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UAA's Diversity Action Council named Maria Crouch as one of its 2015 Spring Student Diversity Award winners because of her brave editorial celebrating how the diverse facets of her multicultural background—Athabascan, Mexican, Scandinavian and bisexual—have enriched her life.

A handful of UAA faculty and students pulled together a public forum on homelessness in the north. A group of Karluk Manor residents joined the discussion, offering insight on why they were once homeless and what helped them get off the street.

UAA student Trevor Gutierrez is settling in nicely in his legislative internship with Sen. Lesil McGuire. In this edition of Postcards Home, Trevor tells us about his assignment to carry two pieces of legislation—one relating to the Arctic and the other juvenile justice. He admits, "I definitely underestimated how much work goes into getting legislation passed."

UAA Mat-Su College's paramedicine program is using an expanded space, donated ambulance and new simulation tools to enhance its academic core and help students establish what will be lifesaving careers.

250 students + 47 nations + an Ebola crisis, Gandalf and the World Bank? It could only be Model UN. From Feb. 26-28, UAA hosted high school students from across the state for the 33rd annual conference, transforming west campus into a simulated United Nations compound for the weekend.

For the second year in a row, alumni teams returned to UAA’s campus to putt their way across campus via the Spine on Thursday, Feb. 26. Flip through photos of this year's Alumni ParTee: 9 in the Spine.

The fifth annual UAA Beard and 'Stache Competition featured comedy, drama, upsets, surprises and a whole lot of face hair. See this year's winners and hear all about the trials and tribulations of Moustache Ken.

Congratulations to the spring 2015 Student Diversity Award winners: Maria Crouch, Kyle Demientieff-Worl, Andrew Freed II, "Jenny" Jaeyeon Cho, Ashleigh Gaines, "Jae" Jae Min Cho, Eli Michael-Trumbull, Jordan Norquist, Nayade Perez, Steffanie La Torre, Ana Azpilcueta, Tyler Ching, Edward Washington II and Yasuhito Nakasato.

Early literacy coach Bryan Bearss spends his weekdays coaching ASD teachers and his weekends coaching Iditarod athletes—the furry ones. This winter, when his musher friend suffered a season-ending injury, he stepped back on the runners to prep for the 2015 Iditarod.

Since its debut in 1977, the Spine has grown from an open-air walkway over Chester Creek into a crucial campus artery. Learn how every window, chair and square foot of the Spine has been deliberately designed to make the most of our urban and wild campus.