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March 30, 2021
Amanda Friendshuh completed her Bachelor of Arts in elementary education at UAS in May 2020 and immediately was hired to teach third grade at Chapman Elementary and Middle School in Anchor Point, Alaska while also participating in UAS' reading specialist master's program.
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March 30, 2021
Dylan Baffrey (UAF '18) is one of the proud alumna of the University of Alaska Fairbanks civil engineering program and is now employed by the multinational engineering firm Tetra Tech as a civil engineer.
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March 30, 2021
Emily Edenshaw [UAA '12], is President and CEO of the Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC), which was recently named one of "America's Cultural Treasures," a national initiative from the Ford Foundation.
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School of Nursing keeping up amid COVID-19
April 28, 2021Read ArticleLast spring, the University of Alaska’s School of Nursing moved quickly to get its 2020 graduates out the door and working on the frontlines as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated.
This year, it took equally quick steps to make sure its continuing students got their chance at clinicals and other hallmarks of nursing school, even in the middle of a pandemic, so the pipeline of new nurses wouldn’t be cut off.
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AK delegation introduces bill for University stability
April 15, 2021Alaska's Congressional delegation has introduced the University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act in both the US House and Senate.Read Article -
University of Alaska makes public pitch for help achieving $200 million fundraising goal
April 1, 2021University of Alaska leaders are going public with the hope of completing a first-of-its-kind $200 million fundraising effort for scholarships, research and other priorities.Read Article
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The University of Alaska is a land-, sea- and space-grant system of higher education established in 1917.
The UA system's three universities (UAA, UAF and UAS) are separately accredited institutions with campuses and extended learning centers across the state of Alaska.