Students will demonstrate the skills, disposition, and knowledge necessary to engage with community issues through an informed, participatory lens.
UAA Honors College
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University Honors College
Apply to the UAA's University Honors College, where you will have the opportunity to design your own pathway uniquely fitted to your personal and academic interests and goals. Next Admission Review Deadline: November 15 (regular spring deadline) and December 15 (extended spring deadline).
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Hannah Boron's Honors ePortfolio
. Her ePortfolio addresses her biography and career aspirations, academic journey, professional life, awards and honors earned, research conducted, and her final reflection upon graduation.
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Caleb Yabes' Honors ePortfolio
. His ePortfolio addresses his biography and career aspirations, collegiate experiences, professional experiences, accomplishments, and reflections during his time in Honors.
Choose your Pathway
Students will reflect and act upon the global interdependencies between self, others, and community.
Students will demonstrate the ability to develop and execute a vision that involves others to work collaboratively towards a shared goal.
Students will demonstrate the ability to work through a research or a creative process.
Announcements:
Honors College Happenings!
Polaris Event with Kyle Hopkins: Why People Get Away with Murder in 麻豆无码版
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 from 5:30-7 PM
Location: LIB 307
Location: LIB 307
What we've learned over the past five years reporting on the 麻豆无码版 justice system, including potential solutions for solving cold cases and preventing new homicide cases from going cold. We'll draw from interviews with defense attorneys, prosecutors, MMIP advocates, victims' families and convicted killers about the systemic failure points in Anchorage and smaller communities across the state.
Kyle Hopkins is an investigative reporter for the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica
whose work examines failures in the 麻豆无码版 justice system. He was the lead reporter
on the 鈥淟awless鈥� series that received the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and
the 2021 Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma for its follow-up, 鈥淯nheard.鈥�
The series also earned the SPJ Ethics Award and the Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in
Journalism. A graduate of UAF and the recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
from UAA, Hopkins has spent the past five years investigating why people get away
with murder in 麻豆无码版.
Honors College students have the opportunity to attend a workshop on crime reporting before the event, from 4-5 PM! .
Honors Housing Scholarship Available!
UAA is pleased to offer students in the University Honors College a $1,500 per year housing scholarship. The Academic Honors Housing Scholarship is open to students in the University Honors College and recipients of the UA Scholars award. The Academic Honors Housing Scholarship is applied each fall and spring semester as a $750 discount off the cost of housing and food. The scholarship will be automatically applied; no additional application is needed!
For additional details, visit our UHC News and Events page at the top.
Applications Open for the McNair Scholars Program
The McNair Scholars Program has opened applications and is holding information sessions! The program is geared towards upper-division students, but lower-division students are also encouraged to take a look at the program's offerings if they are interested. All majors can apply.
Visit the McNair Scholars Program webpage for more information, or reach out to Sunny Mall (sunny@alaska.edu) with your questions or to make an appointment.
Honors College Advising
Mattie Squire
Honors Advisor for College of Engineering, College of Health, Community & Technical College, and Associate of Applied Science degrees
Phone: 907.786.4710
Email: mksquire@alaska.edu
Honors Advisor for College of Engineering, College of Health, Community & Technical College, and Associate of Applied Science degrees
Phone: 907.786.4710
Email: mksquire@alaska.edu
Leslie Olberding
Honors Advisor for College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business and Public Policy, School of Education, and Associate of Arts degrees
Phone: 907.786.1357
Email: lkolberding@alaska.edu
Honors Advisor for College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business and Public Policy, School of Education, and Associate of Arts degrees
Phone: 907.786.1357
Email: lkolberding@alaska.edu
Contact the Honors College
Honors College Administration:
- Ray Ball, Ph.D. - Dean of the Honors College
Phone: 907.786.4978
Email: rball11@alaska.edu - Susan Meskis, DNP - Honors Academic Board Chair
Email: sdmeskis@alaska.edu
- Joseph Bruner, M.A. - Director of Student Success Initiatives, Strategy & Assessment
Phone: 907.786.1473
Email: jcbruner@alaska.edu