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UAA junior Kristal Perez is the recipient of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and has spent the last four months living, studying and adventuring in Costa Rica. In this installment of Postcards Home, she talks about her experience before she jets off to Cuba for phase two of her study/travel abroad experience.

How do you follow up four years of studying justice and history? If you’re anything like Tyler Morris, you go back to pursue nursing science.

While the trade industries clamor to attract new talent, recent welding alumna Tia Thompson is already experiencing a hot streak that includes a historic victory at Student Showcase and an exciting new career on the North Slope.

Born and raised in Alaska, alumna Kari Sellars, Journalism and Public Communications '02, reflects on the hometown advantage and career versatility her degree has offered over the course of her 17-year career.

Originally from Australia, to say that Jack Macdonald traveled from one corner of the world to another to play basketball would not be an exaggeration.

UAA’s College of Engineering facilities manager Kim Riggs competed in the Iditarod Trail Invitational 1,000-mile bike race. It was a 21-day trek that tested her physical and mental strength to cycle through some of Alaska’s most challenging wilderness.

Reid Brewer, former director of University of Alaska Southeast’s Fisheries Technology program, will become UAA’s Kachemak Bay Campus director come June. The professor and marine biologist has dedicated his career to connecting the communities he’s lived in through education.

UAA alumna Maia Wen was recently awarded the Fulbright Student Scholarship, but her path to earning the prestigious award hasn’t been easy.

Chidiebere “Chidi” Iwuoha graduated last weekend with degrees in business management and marketing. But the young entrepreneur has already carved out a name for himself in the business community for his burgeoning film production company, Move Media.

Spring 2019 Commencement Speaker Geser Bat-Erdene is known around UAA for his roles in advocacy and student government. An international student, Bat-Erdene has a unique perspective on the need for citizens in a democracy to hold their leaders accountable.