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UAA assistant athletic director for media relations Nate Sagan has resigned his position and will leave the department effective Sept. 1.

Being selected as the Hooding Ceremony Student Speaker is an honor, but when the honor is capped off as the first-ever student speaker for this event, it carries an unspoken responsibility of being a trendsetter.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been at the top of the news lately, with Congress considering but then dropping proposed changes. Congress will try again to change the ACA—but it's uncertain how or when. A new overview by Linda Leask, Rosyland Frazier and Jessica Passini of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) brings together information from many sources to describe health care coverage Alaskans have now, and how ACA provisions have changed that coverage.

Roxi Valentine is the winner for the UAA Campus Bookstore 20th Annual Admin Professional of the Year Award. Roxi has been an administrative assistant for the numerous programs within the School of Allied Health and has supported its growth, as it expanded from three departments to 11 departments over 20 years. Her service to everyone in the UAA community is outstanding!

In April, English professors Ronald Spatz and Heather Adams teamed up on two events and outreach related to issues of sexual violence (with AQR's essay "White Horse" as a focal point).