Jul 6, 2026
According to WalletHub, 47% of United States adults grade their financial literacy a C or below, while 46% of college students feel that school has not adequately prepared them for financial independence.
Offering a crash course on personal finance and financial literacy is Dave Valdez. Dave is the chief strategy...
May 26, 2026
Finish high school, go to college, get a job. That used to be the pathway to professional success, but there may be an added fourth step: attending graduate school.
According to a report by Encoura, 94% of graduate students are pursuing their degrees for reasons related to career advancement. Additionally, a paper by...
Feb 24, 2026
When you ask someone to picture Alaska, one of the most iconic images that is sure to pop up is dog mushing, which is a topic Robert Forto knows all about.
Robert currently teaches a course on dog mushing at UAA, has trained hundreds of sled dogs professionally since 1994, and has since built a podcasting and speaking...
Dec 11, 2023
Anyone can put on a coat, hat and beard and call themselves Santa Claus. But few embody the spirit of Father Christmas as perfectly as professional piloting alumnus Dan Bale. An Alaska bush pilot who has logged more than 20,000 flight hours over the course of his 50-year career, during the winter, he is more...
Nov 30, 2023
November is American Indian Alaska Native Heritage Month, and in a bit of serendipitous timing, this month is also when business alumnus Jason Hotch, a first-generation university graduate from the Southeast Alaska village of Klukwan, stepped into his new position as director of Native Student Services at UAA.
In this...