Alaska’s only Tribal college has acquired a 15-acre site in Utqiaġvik for the future development of a new campus, marking a long-term infrastructure and workforce investment for Alaska’s North Slope region.
Iḷisaġvik College and Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation announced May 20 that the Alaska Native village corporation sold the property to the college following a purchase agreement finalized this month. The organizations did not disclose financial terms.
The planned campus would replace Iḷisaġvik College’s current network of leased facilities with a centralized campus designed to support student services, workforce training and community use. According to KNBA Public Radio, the project has been in development for nearly a decade and is expected to consolidate programs now spread across 13 leased facilities in Utqiaġvik.
College officials said the project is intended…
