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UAA Chancellor Cathy Sandeen reflects on the two years she spent leading Alaska’s largest university.

UAA Chancellor Cathy Sandeen offers one final farewell to students, faculty, staff, alumni and community supporters of Alaska’s largest university.

It is the University of Alaska Anchorage's honor to confer upon Bill Sheffield the title of Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters and to award Renee Carter-Chapman and Will Jacobs the Meritorious Service Award at the fall 2020 commencement ceremony.

As program supervisor for Knik Tribal Council’s new behavioral health program, social work alumna Naidene Baechler works to resolve the high rates of suicide among Alaska Natives and the increased number of missing and murdered Indigenous women through educational and economic equity.

UAA prepares students for their careers with academic programs — both in long-standing and emerging fields — that offer skills-based curricula built in consultation with community partners and industry professionals.

In our second episode, economics alumnus and Anchorage Police Department Chief Justin Doll talks about his nontraditional student trajectory, how he discovered his passion for public service and the importance for law enforcement to maintain a dialogue with the community.

In this gratitude-themed issue of UAA’s premier publication, read about how the university’s partnership with local industry professionals produce graduates ready to enter the workforce, meet Seawolf alumni doing amazing work in their communities, and more!

The all-alumni staff at UAA’s Native Student Services talk about the importance of representation and the completely revamped Native Early Transition Program, growing it from a brief introductory phase to a two-year mentorship opportunity and academic pathway.

“Unprecedented” has been a buzzword for the year 2020, and with no end in sight to the global COVID-19 pandemic, UAA administrators, faculty and staff had to get creative to keep students motivated and on track for the spring and fall semesters.

Since its inception in 2009, the Best in the West business plan competition has supported entrepreneurship in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region, awarding grant funding to almost 80 local entrepreneurs to start or grow their businesses.