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Assistant professors Kathryn Ohle and Jennifer McKay have joined forces to help newly graduated UAA teachers build their classroom libraries. With support from the UAA Center for Community Engagement and Learning, and book donations from retiring teachers, the project is off to a successful start.

UAA’s highly trained group of student workers ensures the university’s on-campus residents safely enjoy college to the max. Four resident advisors chat about why they took on such a tough job and what they love about res life at UAA.

This month, we're highlighting a distinguished trio of alumni all-stars. The 2017 Alumni of Distinction were recently recognized at this year's Homecoming Breakfast on Oct. 13. Learn more about this year's awardees.

Hattie Harvey, an assistant professor of early childhood development in UAA's College of Education, is collaborating on a year-long project with Cook Inlet Native Head Start's Yup'ik Immersion Program. The project aims to help bridge the gap in early childhood education for families who are fluent in Yup'ik and those just learning the language.

Accounting Week is a collaboration between Career Exploration and Services, the College of Business and Public Policy’s Accounting Department and the UAA Accounting Club, with the goal of ensuring accounting students successfully transition from student to accountant.

Guided by feedback from industry leaders, UAA’s School of Nursing is working to expand the program’s statewide reach with increased faculty and more robust satellite campus programs.

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.

Professional musician Kat Moore plays at Williwaw this Thursday, and Mat-Su College's Glenn Massay Theater on Friday. Sound busy? It's not. Take a look inside her big busy life, with shows in Denali and Girdwood, and jams in Homer and Hope, and read more about where to see her for yourself this week.

Denali National Park and Preserve celebrates its centennial this year, but you don't have to trek to the park to relive its 100-year history. Here are three ways to experience Denali through the stories of three Alaskans, courtesy of Archives and Special Collections at UAA.

Sam Gingerich has risen through the ranks of higher education, beginning as a chemistry professor and now in the highest echelons of university administration. Here, he gets candid about his dairy farm roots, love of chemistry and what he’s currently reading on his iPad.