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Exciting NEW Fast Track Graduate Certificates

New fast-track graduate certificates are UAA’s response to Alaska’s industrial sector need for a highly-skilled, uniquely-prepared workforce ready to rally in the post-pandemic world. Each certificate positions you, the employee or employer, for success in your current job or prepares you to pivot to a new career opportunity. A UAA Graduate Certificate is flexible, dynamic, and enterprising with your advancement in mind.

Fast-Track Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

Now is the time to enhance your marketability and career potential by earning a Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. This fast-track graduate certificate will sharpen your data-driven decision-making skills while preparing you for a highly desirable career as a data scientist or data analyst in industry sectors vital to Alaska’s economy. As a fast-track, convenient, just-right learning pathway, the Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence will meet your immediate needs while putting you that much closer to earning your MBA. For more information, please contact Dr. Helena Wisniewski, Chair, Management, Marketing, Logistics, and Business Analytics Department.

Fast-Track Graduate Certificate in Executive Leadership

Are you looking for an accelerated pathway to advance your leadership skills in a senior or executive leadership position? UAA’s Graduate Certificate in Executive Leadership provides exceptional professional development for executive business leaders or those aspiring leaders seeking expertise in core competencies needed to unlock innovation and growth in an organization. This fast-track graduate certificate enhances your ability to foster team energy, drive results, and catalyze organizational change in public, private, or non-profit sectors. In addition, current MBA students needing evidence of leadership training to augment their degree will find the Graduate Certificate in Executive Leadership offers that competitive edge. For more information, please contact Dr. Helena Wisniewski, Chair, Management, Marketing, Logistics, and Business Analytics Department.

Fast-Track Graduate Certificate in Project Management

All Alaskan industries in the post-pandemic context must prepare to quickly streamline operations for enhanced productivity and organizational speed requiring a unique skill set in project management. UAA’s Graduate Certificate in Project Management is designed to advance your crucial project management skills in construction, IT, engineering, energy, transportation, healthcare, tourism, natural resources, and more. A Graduate Certificate in Project Management readies you now for what industry will need in the near future while moving you half-way to a full master’s degree. For more information, please contact LuAnn Picard, PMP, Chair, Project Management in College of Engineering, or Keturah Costello, Administrative Support.  

Upcoming Thesis Defenses: 

• Anthropology

   At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Anthropology. Please check back or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

• Biological Sciences
   At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Biological Sciences. Please check back or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 
• Creative Writing & Literary Arts

  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Creative Writing and Literary Arts. Please check back or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

• English

  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in English. Please check back or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

• Geological Sciences
  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Applied Geological Sciences. Please check back or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.
• Psychology (MS/PhD)

  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Psychology. Please check back or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

• Civil Engineering
  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Civil Engineering. Please check back or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.
• Mechanical Engineering
  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Mechanical Engineering. Please check back or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.
• Dietetics & Nutrition
  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Dietetics & Nutrition. Please check back or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.
• Interdisciplinary Studies

  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Interdisciplinary Studies. Please check back or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

Upcoming Project Defenses:

• English

  At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in English. Please check back or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

• Geological Sciences

  At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in Geological Sciences. Please check back or see other programs fo their their scheduled defenses.

• Dietetics & Nutrition

   

  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Dietetics and Nutrition. Please check back or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.
• Nursing Science

  At this time, there are no upcoming DNP defenses in Nursing Science. Please check back or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 

• Public Health Practice

  At this time, there are no upcoming project defenses in Public Health Practice. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 

• Project Management
  At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in Project Management. Please check back or see other programs fo their their scheduled defenses. 
• Civil Engineering
  At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in Civil Engineering. Please check back later or see other programs fo their their scheduled defenses. 
• Mechanical Engineering
  At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in Mechanical Engineering. Please check back or see other programs fo their their scheduled defenses.
• Interdisciplinary Studies
  At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in Interdisciplinary Studies. Please check back or see other programs fo their their scheduled defenses.

 

Graduate Funding Opportunities:

The Alfred P. Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership (https://sloan.org/programs/higher-education/diversity-equity-inclusion/sloan-indigenous-graduate-partnership) offers fellowships to Indigenous (Alaska Native, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and/or Native Samoan with documentation) who are attending University of Alaska Anchorage for approved (hard) STEM MS and PhD degrees can qualify for a $33,000 fellowship. Please see the ANSEP Graduate Interest Application. 

 The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Arctic Section is pleased to offer one scholarship award of $3000 in memory of John W. Davies, a former Chair of the Section 

The competition is open to any full time graduate student at a recognized University in Canada or the US State of Alaska whose research will assist in providing solutions to problems encountered in the Arctic or in cold ocean environments. The attached letter contains information on research areas and selection requirements. Information is also on the Arctic Section’s website:  https://www.sname.org/arcticsection/home.

The deadline for applications is midnight Mountain Standard Time on Friday, June 26, 2020. 

NOTE: Due to the special circumstances resulting from COVID-19, including university closures, the deadline for applications for the 2020 award has been extended to November 20, 2020.

The 2020 scholarship will be awarded as soon as practicable after November 20, following the review process.

Email: 2020scholarship@icetech16.org

URL:   https://www.sname.org/arcticsection/home

 

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