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Kenai Peninsula College celebrates 60th anniversary

Kenai Peninsula College main entrance and parking lot

Growing from a small organization offering a handful of classes to local students to a multi-campus system serving more than 1,600 students each semester, Kenai Peninsula College marked its 60th anniversary with an open house event highlighting its rich history and local impact, drawing more than 400 students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members.

Rolling out UAA’s new tagline: Your journey. Your community. Your impact.

UAA's MobileGo trailer unit adorned with the new tagline: Your journey. Your community. Your impact.

Launched as part of a brand refresh, the new tagline — "Your Journey," "Your Community" and "Your Impact" — captures distinct-yet-interconnected elements of what UAA offers and represents, addressing different audiences while reinforcing a cohesive narrative.

Cultivating the next generation of passionate, ethical storytellers

Brad Hillwig sitting behind two video cameras

Media entrepreneur and business alumnus Brad Hillwig named UAA Department of Journalism and Public Communications’ Atwood Chair of Journalism for the 2024-25 academic year

Middle school students learn corrosion chemistry at Summer Engineering Academies

UAA mechanical engineering professor Raghu Srinivasan teaches a UAA Summer Engineering Academy for middle school students focusing on corrosion chemistry in UAA's Engineering and Computation Building.

Earlier this summer, middle school students spent five days on the Anchorage campus delving into the science behind rust and decay as part of a corrosion chemistry camp led by mechanical engineering associate professor Raghu Srinivasan.

Circling back to Adak: Diane Hanson’s life as an archaeologist

Excavating on Adak Island

For Diane Hanson, Ph.D., professor emerita of anthropology, retirement is not the end of a career discovering ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ’s prehistory, but rather the opening of a new chapter. Hanson is currently working on a proposal to return to Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands to investigate an archaeological site she visited decades earlier.

Small changes can lead to big impacts: Meet USUAA President Luis Sanchez-Ulloa Jr.

Luis Sanchez-Ulloa Jr.

Union of Students of the ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ (USUAA) President Luis Sanchez-Ulloa Jr. believes small changes make the biggest impact when it comes to enacting visible change.

Save the date for Welcome Week events kicking off the fall semester

Students compete in Canoe Battleship in UAA's Avis ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Sports Center during UAA's 2023 Campus Kickoff.

Celebrate the start of the 2024-25 academic year with a full slate of events leading up to the first day of classes! From festivals and fairs to athletics to music, don’t miss these opportunities to connect with the campus community.

New Tribal SSBCI business program launched by UAA’s ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ SBDC

ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Native welcomes on the entrance of UAA's Student Union.

A new program led by UAA's ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Small Business Development Center will deploy over $83 million in federal funds to drive private sector investments into rural and ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Native-owned businesses across the state. By bringing together 125 of ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ’s federally recognized tribes to create the largest tribal consortium in the nation, the program will provide critical financial resources for ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ’s small businesses and help foster a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Michele Yatchmeneff discusses engaging ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Native students in STEM on NSF podcast

Michele Yatchmeneff, associate professor of civil engineering and executive director for ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Native Education and Outreach at UAA

Michele Yatchmeneff, associate professor of civil engineering and executive director for ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Native Education and Outreach at UAA, recently joined NSF's Discovery Files podcast to discuss her background, the importance of belonging and engaging ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Native students in STEM fields.

UAA's aviation program awarded $50,000 in scholarships from Atlas Air Worldwide

Atlas Air CEO Michael Steen tours the flight line with UAA Piloting and Aviation Management professor Cassie Martin and  Chief Strategic Gifts Officer Jennifer Motes as he visits UAA's Aviation Technology Center and announces that Atlas Air will award $50,000 in scholarships to the ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ.

Atlas' $50,000 donation to UAA will fund seven scholarships to help offset education costs for students pursuing careers in the aviation industry. The needs-based scholarships will help expand opportunities for students while addressing critical workforce shortages.

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