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Casey Wright skiing Read More

Ski leader puts the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ in Team Australia

 |  J. Besl  | 

As a sophomore on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Nordic team, Casey Wright leads the 'Skiwolves' in classic skiing. And as a member of Australia's national ski program, she represents her homeland at international competitions like the Junior World Championships in Utah and the Asian Winter Games in Japan (and maybe, just maybe, next year's Winter Olympics, too).

Kendra Daniels at graduation Read More

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏmazing Stories: Kendra Daniels – Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ

 |  Meet Kendra  | 

In February, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ junior Kendra Daniels capped the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Gymnastics Team’s best performance of the season with a school-record 9.9 score on beam as the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves competed against UC Davis. Meet Kendra.

Dr. Whitmore Read More

Offering an oasis for breast-feeding mothers, on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's campus

 |  Tracy Kalytiak and Kirstin Olmstead  | 

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Dr. Corrie Whitmore led a team of faculty, staff and students in applying for a grant that brought a $15,000 Mamava lactation pod to the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Student Union. Now, nursing mothers will have a private, dedicated space on campus to feed their children or pump breast milk.

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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ lactation pod will support breast-feeding mothers

 |  Michelle Saport  | 

Nursing mothers at the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ now have a dedicated, private space to feed their babies or pump breast milk. The Alaska Division of Public Health awarded a group of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ faculty, staff and students an Alaska Workplace Breastfeeding Support Project grant through its section of Women's, Children's and Family Health. The project aims to help Alaska organizations implement workplace policies and spaces to accommodate breast-feeding mothers.