UA obtains funds for grant.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS - University of Alaska - Alaska. Department of Education and Early Development - Brief article

The University of Alaska secured $1.5 million in private matching money required to receive a $15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand early career teacher mentoring. The Alaska Statewide Mentor Project is a partnership between the University of Alaska and the State Department of Education and Early Development. UA officials estimate that an additional 850 early career teachers and 46,000 students over the course of the grant will benefit from the program.

Carla Beam, vice president for university relations and president of the non-profit UA Foundation, announced today that private matching funds, a mixture of cash and in-kind donations, have been secured to meet the grant requirements. Donors include First National Bank of Alaska, The Chariot Group, Alaska Communications and the Usibelli Foundation, as well as...