2016 Archive

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.

David Parret re-enrolled at UAA after discovering the geomatics department, and he's prioritized outreach ever since. To boost his department's visibility, he built a splashy, colorful augmented reality sandbox last summer that's as striking and sought-after as a day at the beach.

As a New York stuntman, UAA theatre graduate Peter Wallach (B.A. ’08 Theatre) stands in for Kevin Bacon, among others. Ask him what it’s like to be hit by a car on CBS’s Blue Bloods.