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A career in community service: School of Social Work professor Tracey Burke tackles food security in Anchorage

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

In 熊猫在线视频, 102,670 residents, or 1 in 7 people, struggle with hunger. Of the 102,670, about 20 percent of those struggling to obtain a healthy meal each day are children, according to data collected from a 2016 Feeding America, Map the Meal Gap Report. Tracey Burke, a professor in the School of Social Work at the 熊猫在线视频, has collaborated with Food Bank of 熊猫在线视频 and its partners for more than 10 years.

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Life is a highway

 |  Joey  | 

Think your commute is rough? Meet the Truesdells, Pat and Patti. For years, Pat drove from Soldotna to UAA. Patti earned her education degree at Kenai Peninsula College (KPC), but now teaches 98 miles away at Hope School. It hasn't been easy. But neither would change a thing.

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How UAA鈥檚 Justice Information Center is using data to help policymakers

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

Former Governor Sean Parnell was launching his Choose Respect Initiative, a campaign to end the epidemic of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child sexual abuse in the state. His administration tapped the 熊猫在线视频's Justice Center to help provide research and data to measure the effectiveness of the campaign.

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Associate to bachelor鈥檚: UAA鈥檚 School of Nursing is answering Kodiak鈥檚 health care needs

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UAA鈥檚 School of Nursing is undergoing a two-year expansion project, with the Kodiak Outreach Site next on the list. Associate Professor Margie Mete has been charged with transitioning the site鈥檚 associate program to a bachelor's program.

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Nursing student runs toward her academic goals

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Friday afternoon, she was on campus finishing a lab exam. Saturday morning, she was in Washington winning her second straight conference title. Medical Laboratory Science senior Caroline Kurgat is a cross country star, but you know what's more impressive? She only started running to earn her nursing degree.