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Patti Truesdell, B.Ed. '02 — a recent BP Teacher of the Year recipient — is one of two teachers in Hope, where she teaches K-12 every day (with pancake breaks) in a nontraditional classroom perfect for this nontraditional education grad.

Making connections is Byron Lowe II's passion. The UAA senior shoulders a double major in management and marketing, interns with Anchorage School District and oversees callers and student shift leads for UAA's Phonathon.

The process of navigating becoming a student at UAA just got easier with the launch of The University Hub, located just a few steps—literally—from the Student Union.

A monthly injection of Vivitrol calms cravings for heroin, giving real help to addicts emerging from prison and, as UAA DNP alumna Jyll Green discovered, providing a good chance of keeping them from going back behind bars.

Education cultivated Ernestine Hayes' talent for expressing joys and heartaches she has experienced because of her Tlingit identity. Now, the UAA M.F.A. alumna is being recognized with the honor of serving as Alaska State Writer Laureate.

John Macy, a UAA philosophy student, was first introduced to Seawolf Debate through a local debate competition. With zero previous debating experience, he decided to participate in a debate on the topic of "Consumers have a duty to buy locally." He won (a $500 Kaladi Brothers Coffee gift card!!!) and has been hooked on debate ever since. Meet John Macy.

Meet the power-welding grannies of UAA. Cloaked in face masks, surrounded by sizzles and sparks, the nontraditional students in this one-week short course, offered by UAA's welding and non-destructive testing program, move in when the students head out.

Ana Tatafu was born in American Samoa and, at age 10, moved to Anchorage. Now, the first-generation college student—a CBPP Leadership Fellow protégé and Gilman scholarship winner—has studied in Mexico and is poised to earn her accounting degree this spring.

Four women—Jyll Green, Jill Rife, Leigh Keefer and Robin Bassett—became the first class of graduates to accept Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees from UAA at fall commencement.

Student researchers at UAA are examining the threespine stickleback—a centimeters-long fish common in Anchorage parks—to better understand how genetic variations affect immune response in humans. Funded by the National Institute of Health, it's hyper-local research with national implications.