UAA's Ronald Spatz a recipient of the 2010 Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities

Ronald Spatz, dean of the University Honors College and editor of Alaska Quarterly Review, is a 2010 recipient of the Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities. This annual series of awards honors the contribution of individuals and groups that enrich the civic, intellectual and cultural life of all Alaskans through the wisdom and techniques of the humanities.

The awards, sponsored by the Alaska State Council on the Arts, the Alaska Humanities Forum and the Office of the Governor, will be presented in Fairbanks on Thursday, Oct. 21.

Bio provided by the Alaska State Council on the Arts:

Humanities Award: Ronald Spatz, Anchorage. Now in his 31st year at the University of Alaska Anchorage, Mr. Spatz has advanced the humanities as a professor and as founding dean of the University Honors College. He co-founded and managed Alaska's nationally celebrated literary journal, Alaska Quarterly Review, deemed by the Washington Post Book World as "one of the nation's best literary magazines." He also founded and developed UAA's innovative community outreach Web site, LitSite Alaska (and its children's site, Alaska Kids). Mr. Spatz is the driving force behind these enduring, outstanding projects that present the best of the humanities in Alaska to the nation, and significantly foster appreciation of the humanities in the state. His role in leading the development of honors education at UAA is a prime example. Mr. Spatz's record in the humanities is one of extraordinary leadership, creative vision, significant accomplishment and major contributions to Alaska.

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