As a sophomore on UAA's Nordic team, Casey Wright leads the 'Skiwolves' in classic skiing. And as a member of Australia's national ski program, she represents her homeland at international competitions like the Junior World Championships in Utah and the Asian Winter Games in Japan (and maybe, just maybe, next year's Winter Olympics, too).
Get a behind the scenes look at what goes on at the UAA Simulation Lab
At our Health Sciences Simulation Center, students from the UAA School of Nursing get to practice and perfect their skills in a safe, supportive environment.
For Sierra Afoa, school and sports have always been intertwined. Her coach/referee father Stan and her mom, Sarah - a two-sport athlete for the Seawolves, with two UAA education degrees - stressed that balance early. On Sunday afternoons, while Sarah graded homework in her classroom at Gladys Wood Elementary, the Afoa kids shot hoops in the school gym. Academics and athletics have been interconnected from the start.
A panel of officials from the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) discussed how Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ tackles the job of providing mental health care to juvenile and adult correctional populations. Nationally, more than half of prison and jail inmates have mental health problems, and probation/parole departments provide essential mental health services to their clients.
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