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When UAA civil engineering student Jordan Cooper joined Girl Scouts in first grade, she never imagined her experience would later inspire her to create a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) website for Alaska’s youth.

Taylor Noga works hard to stay sharp in both engineering and volleyball. A two-time member of the conference all-academic team, she's a junior civil engineering major with eyes on the future. “I know it’s going to get harder, but I’m excited for the challenge.”

Ever since Alexandria McLearen was a little girl, there have been three things in life she was sure about: she would attend college, stay in Alaska and pursue a medical degree. Fall 2017’s commencement student speaker gets candid about how family, culture and her love of Alaska influenced her decision to attend UAA.

As a freshman, Valeria Delgado had no idea that joining her friend for a UAA student club meeting would inspire her to spend the next four years advocating for smoke and tobacco policy change on campus, as well as nationwide.

It wasn’t long ago that UAA students TJ Wagoner and Tyler Fenton were young boys making snowboard videos in their backyard. But the two entrepreneurs have carved a name for themselves and their videography business, 2 Core Films, in Alaska’s wedding industry.

Journalism and Communication alumnus Wesley Early ’16 talks about finding his niche and loving his job as web editor and producer for Alaska Public Media.

Jalen Konukpeok could fluently speak five languages before finishing high school. From New Stuyahok, he’s now studying in one of the nation’s most diverse cities. “I’m a flight away from home, yet I’m here at the university with people from all across the world.”

As principal of the most diverse middle school in the nation, Williams encourages and inspires nearly 1,000 students each year. Alaska’s principal of the year for 2015-2016, Williams has built unique, purposeful learning pathways—including several UAA-partnered academies—for her Mountain View students.

After ANSEP internships through UAF, a math degree from UAA, and an education master's from UAS, Jessica Hunt is right back where she started in Emmonak, Alaska, teaching every level of high school math in her home community on the Yukon River.