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Alumni Spotlight: Capt. Amy Blanco

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Alumna Capt. Amy Blanco tells how her experiences at UAA in the mathematics department and Air Force ROTC program helped shape her successful career in cyberspace operations with the U.S. Air Force.

Student Spotlight: Christa Eussen

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Senior Christa Eussen is wrapping up her undergraduate research projects this year and nervously waiting to hear back from med schools. Internships at ANMC have helped turn her thinking toward a possible future as a physician in her home state of Alaska.

Alumni Spotlight: Andrew Israels-Swenson

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Back on campus for Homecoming 2013 after 17 years away, Andrew was thrilled to see all the changes and see that Concert Board and A Cappella Festivella, two of his pioneering efforts at UAA, were still going strong.

Alumni Spotlight: Geran Tarr

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Find out how this Ohio native came to Anchorage, where she now serves as a representative for the city’s Airport Heights, Russian Jack and Mountain View neighborhoods.

Student Spotlight: Alexis Grieser

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Find out how Alexis Grieser, biochemistry major/studio art minor, found a way to balance her passion for art and science.

Alumni Spotlight: Spencer Shroyer, aka DJ Spencer Lee

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Former Seawolf DJ Spencer Lee will scratch and mix at this year's Homecoming Dance.

Staff Spotlight: Erin Hicks

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Meet the new director of the UAA Planetarium and Visualization Theater. Erin is one of the bright new stars in UAA’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, arriving in Alaska just this year with her family.

Staff Spotlight: Lora Volden

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Lora's been part of #SeawolfNation for 12 years, working at UAA and cheering for Seawolf athletes. She also admits to getting a bad case of Iditarod fever every year. Read more about this Midwesterner who has embraced Alaska living.

Alumni Spotlight: Dave Rand

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When Dave Rand, co-founder and CEO of ATS Alaska, first came to Alaska from New England, he was ready for a bit of adventure. It was never supposed to be home. He hiked, paddled and fished his way into reworking his life plan, though. Read his story.

Alumni Spotlight: Dan Carpenter

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KTUU Channel 2 News Multi-Media Journalist Dan Carpenter is redefining what it means to be a journalist. Read more about this JPC alum who first became fascinated with life behind the lens as a kid in Bethel.

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