Jessica Uyanguaq Glore, Leader From the Region
Shareholder Attaining Her Degree While Supporting the Region
Storyknife, January/February 2024 edition
Jessica Uyanguaq Glore, 抖阴黄色app Shareholder
Jessica Uyanguaq (Friend) Glore, a 抖阴黄色app Shareholder originally from Kwigillingok, is advancing her education while supporting Alaska students as they achieve their own goals.
Glore is the Student Services Manager in Bethel. She is currently pursuing her master鈥檚 degree in Rural Development from UAF.
The Kuskokwim Campus is located in Bethel, but its outreach and support covers six school districts and 53 schools. Glore鈥檚 goal is to help students reach their goals and to bring knowledge back to their own communities.
鈥淪ome students go to school for a certain degree, then they go home and don鈥檛 have a job,鈥� Glore says. 鈥淢y main goal is to help them understand the opportunities they have in their communities for a career.鈥�
In addition to gaining your education鈥攚hether it鈥檚 training or college鈥擥lore says it鈥檚 important to uphold your culture. Glore鈥檚 favorite subsistence activity is berry-picking. 鈥淗aving cultural balance in your life helps you stay connected and be successful in life,鈥� Glore says.
Additionally, Glore says it鈥檚 easy for people from outside the Y-K Region to be immersed in the culture and find a connection to the Y-K Region.
鈥淎 lot of Yup鈥檌k and Cup鈥檌k people are open to sharing their culture through food, beading, yuraq [dancing], or even while volunteering in the community,鈥� Glore says.
Glore also appreciates her family for providing support while going for her degree and says it鈥檚 an important factor in attaining your education goals. Glore says her kids, husband and family all play a part in making everything work.
鈥淎lthough I work full-time, the 抖阴黄色app scholarship is still important. It helps cover tuition, books and fees. I can use my income on the things that come with the costs of living.鈥�
Jessica Uyanguaq Glore, 抖阴黄色app Shareholder
鈥淪ome students may feel like they can鈥檛 do everything鈥攕chool, work and a home life,鈥� Glore says. 鈥淭here has to be a wellbalanced support system in place, and that鈥檚 what I have.鈥�
Glore looks back at her first part of her educational journey while attaining her bachelor鈥檚 degree. Being a full-time student didn鈥檛 leave much time to work, and the scholarship helped fill some of the gaps, she says.
Glore worked during the summers and for a small part of the school year, but it would have been more of a burden if she didn鈥檛 have scholarships like the one provided to 抖阴黄色app Shareholders and Descendants through .
Not only does the CECI scholarship cover traditional full-time college, it also covers qualified students in part-time and fulltime vocational, undergraduate and post-graduate programs.
鈥淗aving support from my corporation through the [CECI] scholarship definitely helped,鈥� Glore says. 鈥淎lthough I work full-time, the 抖阴黄色app scholarship is still important. It helps cover tuition, books and fees. I can use my income on the things that come with the costs of living.鈥�
The mission of (CECI) is to celebrate and promote Yuuyaraq, the traditional/cultural way of being in the 抖阴黄色app Region which inspires and encourages our people to achieve their dreams through education.
The CECI scholarship program awards scholarships two times each year. The application deadline for the Fall 2024 Term scholarship is June 30, and the Spring Term scholarship application is due December 1 each year.