2014 Archive

Read more for the complete list of events happening at the UAA Campus Bookstore this December. Topics include circumpolar health, geovisualization, life in a Madagascar prison, lost villages of the Aleutians and more. All bookstore events are informal, free and open to the public.

Nordik Language Klub meets twice a week to learn Norwegian and Icelandic language. Their meetings are open to the community and draw a rotating crew of students, alumni and Anchorage neighbors (and even the occasional international ambassador) to UAA.

Tanaina Child Development Center has been an Anchorage campus fixture since 1979, but they're not just helping kiddos learn. By partnering with the College of Education, they're boosting faculty research and helping a new generation of early childhood educators gain experience.

With a 9.875 on vault and a 4.0 in the classroom, Marie-Sophie Boggasch has set some impressive scores at UAA. They’re pretty remarkable when you consider this international student/Seawolf athlete/top-tier student is also a professional piloting major with a campus job as a flight instructor.

Zeynep Kılıç, a professor of sociology at UAA, is in the midst of filming a documentary about food culture in Istanbul, Turkey. Learn more about her research and see a teaser for the film, slated for completion in December 2015.

Seeing a dentist at work inspired Jaeyeon "Jenny" Cho, propelling the international student from Seoul, South Korea, toward a career that fuses her two passions—art and science.

November is Alaska Native Heritage Month, and UAA is hosting a series of events to celebrate Alaska Native and American Indian cultures. UAA photographer Philip Hall stopped in during the opening celebration on Nov. 5, which highlighted regalia from various cultures. View a slideshow of his images here.