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Adkisson to leave UAS
By Erik Morrison
Whalesong Staff
After nine years and
nine months of hard work for UAS, Director of Native Rural Student
Center, Patricia "Pattie" Adkisson, will be saying goodbye
and leaving the university. She will be moving to Fairbanks to attend
graduate school as well as opening a Bed and Breakfast at her “beautiful”
log cabin on Chena Ridge.
Adkisson has been imperative
to the success of many Native students at UAS and has been very
successful in establishing and maintaining the UAS Rural & Native
Students Center. She is also an important part of the UAS Native
students’ organization “Wooch Een.”
One of her fondest memories and greatest achievements
while at UAS was the record number of Native students who graduated
in 2001. Wooch Een provided a party for these students that included
a show of traditional and contemporary Tlingit fashion. She has
also been instrumental in arranging lectures by nationally renowned
Native authors.
Some life long memories she
will bring with her to Fairbanks include “intimate conversations
about plans and dreams and education that I’ve shared with
students and co-workers here at UAS.”
Advisor Robert Sewell described
Adkisson as “a warm, compassionate person. She is very honest,
open and frequently humorous. She has a strong ethical sense and
works well in teams. She is very clear about the importance of native
self-determination in the future of Alaska.”
Adkisson said, “Something
I truly love about our campus is our energy, commitment and passion
for learning and growing, and our respect and treasuring of our
precious Native Heritage. I want to both take that with me and leave
it with UAS as I move on to my next place in life. Gunalscheesh,
camai!”
Email Erik Morrison at jserm2@uas.alaska.edu
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