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Last week kicked off a series of events to celebrate the grand opening of the Alaska Airlines Center on UAA's campus. Check out a slideshow of the festivities so far, and make plans to come to one of the many events happening this week!

Five UAA alumni discuss how the Peace Corps experience affected their career, and how their years of service in mountain towns and desert villages across the map continue to shape their lives today.

She grew up in Anchorage with parents who came from Colombia, feels she was born to be a journalist, and will be required to learn French for her next challenge: spending two years in Burkina Faso. Meet Alejandra Buitrago.

Keith Hackett calls the new Alaska Airlines Center a "communiversity" facility. He believes it will change the way the public looks at the University of Alaska, this campus, and the city of Anchorage.

Coach Paul Stoklos has 16 student-athletes on this year's roster and they're all excited about their new home in the Alaska Airlines Center. Experts are just finishing equipment installation in the new purpose-built gymnastics practice facility this week.

Injured student-athletes have, for years, gone through their rehabilitation in cramped quarters. Now, they get enhanced care at UAA's new sports medicine facility in the Alaska Airlines Center.

The great sports team migration to the AAC has opened up new space in the Wells Fargo for Seawolf Hockey to get comfortable at the start of their new season. Increased opportunities for student recreation are on the horizon as well.

The Alaska Airlines Center is home to the new Varsity Sports Grill, slated to open Oct. 1. NMS Chef Matt Little Dog plans to tempt diners with full lunch and dinner menus featuring sandwiches, pizzas, salads, seafood and pasta entrées.

This week, UAA welcomes the class of 2018 onto a campus that is rapidly transforming. Read on for a construction update (the dust won’t settle soon) and a quick snapshot of the 1,338 freshman Seawolves. Welcome back to campus!

USUAA's new executive leadership team believes students should sit on every committee making decisions about life on campus. That includes the Wells Fargo Sports Complex redesign, and even prioritization.