Outer Coast service projects take many, many forms. Some of them are long term–with students going in at regular times every week to volunteer at one place–while others are more seasonal or responsive. This might include harvesting herring eggs for herring season, organizing a gathering for Orange Shirt Day on very short notice, or helping […]
We are now accepting applications for the 2026 Summer Seminar as well as 2026-28 undergraduate cohort.
Virtue can be inspired. Making change can be taught. Education that succeeds does both.
Life at Outer Coast
Outer Coast is situated in Sitka, Alaska at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp on the historic Sheldon Jackson Campus. On campus and in Sitka, students study, work, and live, together as members of the Outer Coast and Sitka communities.
Herring season has long been a blessing on this island in Lingít Aaní, nestled off the glacial coasts of Southeast Alaska. Herring season, marked by the return of massive schools of the lithe, silvery fish to the waters of the Sitka Sound, also comes with ‘herring weather’: days of rapidly alternating rain, sun, snow, and […]
Academics General Student Life
Tukaan Dan grew up in Anchorage, Alaska and has attended two semesters of the Outer Coast Year in 2023. Over the course of his time in Sitka, Tukaan has become a leader in the Outer Coast community. This fall, he accepted a two-year term as the student representative on the Outer Coast Board of Trustees, […]
Follow along!
No two days at Outer Coast are the same: follow us on social media to learn more about what’s going on in Sitka.
![It’s Winter Break here. Things are quiet now, but in just one week, student and staffulty members of AppComm will be hard at work reading applications for the undergraduate program!
There’s one week left to apply. [link in bio]](https://outercoast.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)