Key IHS Leadership Announcements

Dear Alaska Area Title I Contracting and Title V Compacting Tribes and Tribal Organizations: The following announcement from RADM Michael Weahkee, Principal Deputy Director of the Indian Health Service (IHS), is forwarded for your information. Effective February 19, 2019, I will serve at IHS Headquarters as Acting Deputy Director for […]


Readiness Projection Reminder Emails

Dear Commissioned Corps Officers, As announced in a message sent on January 31, 2019, the Division of Commissioned Corps Personnel and Readiness (DCCPR) is testing a new monthly readiness reminder email to alert officers of expiring readiness requirements.  During this testing, we identified a need to simplify the messaging of […]


Volunteer opportunity- Help inspire 5th/6th grade students

The Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education currently needs 93 volunteers to participate in college & career panels for the Kids2College program – a partnership activity with the University of Alaska College Savings Plan. In addition to standard volunteer recruitment, we also seek panelists with connections to living/working in rural Alaska […]


AK Engineering and Science Fair Announcement

The 2019 Alaska Science & Engineering Fair is fast approaching and just eight, short weeks away. If you will be in the Anchorage Area on Saturday March 30th please consider helping judge science projects. The Alaska Science & Engineering Fair staff and the hundreds of student entrants could really use […]


Shamrock Shuffle 5K

Officers, The early/best rate registration for the Shamrock Shuffle is until tomorrow, Wednesday 2/6/2019! If you are planning on participating in this event, please let LT Allmaras and myself know!   –ANCHORAGE, AK Description: 2019 Shamrock Shuffle 5K run- Happy St. Patrick’s Day! May the road rise up to meet […]