Nov 7, 2022
“I told you so” is something Eva Ulukivaiola hears a lot from her mom. Starting in middle school, Eva’s mom enrolled her in TRIO, sacrificing valuable free time and summer vacations. But her mom hoped that Eva and her sisters would use this resource as a springboard to be the first in their family to earn college...
Oct 20, 2022
It can be easy to lose yourself in Metro Manila, the capital region of the Philippines with a population of about 14 million people. It can be harder to do that in Utqiagvik, Alaska’s northernmost city with a population of about 4,000.
But E.J.R. David found himself exactly that: lost, struggling with issues of...
Sep 21, 2022
With a new academic year underway, education alumna and high school English teacher Temperance Tinker Kays is right where she wants to be.
This year, however, has big shoes to fill. In April 2022, toward the end of her 14th year at West Anchorage High School, Temperance was surprised with the title of this year’s...
Aug 30, 2022
Through times of growth, spells of waiting and pivots caused by unprecedented global pandemics, lifelong Alaskan and journalism and public communications alumna Tosha Swan has seen the state’s business community weather it all.
As vice president of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, Tosha helps advocate and...
Mar 15, 2022
Last year, UAA hockey was in a much more precarious place. One of three athletic programs slated for discontinuation due to drastic cuts to the University of Alaska system’s state-funded budget, Seawolf hockey elicited support from Alaska to Washington, meeting its fundraising goal of $3 million to be reinstated in...