2018 Archive

CCEL announces 2018 Dr. Alex Hills Engineering and Civic Engagement Award recipient

This year's Dr. Alex Hills Engineering and Civic Engagement Award goes to two UAA undergraduate students. Canyon Lewis (civil engineering) and Claire Lubke (biological sciences) will use the $2,500 award to develop an autonomous aeroponic garden system. The students will work on the project with faculty advisor Todd Petersen, associate professor of electrical engineering.

Congratulations to the spring Class of 2018!

UAA Spring 2018 Commencement at the Alaska Airlines Center.

UAA celebrated the spring Class of 2018 on Sunday, May 6. The ceremony honored the accomplishments of more than 1,200 undergraduate, graduate and professional school students from the Anchorage campus. Together, they join the nearly 1,100 UAA students who graduated in the fall. Congratulations, graduates!

Video: Busting criminals by the numbers

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Accounting and management major Yelena Sinyawski has always looked up to law enforcement professionals. Forensic accounting classes at UAA and a recent visit by the IRS’s Adrian Project showed her how an accounting degree can lead to a rewarding career catching bad guys.

Dr. Hattie Harvey named 2018 faculty recipient of the Selkregg Community Engagement & Service Learning Award

 

May 9, 2018: Meet with Digication (eWolf provider) co-founders Kelly Driscoll and Jeffrey Yan

 

Register for Quality Matters spring/summer workshops by May 9, 2018

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Join UAA, UAF and UAS in collaborative training on Quality Matters (QM) to become familiar with the QM Rubric and how the standards inform course design. Registration deadline is May 9, 2018.

CCEL announces recipient of 2018 Second Bridge Scholarship Award

The Center for Community Engagement and Learning (CCEL) is pleased to announce Cole Murphy as the recipient of the 2018 Second Bridge Scholarship Award. Cole's project, "Capacity & Services Development at Alaska Seeds of Change,” combines the interest in farming with the mission of empowering and advancing at-risk youth.

May 7, 2018: Welcome reception for Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services Beverly Cotton Shuford

All students, staff and faculty are invited to a welcome reception for Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services Beverly Cotton Shuford on May 7, 2018 in the Rasmuson Hall lobby.

April 30-May 7, 2018: Open forum with candidate for Director of Alumni Engagement

 

Civil engineering and leadership honors grad ready to take on the world

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Entering the real world after leaving school can be intimidating, but civil engineering graduate and leadership honors recipient Mohamed Niagne is off to a great start. Mohamed will launch his career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in May 2018, and hopes to use his talents around the world to bring better services to communities while finding safer methods to tap into natural resources.
2018 Posts Archive