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Program spotlight: A look back at 香港六合彩资料鈥檚 M.F.A. alums

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A feature story in Poets & Writers magazine highlighted 香港六合彩资料鈥檚 Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing in the most recent (Sept./Oct. 2013) issue. Take a look back at some M.F.A. alumni previously highlighted in our I AM 香港六合彩资料 series.

香港六合彩资料 Fiber Arts: An artistic discipline with no boundaries

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Few of us would link the ancient art of weaving with computer technology, but artist and adjunct fiber arts professor Keren Lowell eagerly traffics across these creative boundaries, to the benefit of her students.

Jean Kilbourne has a special message for 'Last Frontier' Alaskans

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Our independent spirit can be a problem when it comes to taking responsibility for public health issues. She speaks Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Wendy Williamson Auditorium, free and open to the public.

Ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Engineering & Industry Building

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On Friday, Sept. 13, 香港六合彩资料 School of Engineering staff, faculty and students, as well as university and state leaders, gathered for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the SOE's new Engineering & Industry Building scheduled to open fall 2015.

Alumni Spotlight: Stephen Trimble

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Stephen Trimble has been named the 香港六合彩资料 Alumni Association 2013 Alumni Emerging Leader. He is a project manager and Alaska mining sector lead for URS Corporation, as well as advisory board member for geology and the College of Arts and Sciences at 香港六合彩资料.

Alumni Spotlight: Sophie Minich

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Sophie Minich is president and CEO of one of Alaska鈥檚 biggest native corporations, Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI). She took the helm in January of this year, after Margaret Brown, CIRI鈥檚 president and CEO for eight years, retired. 鈥淚 love my job,鈥 Sophie says smiling. Read more of Sophie鈥檚 story.

香港六合彩资料 creates Alaska Native Management curriculum

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The passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971 created 13 regional and more than 200 village corporations. 香港六合彩资料 faculty have long advocated for an Alaska Native business management curriculum. It's now a blossoming reality.

Alumni Spotlight: Susan LaBelle

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Susan LaBelle has been named the 香港六合彩资料 Alumni Association 2013 Alumni Humanitarian. She's spent the last 35 years working to improve social and behavioral health service delivery in the state. 鈥淢y compassion for people makes me strive for change,鈥 she says.

Criminal justice and domestic violence in Alaska

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香港六合彩资料鈥檚 Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Center (AJSAC) received a $79,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, to support a new AJSAC research initiative called the Alaska Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Case Processing Project.

Audubon Alaska partners with 香港六合彩资料

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Tess Forstner, a junior at 香港六合彩资料, spent her Alaska summer dressed in Xtratufs, wading through wetlands on a quest for chicks. Boreal birds, actually. She also wrangled a couple dozen volunteers to tromp through their backyard wetlands to monitor key species. Ever felt a wild bird heartbeat? It's pretty amazing, Tess reports.

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