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3 UAA alumni among 2025 Governor’s Arts and Humanities Awards recipients

Governor's Arts and Humanities Awards logo

On Oct. 28, the Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Humanities Forum honored the 2025 Governor’s Arts and Humanities Awards recipients, which include three UAA alumni, during a ceremony at the Anchorage Museum.

UAA shelters Typhoon Halong evacuees in Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Airlines Center

Jacob Mikula setting up cots

Valuing its role as a community partner, UAA coordinated with the Municipality of Anchorage and local agencies to provide emergency shelter at the Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Airlines Center for Western Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ evacuees displaced by Typhoon Halong.

Forbes names accounting alumna in list of best in-state CPAs

Kylie Kroeker

After tax season ended, Forbes released a list of the best CPAs in every state. Among the names featured for Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ was UAA accounting alumna Kylie Kroeker, co-founder of Earth and Fire CPA and self-described workaholic, who was just starting to enjoy a rare moment of rest after the busiest stretch of her year.

Slideshow: Building our community at Alumni Homecoming Luncheon 2025

Alumni Homecoming Luncheon 2025

On Oct. 17, over 230 graduates and partners returned to Cuddy Hall to reconnect with their Hometown U while raising donations toward the UAA Alumni Scholarship and sharing stories of UAA’s foundational role in the construction of a thriving and vibrant community.

Honors College offers first-ever UA class on Filipino American history and culture

Painting hanging outside Alumni Center

Over 12 weeks, students in this online, interdisciplinary class explore topics ranging from immigration and labor history to colonialism, health disparities and cultural expression, featuring guest lectures from national and local Filipino American scholars, writers and artists.

Literacy is life

Nyabony Gat

According to the National Literacy Institute, 54% of adults in the United States read below a sixth-grade level. Helping to bridge that gap in Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ is health sciences alumna Nyabony Gat, director of the Peer Leader Navigators program at the Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Literacy Program.

UAA unveils state-of-the-art building to strengthen Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æâ€™s health care workforce

UA President Pat Pitney and Regent Christine Resler cut the ribbon for the newly renovated Sally Monserud Hall during the celebration of UAA's Health Workforce Expansion Project.

To celebrate the recent renovation of Sally Monserud Hall, UAA's College of Health hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 24 showcasing the new high-tech labs and simulation center, expanded allied health programs, growth of the WWAMI program and critical partnerships addressing Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æâ€™s growing health care needs.

Sister act: Building community together

Melissa Branch and Stephanie Mormilo

Civil engineering alumni and sisters Melissa Branch and Stephanie Mormilo will be the keynote speakers at the annual UAA Alumni Homecoming Luncheon in October where they will speak on the theme of building our community. Mormilo was the municipal traffic engineer for Anchorage from 2011 to 2020, and Branch is the founder of Big City Engineers, which recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary.

Simulated birth training gives doula trainees real-world practice at UAA

Simulation participants gather to celebrate a successful (simulated) birth as UAA College of Health Simulation Center uses a wearable Avbirth Childbirth Simulation Device for the first time to help train students in the Full Embrace Doula Program.

In collaboration with university and community partners, UAA's Interprofessional Health Sciences Simulation Center hosted a full-day simulation training for doula trainees. Designed to mirror the emotional and clinical complexity of a hospital birth, the event marked a significant step forward in maternal health education across Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ.

Ice Age cooking? Archaeology at the Carpenter Site

A student archaeologist holding a bone fragment wrapped in tin foil

This summer, a group of UAA students participated in an archaeological excavation at the Carpenter Site. The lowest layers of the site date back to the last “Ice Age" and provide valuable clues about what life was like more than 12,000 years ago.

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