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UAA history and political science major German Baquero gets a taste of Juneau during his first week as a legislative intern. Already, he has some advice for future intern applicants.

This February, the UAA Community & Technical College will celebrate Career and Technical Education Month, marking a nationwide celebration of career and technical education. We invite you to peruse a selection of stories highlighting CTC's amazing programs.

The newly formed UAA Rocketry team has been working since August to design and build a reusable rocket with a robotic arm, a miniature Mars Autonomous Vehicle, to NASA specifications.

Alaska WWAMI is hosting Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness, a National Library of Medicine display spotlighting stories about how epidemics and inhibition of culture influence indigenous communities today.

UAA has five students working as legislative interns in Juneau this session. They'll report back on their experiences through Postcards Home. Here, political science major Mark Simon lets us travel along on his drive and ferry ride from Anchorage to Juneau.

New Hampshire-born Russ Dow first set eyes on Alaska when he was 18 years old. It ruined him for predictable life back East and he made Alaska his permanent home in 1936.

Kenneth Odia was on the verge of losing his home when Alaska Legal Services Corp. helped him find a way out of his plight. Now, a UAA Think Tank discussion focuses on how to help ALSC find ways to close the 'civil justice gap.'

Student staff at the UAA Gear Room serve as excellent resources for your next big Alaska adventure. They're knowledgeable on the gear, able to make repairs and recommendations, and equally itching to get outside themselves.

Rosa Parks galvanized a movement when she refused to give up her seat on a bus. Shortly thereafter, Freedom Riders like Dr. Lafayette took to the interstate buses, exercising their federally recognized rights across the still-segregated South. He visits UAA on Thursday.

Is this a meteorite? Was that an earthquake? Can I still make a living as a gold miner in Alaska? All day long, UAA alumnus Greg Durocher fields the nation's pressing geology questions for USGS, answering phone calls, emails and Facebook posts from across the country.