FAIRBANKS — A former University of Alaska Fairbanks student pleaded guilty Wednesday to making more than 1,000 sexually explicit phone calls to female students in dormitories.

Audie Artis Chikoyak, 25, of the Yukon River delta village of Kipnuk, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree harassment as part of a plea agreement. Eight other misdemeanor charges were dismissed.

Under the plea deal, Chikoyak must perform 100 hours of community service and undergo a mental health and alcohol evaluation. He also must write letters of apology to the victims and the university police department. District Court Judge Raymond Funk gave Chikoyak a suspended imposition of sentence, which means his conviction will be set aside if he follows court orders, does not drink alcohol and does not commit any new crimes in the next year.

“He really got a break. I hope he gets the counseling he needs,” Assistant District Attorney Bill Spiers said during the sentencing. “There’s a lot of things he can do for the elders in Kipnuk.”

Chikoyak attended the hearing by telephone.

The harassing phone calls were made in September and October 2010. Based on telephone records, police concluded Chikoyak was dialing his way through a student directory for dorm phones in Bartlett, Moore and Stevens halls. Some women received only one call, while other received as many as 16 anonymous sexual phone calls. The calls were often made in the middle of the night and often in large batches. Records showed Chikoyak made 473 calls on one night in October 2010.

Among a larger group of women who received phone calls, eight agreed to be interviewed by police and press harassment charges against Chikoyak. When initially contacted by Alaska State Troopers about the phone calls, Chikoyak reportedly said he did not realize the harassment was a serious matter and said he would stop.

Chikoyak was a UAF student in spring 2006 and lived in Lathrop and Skarland halls.