Forward Looking

At UAA, our unique geographical location and natural resources attract students, faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are challenged to think differently here: to both innovate and adapt as we leverage our environment and imagination. Our greatest successes come with ingenuity intelligently laced with relevance and practicality.

More:

• up-to-date,
• inventive,
• enterprising,
• resourceful

Less:

• inept,
• unimaginative,
• lagging,
• passé

Networked

UAA is linked to its communities and the state through close partnerships with Alaska’s industries and influentials that create mutually beneficial outcomes. We’re a leading force in workforce development with informal, almost neighborly, associations to business, state and community leaders. These connections, and our students’ similar experiences with professors and other campus decision-makers, create well-equipped graduates who are motivated, curious—and career ready.

More:

• “two degrees of separation,”
• germane,
• linked,
• capable

Less:

• detached,
• disconnected,
• disinterested

Hands On

At UAA, our students have a backstage pass to an Alaskan way of life that encourages a take-charge attitude and abounds with opportunities for active personal involvement in research, leadership, independent thinking and the outdoors. Friendly and open access to people, prospects and possibilities empowers students to succeed knowing they can make a difference here.

More:

• accessible,
• immersed,
• involved

Less:

• passive,
• inaccessible,
• apathetic,
• abstract

Remarkable

So much at UAA is surprising and worthy of notice. Inspired by our surroundings, our ambitious faculty, students and staff explore novel ideas and practical solutions to local and global challenges. We are a leading force, making a difference in new technologies, new jobs and new hope for the future.

More:

• noteworthy,
• serious,
• significant,
• striving

Less:

• ordinary,
• inconsequential,
• marginal

Welcoming

Our UAA people, campus and surroundings are unpretentious and inclusive. A diversity of cultures and experience boosted by a generous spirit, offer gateways to learning, fun and the future through connections that flatten lines of authority. We are comfortable to be around, available and sociable.

More:

• real,
• open,
• authentic,
• approachable

Less:

• unreceptive,
• narrow-minded,
• aloof,
• remote