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The Maritime Workforce Development program at Kodiak College delivers classes across the archipelago, from the school in Old Harbor to the boat decks of Ouzinkie. The affordable, accessible, portable and nationally unique program expands education opportunities in one of the most successful fishing ports in the nation.

As a baby, Nicole listened to her step-grandmother speaking Spanish to relatives back home. Now, the UAA English-and-economics alumna is an adult whose passion for the language will soon bring her to Asturias, Spain, as a Fulbright English teaching assistant.

Physics and math have fascinated Nathaniel Cox since his days at East High. Science and math led him to engineering and a research effort that the newly minted National Science Foundation fellow hopes will enhance the lives of people in areas affected by climate change.

This was a busy semester for Casey Wright. In addition to weekend road trips with the UAA Nordic team, she also flew to Japan to compete in Olympic qualifiers for Team Australia. But despite her busy travel schedule, Casey still boasts a 4.0 GPA.

WWAMI anatomy instructor Jamie Elswick won the 2017 Selkregg Community Engagement & Learning Award with a mobile foot- and wound-care clinic idea inspired by a service-learning partnership UAA's Dr. Michele Burdette-Taylor launched at Central Lutheran Church. The project will help her students gain valuable “street medicine” expertise while earning credit; volunteer nurses are on hand in case a person at the clinic needs care that is outside a student’s skill set.

The first time around, Matt Childs graduation ceremony was an afterthought. This time, he was center stage. GCI's director of data analysis earned an M.B.A. this May, as well as the chance to address his classmates as student speaker.

Seventeen years ago, Chong Kim graduated from UAA with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Now, he works for the Alaska Department of Transportation, helming a project that will help relieve traffic woes in the Dimond area.

At Kenai Peninsula College, septuagenarian elders live side-by-side with teenage students during parts of the school year, adding a taste of home and an extra boost of student support for the school's many Native and rural students.

Students at UAA's School of Nursing practice assessment, critical-thinking, intervention and procedure skills on "patients" while learning collaboratively in the College of Health Simulation Lab.

More than 1,300 graduates earned degrees on May 7 at the Alaska Airlines Center. Take a look at a few images from the Class of 2017's big day.