).
Della Keats was an Iñupiaq healer whose legacy in traditional healing resonates across ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É. In her honor, ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É offers programs to support rural and ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Native students pursuing careers in health care.
This year’s Fall Grand Rounds, organized by ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É’s Interprofessional Education Committee (IPE) and the ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Center for Rural Health & Health Workforce (ACRH-HW), focused on the topic of Traditional Healing by request from rural communities.
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