Did you know that a program at ÁùºÏ²Ê»ãS in partnership with the Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research Network (SEATOR) encourages and educates high school students about the interconnection between environmental and human health and provides an ideal first step to encourage high school grads to pursue a college degree?
Did you know that a program at ÁùºÏ²Ê»ãS in partnership with the Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research Network (SEATOR) encourages and educates high school students about the interconnection between environmental and human health and provides an ideal first step to encourage high school grads to pursue a college degree? The Rural Alaska Students in One-Health Research [RASOR] program connects students with community mentors who assist them with research projects.
Now in its second year, the program directors continue to track the accomplishments of the high school students in the first cohort [2019-2020] including several who have started college.
Margaret Peterson is one of those students. She was a high school senior in Sitka when she participated in the program. Now a freshman in the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences