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Jonathon Taylor had an unfathomably busy year, balancing academics with a full-time job, while also traveling the world with Seawolf Debate and representing students as USUAA president. Now, he adds one last accolade as student commencement speaker on Sunday, May 1.

For recent theater graduates Chloe Akers, B.A. '15, and Justin Oller, B.A. '15, the entire state is their latest stage. As guides for Salmon Berry Tours, they take Alaska's visitors on unique small-group tours, treating each road trip as a one-of-a-kind mobile performance.

The AHAINA program of the UAA Multicultural Center chose biological science majors Kenyon Wright and Chelsea Parrocha to be its 2016 Man and Woman of Excellence.

Jordan Batac is one of 32 mechanical engineering students graduating this May. She thanks her good fortune on family, friends and faculty.

UAA's Choron Ryan teaches hundreds of students the intricacies of anatomy and physiology. Here, she explains why she loves her work and describes strategies that help students succeed.

Founders of the Sacred Horse Sanctuary in Alabama demonstrated Native American "Horse Medicine" with a traditional Curly Horse from Fairbanks.

Haliehana Stepetin is a dancer, a veteran and a dedicated student born and raised in the overlap of Unangax, Russian and American cultures. As a Russian-speaking Unangax college student in Alaska, she may be the perfect person to research the Aleutian Islands she calls home.

With 48 panels, two keynote addresses and an expected turnout of 400 attendees, the fourth annual Alaska Native Studies Conference comes full circle, back to UAA.

Students who took a Mapworks survey nominated UAA teachers who helped them succeed in college—and Choron Ryan, Vara Allen-Jones and Kristin Bogue topped the list.