Located in Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, I?isagvik College draws from the strength of its Arctic community, striving to equip its graduates with the knowledge and skills to ensure their success. The institution's mission is "providing academic, vocational and technical education in a learning environment that perpetuates and strengthens Iñupiat culture, language, values, and traditions," the college has been many things since its inception, including a mayor's workforce program, a University of Alaska extension center, and the North Slope Higher Education Center. In 1991, the institution changed its name to Arctic Sivunmun Ilisagvik College, signaling its transformation into a tribal college. Four years later, the North Slope Borough passed an ordinance establishing the I?isagvik College Corporation, an independent, public, nonprofit corporation with full governance powers vested in the college's board of trustees. Through all these changes, the college has addressed the academic and training needs of the North Slope. The right to be educated at home, in one's own tribal community, is one that Iñupiat leadership has had to fight for, alongside Native education advocates nationwide. It is out of this movement for self-determination that I?isagvik College was born. This past year, I?isagvik College celebrated its silver anniversary--25 years of growing, training, educating, and equipping community members of Alaska's North Slope.