January 2015 Archive

Student staff at the UAA Gear Room serve as excellent resources for your next big Alaska adventure. They're knowledgeable on the gear, able to make repairs and recommendations, and equally itching to get outside themselves.

Rosa Parks galvanized a movement when she refused to give up her seat on a bus. Shortly thereafter, Freedom Riders like Dr. Lafayette took to the interstate buses, exercising their federally recognized rights across the still-segregated South. He visits UAA on Thursday.

Is this a meteorite? Was that an earthquake? Can I still make a living as a gold miner in Alaska? All day long, UAA alumnus Greg Durocher fields the nation's pressing geology questions for USGS, answering phone calls, emails and Facebook posts from across the country.

Just think of them as the 'Green Cross.' The UAA grounds crew—who keep the campus clean and green—have a special facility in the Student Union where sick plants can go for some extra TLC.

When Katey isn't helping fuel UAA with delicious coffee from Union Station Cafe in the Student Union, she's busy working her way toward a degree in social work.

UAA art professor Garry Mealor teaches a class in figure drawing to a group of young doctors in Anchorage—all overworked, overtired interns, halfway through their first year of residency. Since physicians spend their time thinking about how to fix the human body, Mealor's drawing class is an effort to get them to think more creatively about their careers.