Our Stories

Serving on the Board of Trustees

April 8, 2021 / Tags: student government / Categories: Self-Governance , Student Life

Lucy Kim was elected by her peers to serve on the Outer Coast Board of Trustees.

April 1, 2021 / Categories: Self-Governance

Throughout her Fall Semester at Outer Coast, Jing (from Wrangell, AK) served as a member of the Applications Committee.

March 27, 2021 / Categories: Academics

2020-2021 Year students participated in a qaspeq-making working in Indigenous Studies class.

March 20, 2021 / Categories: Student Life

Sam is from Nikiski, AK and was a student at the 2020-2021 Outer Coast Year.

March 1, 2021 / Tags: community, cooking / Categories: Service & Labor

Students cook meals for the community in the Labor pillar.

December 18, 2020 / Tags: animals, philosophy, relationships / Categories: Academics

In the Academic pillar, students explore the relationship between the human and non-human worlds

November 5, 2020 / Tags: autonomy, environment / Categories: Self-Governance

Outer Coast Year 2020-21 student Amadea made a thrift shelf for students to exchange items.

November 1, 2020 / Tags: salmon, science, service / Categories: Service & Labor , Student Life

Within his first few weeks at the Outer Coast Year, Isaiah began volunteering at the Sitka Sound Science Center.

October 20, 2020 / Tags: author, landscapes, place, writing / Categories: Academics

The first course inaugural 2020 Year students took was Writing about Place: What is Home? with faculty member Sanjena Sathian.