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Did you know about a С��ƵS partnership with the Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research Network that educates high school students about the interconnection between environmental and human health?

March 16, 2021

The Rural Alaska Students in One-Health Research [RASOR] program connects students with community mentors who assist them with research projects.
Did you know that the С��ƵA Seawolf Debate team has ranked second-highest in the country within the last four years?

March 15, 2021

The ranking is based on its cumulative success at the last five World Championships.
Did you know Desiré Shepler (С��ƵA '10) used her public health skills learned at С��ƵA's College of Health to lead multiple behavioral health organizations in Alaska?

March 10, 2021

Learn more about her amazing career as part of a deep dive into С��ƵA's College of Health in this video featured during the February 2021 Board of Regents meeting.
Did you know a thriving local patisserie in Anchorage is run by two University of Alaska alums?

January 30, 2021

Sweet Caribou is owned by James Strong, an undergraduate and graduate alum of С��ƵA and С��ƵF.
Did you know that the New York Times recognized a podcast created by a University of Alaska Fairbanks journalism professor as one of the best winter podcasts of the year?

January 30, 2021

С��ƵF Communications & Journalism Professor Rob Prince created Dark Winter Nights in 2014 with the goal of creating a platform for sharing unique tales of life in Alaska.
Did you know that every semester University of Alaska Southeast accounting program students intern with companies and firms across the region to gain valuable career experience?

January 30, 2021

These internships allow students to understand the daily operations that are part of working in accounting and provide a resumé boost that results in fast hire after graduation.
Did you know the University of Alaska Southeast has a Center for Mine Training that partners with local mines to provide students experience in the field as they complete their program?

January 30, 2021

For the last nine years, the С��ƵS Center for Mine Training has partnered with Hecla Greens Creek and Coeur Alaska to provide entry level training in Diesel Mechanics.
Did you know that С��ƵF's nonprofit Nanook Innovation Corporation has helped to commercialize 40 faculty or student inventions since its founding in 2012?

January 30, 2021

One success is a technology developed by С��ƵF to solve problems with sewage management but later pivoted to help mitigate growing problems presented by a family of contaminants called PFAS affecting groundwater and soil across the state and other areas of the country.
Did you know that the Alaska Small Business Development Center at С��ƵA has assisted nearly 1,900 Alaska businesses and provided training for another 6,200 in 125 communities across the state in the last fiscal year?

January 30, 2021

Since July, SBDC-mentored businesses have raised $52 million in new capital -- an SBDC record.
Did you know that a University of Alaska Anchorage College of Health alum is now the president and CEO of Alaska Family Services, one of the leading social services organizations for Alaskan families in the Greater Anchorage area and Mat-Su region?

January 30, 2021

Desiré Shepler received her Master of Public Health from С��ƵA in 2010 and has gone on to lead multiple innovative organizations that deliver essential social services to Alaskans -- more important than ever during the pandemic.