Scholarly Chronicles: Faculty Voices in Print
UAA faculty, including those from the College of Health, are recognized for their published research, academic papers, and books.
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Hunger & Homelessness Support Network
The Hunger and Homelessness Support Network (HHSN) aims to develop sustainable solutions for UAA students facing housing and food insecurity. Our research team conducted multiple campus-wide surveys to identify economic barriers that impact students' well-being and education.
- 10.4% UAA students are homeless
- 36% UAA students experience food insecurity during the school year
- 37% UAA students don’t know if they can pay rent next month
- Financial insecurity negatively impacts education and delays program completion for 46% UAA students
UAA employees, students and community programs provide services to help students get what they need so they can focus on their education.
FEATURED PROJECTS
NEWS & Stories
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Hidden Homelessness
The UAA Hunger and Homelessness Support Network (HHSN) was created to identify and combat housing insecurities that students face. UAA Alumni and current Academic Advisor Jennifer Spencer is one of the three people serving as HHSN Chair. She explains how she uses her personal experiences with homelessness to help find solutions for students.
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Social Work alumna and UAA’s newest fulbright scholar is New Zealand bound
Ever since she was six years old, Panikaa Teeple, B.S.W. Social Work ’21, knew that spreading love was her life’s purpose. Next year, Teeple will have the opportunity to spread love internationally as UAA’s latest recipient of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant, which provides students in more than 140 countries the opportunity to pursue graduate study and research abroad.
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Lifetimes of helping
When human services and social work alumna Cass Pook says she has always been a helper, she’s not just referring to her nature as an empathetic and compassionate listener. “Culturally, it's in my DNA to be a helper,” said Pook. “Looking back on it throughout history, 100 or 200 years ago I would have been doing the same thing. I was born to be a social worker.”
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Growing Alaska's research community
UAA alumna and associate professor Holly Martinson hopes the new Biomed U-RISE program "lights a fire" in Alaska's research community by empowering undergraduate students with lab experience, mentorship and financial assistance. Martinson and co-PI, Professor Tracey Burke, welcomed the first cohort this academic year and will soon open applications for cohort two.
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Contact Us:
Travis Hedwig
Phone: 907-229-2784
Email: thhedwig@alaska.edu
Location:
Professional Studies Building (PSB) 205
2533 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
Mailing Address:
Hunger and Homelessness Support Network
3211 Providence Drive, PSB 205
Anchorage, AK 99508
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