Join us on Oct. 18 for two very special Alaska Day events!

Alaska 2058: The Next 50 Years. A panel of experts in various subjects will engage in a conversation about the future of our state. Based in Anchorage at the UAA campus, the panel discussion will be videoconferenced to the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Alaska Southeast where audiences will be allowed to ask questions and discuss their own visions for the next 50 years. Panelists include ASD Superintendent Carol Comeau, APRN reporter Steve Heimel, UAF Interim Chancellor Brian Rogers, Dr. Sven Haakanson Jr. and more. Join in the discussion on Oct. 18 from 2-5 p.m. at: UAA -- Rasmuson Hall 117; UAF -- Butrovich 109; and UAS -- Egan Lecture Hall 112. This event is free and open to the public.

The UAA Polaris Lecture series presents its annual Alaska Day lecture featuring special guests Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens and Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye, and a performance by the Alaska Native Heritage Center Dancers. This event is particularly significant during this year of statehood celebrations. Sen. Stevens and Sen. Inouye will recount their roles in the struggle for statehood and the road thereafter for the last two states to enter the Union, both in 1959. Join us Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Wendy Williamson Theatre on the UAA campus. This event is free and open to the public.