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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 Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ 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, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ 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 Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ 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.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ 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.

Santa brought the Seawolf Debate team the opportunity to travel to Malaysia for the World Universities Debating Championships last month. They took off on Christmas day to face the best collegiate debaters in the world. 'Invariably the students come back better debaters,' said Steve Johnson, head coach.

Medeia Csoba DeHass' desire to be an anthropologist ignited in the living room of her home in Hungary in the 1980s and brought her around the world to Alaska, where she studies the impact of Russian Orthodoxy on Sugpiaq and other Alaska Native cultures.

Simone Penker and Morgan Cook picked one of the more physically taxing routes to graduate school—competing as NCAA Div. I gymnasts as undergrads—but they're proud of all they're achieving as part of a competitive team.

It's a short history, but a wild ride. In his new book—"Becoming Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ: 1954-2014"—emeritus professor of History & Political Science Dr. Will Jacobs details the political roller coaster that saw the campus expand physically, split ideologically and adjust constantly in its first six decades.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Honors College student Alex West was thinking like a bear-aware Alaskan when she developed her undergraduate research. Her hydro-powered, floating fish grinder was awarded a U.S. patent with help from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Office of Research.

Five Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ students will spend spring semester working as legislative aides for Senators or Representatives in Juneau. They attend a seminar at UAS and commit to working 35 hours a week for 14 weeks, watching the legislative process in action.