Student Support Services
Mission
Our staff is dedicated to empowering and advocating for students who are first-generation, have limited income, or those who experience a disability. We offer comprehensive academic and personal support designed to maximize students' innate abilities, encouraging them to explore and engage with their career and personal goals while completing postsecondary education.
Connect with SSS
There are people you can talk to and turn to for help as you pursue higher education.
Whether you’re a first-generation college student, experience a disability or need
financial help,
Student Support Services is here to ensure you get the support you need to succeed.
What we offer
We help you navigate higher education and make your college experience as easy as
possible,
offering a one-stop shop that includes comprehensive advising and free tutoring services for qualifying students.
Benefits of SSS
44% of SSS students graduated within six years or less.
90% of students retained from fall-to-fall.
58% of bachelor’s degree seeking first-year students in the fall were either first-gen or low-income.
97% of SSS students were in good academic standing.
70:1 student-advisor ratio
(national student-advisor ratio average is 300:1).
18% higher retention rates with SSS at UAF.
SSS student spotlight
Eric Peterson
Hometown: Colorado
Major: BBA in Business Administration, Marketing
Other opportunities
Join the Emerging Scholars Academy and you’ll take part in a nine-day intensive summer program and a yearlong learning community cohort.
To celebrate and support first-generation students, Student Support Services and the Nanook Diversity and Action Center have partnered on the 1st Gen AK initiative to offer events and programs.
Events and workshops