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Pastry chef and associate professor Kellie Puff, assisted by her culinary arts students, continues a 45-year holiday tradition with the revival of Anchorage’s iconic gingerbread village at Hotel Captain Cook.

On Wednesday, Dec. 11, UAA honored individuals with emeritus status, Meritorious Service Awards and Honorary Degrees during a special ceremony in advance of fall commencement.

If there is anything civil engineering and project management alumnus Mohamed Niagne is passionate about, it is support structures — in engineering, and especially in relationships. As the graduate student commencement speaker for the fall Class of 2024, Niagne hopes to convey the importance of those support structures, which led him from the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Science and Engineering Program at UAA to his current position at the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.

Fall 2024 undergraduate student commencement speaker Iqlas Dubed’s story is marked by resilience, transformation and a deep commitment to making a difference. Originally from Ethiopia, she immigrated to Anchorage with her family in 2012 as a refugee and has called it home since.

A new state-of-the-art, real-world-simulated lab opened by UAA and LG in Anchorage will be used to test all new cold climate products for the North American market. An additional lab in Fairbanks will be used to test below negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Themed around philanthropy, the latest issue of UAA’s premier publication showcases stories that include record-breaking fundraising campaigns, historically-impactful scholarship initiatives, institutional collaborations that will benefit Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ for generations, and more!

UAA's new Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Natives into Psychology (ANPsych) Program offers scholarships, mentorship and outreach to Indigenous students pursuing doctoral psychology degrees. The program aims to increase representation and provide more culturally responsive care.

The creation of the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Leaders Archive at the UAA/APU Consortium Library — made possible by ConocoPhillips Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ’s recent $2 million donation to the Ted Stevens Foundation — will involve multi-phase construction and renovation at the library to add state-of-the-art archival facilities, a teaching area and space to display items from the collections of Sen. Stevens and other Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ leaders.

WCA Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ has announced its 2024 Women of Achievement awardees, which include UAA alumni Christa Bruce, P.G.C.T. '06, M.Ed. '07; Minoo Minaei, B.Ed. '84; and Linda Leary, M.S. '04.