Saltchuk Alaska has given $150,000 in scholarship funds to Alaska Pacific University. The award is aimed in part at introducing students to industry jobs at Saltchuk companies.

Students in communities where Saltchuk runs its fuel and transportation businesses get priority for the scholarship. Recipients will be mentored and do job-shadowing at one of those businesses, too.

Alaska Pacific will give out the scholarships this fall and next spring. Students have to have at least a 3.0 GPA and can be enrolled in any field of study to qualify.

Saltchuk has a presence in cities and towns from Anchorage to the North Slope to Unalaska. Their fuel distribution arm is North Star Petroleum, the parent company of Delta Western.