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Douglas Baye loves his home country, Nigeria, but the swan song of continuing his education drew him to Anchorage, where he is taking project management classes at UAA, advocating for other international students through his student job, playing soccer and winning the respect of colleagues. Now, Douglas has received one of the Chancellor's Martin Luther King Jr. Student Appreciation Awards.

With three academic degrees and eight current athletic records, Karolin Anders is, to put it numerically, a first-rate student-athlete. This May, she'll earn a master's in English and hopes to compete at nationals for the fifth year in a row.

Wildlife geneticist Ora Russ, M.S. '15, turned her graduate thesis into an opportunity for Alaska when her research, identifying populations of little-understood Bering cisco, greenlit a commercial fishery on the Yukon River.

UAA alumna Meredith Mapes (B.A. Theatre '16) has been racing dogs since she was 6 years old. Her goal: compete in The Last Great Race next year. Meet Meredith Mapes.

The Alaska Experimental Forecasting Facility at UAA provides high-resolution forecasts specifically tailored to the incredible — and incredibly challenging — land, sea and sky around the Chugach Mountains.

What's a millwright? It's a seldom-discussed but absolutely crucial (and highly paid) profession that demands a meticulous eye, versatility, and expertise with everything from turbines and pumps to lasers and other highly technical equipment.

Katie O'Loughlin has a passion for theatre, dance and connecting with people in a way that helps them find fulfillment outside their workaday lives. She recently tried her skills as a director, designer and choreographer for the first time in UAA's production of 'Middle Ground.'

A collaboration between UAA's Institute of Social and Economic Research, Providence, Healthy Futures, State of Alaska and Anchorage School District is providing insights into how, when and why kids get active, knowledge that could help people live healthier lives.

Addiction and homelessness plague scores of people in Anchorage. Those topics will be the centerpiece of a Feb. 2 UAA Think Tank session, with Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission featured as the guest agency.

Chrisalyn Johnson and Leah Swiss have a lot in common: both sophomores, both Dimond High grads, both members of UAA's volleyball team, and both high-achieving students with Alaska-focused careers in mind.