College of Health News

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138 miles in a kayak: HPER students paddle from Whittier to Valdez

 |  Keenan James Britt  |  ,

Six students in the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER)’s outdoor leadership program, and two instructors, completed a 14-day kayak capstone expedition.

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Visualizing the ocean and outdoors with GIS

 |  Keenan James Britt  |  ,

For Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation outdoor leadership graduate Frank Schweers, a passion for exploring the outdoors led to new opportunities to help others visualize the outdoors using geographic information system (GIS) technology. Read more.

Food pantry shelves stocked with food Read More

Seawolf Food Pantry: Feeding UAA students regardless of circumstance

 |  Kyle Ivacic  |  ,

Dietetics and Nutrition associate professor Amanda Walch discusses how the soon-to-be-expanded Seawolf Food Pantry makes food available to all UAA students.

Nicole Blue in volleyball uniform posing with parents on game court Read More

Student Spotlight: Volleyball star Nicole Blue shares tips for success on and off the court

Nicole Blue has been part of the Seawolf Women’s Volleyball team since 2020. She’s a champion both on and off the court! The senior is pursuing her Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences with a focus in Speech Language Pathology. Blue shares some highlights from her time at UAA.

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ECU partnership with UAA brings rehabilitation services to remote communities

 |  Benjamin Abel  |  , , ,

A partnership between East Carolina University and the University of Alaska Anchorage is bringing speech-language pathology rehabilitation services to remote communities.