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Alaska's senior citizens are a booming demographic with a long list of active and academic goals. Thankfully, through tuition waivers and purposeful programming, two programs allow the state's seniors to continue their education through UAA and enjoy the great indoors.

Meet Mark Simon, a junior in political science who spent Election Night just off camera at KTVA, dishing the latest House and Senate race details to working journalists and commentators.

Nordik Language Klub meets twice a week to learn Norwegian and Icelandic language. Their meetings are open to the community and draw a rotating crew of students, alumni and Anchorage neighbors (and even the occasional international ambassador) to UAA.

Tanaina Child Development Center has been an Anchorage campus fixture since 1979, but they're not just helping kiddos learn. By partnering with the College of Education, they're boosting faculty research and helping a new generation of early childhood educators gain experience.

With a 9.875 on vault and a 4.0 in the classroom, Marie-Sophie Boggasch has set some impressive scores at UAA. They’re pretty remarkable when you consider this international student/Seawolf athlete/top-tier student is also a professional piloting major with a campus job as a flight instructor.

November is Alaska Native Heritage Month, and UAA is hosting a series of events to celebrate Alaska Native and American Indian cultures. UAA photographer Philip Hall stopped in during the opening celebration on Nov. 5, which highlighted regalia from various cultures. View a slideshow of his images here.

Fifty-two feet of cable, a 240-pound hollow brass bob and 360 generous donors who made it all happen. The Foucault pendulum anchoring the UAA/APU Consortium Library's central staircase turns 10 this semester. Learn about the surprising physics behind the silently swaying centerpiece.

With jagged peaks, endless ice, razor-sharp winds and a temperature that rarely tips above freezing, Antarctica is a completely unforgiving land. It’s a place where things can easily go wrong, and often do. And that’s exactly why Mark Peterson headed south.

Alaska Native nursing students leave home to grapple with rigorous classes. UAA's RRANN program brings them in, enfolding them in a warm, supportive community that helps them succeed.

Kelsi Swenson, Hope Meyn and A'Lena Sorenson are three Millennials who care. Club officers for the UAA Sustainability Club, they've been working to ensure sustainability remains, well, sustainable on campus. And they're also having fun doing it.