2014 Archive

UAA civil engineering professor Andrew Metzger has been pondering the challenges and opportunities around Arctic infrastructure for the past four years. It's clear to him that transportation in the Arctic is developing and a corridor along the northwest coast could make a difference in Alaska's economic future.

Is she a Superwoman, or just addicted to productivity websites? None of that. Senior Nita Mauigoa figured out how to get the big stuff done on time, thanks to triplet boys who arrived when she was 27. After that, college was cake.

In 2012, UAA granted its first doctorates. The Joint UAA-UAF Clinical-Community Psychology Program has paved the way for new doctoral programs at UAA. Next in line is a nursing doctorate. Find out more and meet current psychology Ph.D. student Xio Owens.

UAA alumni hit the links—as in all those sky bridges that "link" our campus buildings. Alumni ParTee: 9 in the Spine had alumni and student leaders joined on mini golf teams. The course was full of windmills, mulligans and steaming indoor volcanoes.

A small side project among freshmen friends at UAA has grown over the past few years into a thriving business. Frontier Tutoring now hires a team of Seawolves as tutoring specialists, providing a boost for Anchorage's college-bound students. Founder Brian Franklin is Harvard-bound for his M.B.A. next year.

They've been toiling in labs, poring over spreadsheets and fine-tuning artistic and musical presentations. Now it's time for students to put their skills on display at the UAA Undergraduate Symposium, Student Showcase and Fine Arts recitals and exhibits.