UAS Student Alumni Association

Interested in forming a competitive Esports team? Join us on Friday, October 1st for the Esports Space Reveal at the Technical Education Center from 8pm to 12am! Play games on the computer and check out the space! Meet in front of John Pugh Hall for transportation to and from the event. Catering is provided. Click the following link to sign up for this event. We'll see you there!

https://forms.gle/7NqpzrWfPCipejs5A

The first ever UAS Alumni Association photo contest is well underway, but there's still time if you want to participate and submit a photo! Deadline to submit a photo is April 10th, by 5pm. For more information, visit the UAS Alumni and Development website:

UAS Alumni and Friends Photo Contest What does College Virtual Learning Look Like? Show us your best virtual learning picture.

Interested in showing off your photography skill? Look no further! The UAS Alumni Association is hosting it's first ever photo contest! Have an awesome photo of virtual learning? Submit it to the "What College Virtual Learning Looks Like" category and have a chance to win $150.00 in prepaid gift cards! Want more information? Visit the Alumni & Friends website here:

UAS Alumni and Friends Photo Contest What does College Virtual Learning Look Like? Show us your best virtual learning picture.

Upcoming Event:

On March 3rd at 12pm, the UAS Alumni Association is hosting LinkedIn 101 with Career Services Coordinator Deborah Rydman! This presentation will go over the basics of LinkedIn and will be help in setting up your professional profile! This event is free of charge and will be on Zoom and will require registration. Question? Contact the Alumni Office at [email protected] or call 907-796-6569.
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UA Alumni Advocacy Power!

A team of University of Alaska alumni from UAA: University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and University of Alaska Southeast met with legislators and Governor Dunleavy over the past two days advocating for University support and sharing the impact UA has made in their lives.

Alumni & Friends membership helps support our Alumni Scholarship Recipients on their path to becoming successful alumni. Meet scholarship awardee Tina:

Tina Cruz
B.S. Biology ‘21
Juneau Campus
Alumni Scholarship Recipient

"I would like to thank the UAS Alumni & Friends Association for providing this scholarship and helping me achieve my educational goals. Without scholarships like these, I wouldn't be able to do so. Combined with scholarships offered through the State of Alaska, I may be able to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in biology debt-free. Coming from a family where my father did not have the opportunity to attend any schooling after primary school, I can say that this scholarship has not only affected me and my education, but my family as well."

Tina Cruz is currently studying biology with an emphasis in marine fisheries science at the UAS. Her passion for Alaska and its unique features makes UAS the perfect school for her studies. “The state of Alaska is an ethereal place, almost like another world,” says Tina. After spending summers collecting samples and data on fish stocks, she wants to continue protecting and ensuring the future of fishing by becoming a fisheries biologist with Fish & Game or another agency. “The education I have experienced at UAS is like no other and ensures that I will be able to work for the state of Alaska. I want to help ensure a pristine future.”

UAS' Marine Biology program was profiled in the "Top 20 Values for Bachelor’s in Marine Biology Degree Programs of 2020" at number 5 and earned a number 8 ranking for "The 10 Best Colleges for Marine Biology."

With a temperate rainforest as a backyard, oceanfront classrooms, and experienced faculty, UAS' Marine Biology program offers a wealth of hands-on opportunity for students seeking an unparalleled and affordable degree in marine biology.

The University's “natural laboratory” includes extensive marine habitat, rainforest, wetlands, and ice fields all within walking distance of the classrooms. A small student-to-professor ratio ensures a more personal approach to learning and student research is an integral part of the program.

Alums, do you have anything to add about your experience
in the Marine Bio program? Let us know how UAS helped shape your career!

UAS was the starting point for this globetrotting UAS alumni couple, Arlo & Oksana Midgett.

“Our experience at UAS provided the confidence to step outside our comfort zone and led to the careers that support exploring the world,” said Arlo.

Through UAS professor-led class trips to Spanish speaking countries, Arlo and Oksana Midgett first met as undergrad students exploring Venezuela. These class trips ignited a deep passion for the language, travel, and learning about cultures unfamiliar to their own. They credit their experience at UAS for the skills and confidence they gained to become professionals in their fields and for the ability to set off independently on what became a three-year adventure around the world.

Originally from Russia, Oksana vividly remembers taking an accounting class from professor Janet Dye and knowing immediately that “this was the career path for me.”

“The intimate environment of UAS gave me an opportunity and guidance to discover what I really liked and wanted to do for a living, and the knowledge to get there.”

Right after getting her Bachelor’s in Accounting from UAS, Oksana was hired as an accountant and earned her MBA from UAS as well. She now works as a controller at Alaska Electric Light & Power.

Arlo graduated from high school in Ketchikan and earned a Liberal Arts degree at UAS while working as a student employee in the media services department. Gaining experience in his student role generated the interest and skills that he uses in his line of work as a publication specialist for the State of Alaska and has held a range of production, web, and digital media roles.

The experiential learning opportunities in Latin America with professor Rick Bellagh led Arlo to graduate from student, to student assistant, and finally adjunct professor leading Spanish trips for other UAS students. “UAS gave me the ability to step outside my shell and explore possibilities,” Arlo said.

Have something to say about the University of Alaska?! There will be an opportunity for Statewide Public Testimony on January 14, hosted by the Board of Regents.

You can call in via telephone from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14 and are invited to share your thoughts about university-related issues. Public testimony is scheduled to allow public comment in advance of the full board meeting on Jan. 16-17 in Anchorage. Testimony is limited to two minutes per person.

WHERE: For those interested in testifying, the number to call is 1-866-726-0757. Public testimony will be live streamed at: www.alaska.edu/bor/live/. The agenda for the Jan. 16-17 Board of Regents meeting can be found at: www.alaska.edu/bor/agendas.

Alumni & Friends lifetime member, Bruce Twomley, speaks on his experience as an attorney for the 1976 high-profile case, Tobeluk v. Lind, more popularly known as the Molly Ho**ch case. It stands as the most significant lawsuit in Alaska history to reverse assimilation policy over Alaska Natives.

Bruce defended high school students Molly Ho**ch from the Yukon River village of Emmonak, and Anna Tobeluk, from the village of Nunapitchuk, who were suing the State of Alaska on behalf of 2,667 Alaska Native secondary school age children. They argued Alaska was failing to provide local high schools in predominantly Alaska Native villages. Sending rural students out of their home communities impacted thousands of Alaska Native students and disrupted family and village life. Tobleluk and Ho**ch won the case granting the right for Alaska Native children in 126 villages to attend secondary school in their home communities.

UAS kicks off its 4th Power & Privilege Symposium this morning with an Aak'w Kwann Welcome.

Alumni and community members are invited to partake in the day-long conference which explores dynamic and pressing societal changes. The agenda includes keynote speakers, breakout sessions, lunch, dinner, and time to connect on campus with students, faculty, guest speakers, and our community. Check out the agenda for the rest of the day here: http://www.uas.alaska.edu/chancellor/power-and-privilege-symposium.html

You can watch live or recorded sessions at https://www.youtube.com/uasoutheast

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