YupÂ’ik degree approved by UA Board of Regents (fwd link)

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Yup’ik degree approved by UA Board of Regents

Staff Report
Published December 7, 2007

A new bachelor’s degree in Yup’ik language and culture has been approved by the
University of Alaska Board of Regents.

The four-year program will be offered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’
Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel.

“In Yup’ik, the program is called ‘Yupiit Nakmiin Qaneryaraat Piciryaraat-llu,’”
Oscar Alexie, assistant professor of Yup’ik at the Bethel campus, said Thursday
during the regent’s meeting in Anchorage. “That means ‘the very own language
and culture of the Yup’ik people.’”

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