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Vol. 20, No. 15 Week of April 12, 2015
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry

Arctic Directory April 2015: AMA & ARE work to bring students to AMA Conference

Alaska Resource Education and the Alaska Miners Association said they were honored to work together to bring 20 students from King Career Center’s Natural Resource Management class to the 2014 Anchorage AMA Annual Conference as their Resource Superforce group. The AMA conference is a premier gathering of exploration geologists, prospectors, and many other mining, consulting and state and federal employees who play a role in finding and developing mineral resources.

After extensive in-class prep work researching and learning about Alaska’s mineral industries and their career opportunities with Alaska ResourceEducation’s education program manager, the students attended the conference as a one day field trip on Nov. 6 to engage with professionals in the industries and get first-hand experience. Students participated in a scavenger hunt in the vendor booths, interviewed industry personnel about their education and careers, and presented a video at the lunch showcasing what they learned. This interdisciplinary learning opportunity was made possible by generous donations from Pacific Environmental Corp., American Marine Corp., Think Globally, Develop Locally LLC and Emerald Alaska. To cap the day off, Pacific Alaska Lumber donated tickets to an Alaska Aces game for each student, and worked with Aurora Limousines to get the students a free, high class ride to the game.

ARE would like to thank their program supporters for their commitment to resource education for Alaska’s future and enabling ARE to ignite, inspire, and educate Alaska’s students to a better understanding of their state and the exciting career opportunities that are available. For more information about the Alaska Miners Association visit www.alaskaminers.org and for Alaska Resource Education visit www.akresource.org.



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