April 2025 Archive

Spring 2025 Meritorious Service Award: Kathie Bethard

When Kathie Bethard puts her mind to something, there is no stopping her. In 2020, she led the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ community in the daunting task of raising $3 million, mostly from new donors to UAA, to save the UAA hockey program, which was slated for elimination.

Spring 2025 Meritorious Service Award: Stephen W. Haycox

Stephen W. Haycox was hired to found the Department of History at what was then called Anchorage Senior College.

Spring 2025 Honorary Degree Award: Frank H. Murkowski

Frank H. Murkowski has had a distinguished career in finance, politics and public service, marked by significant contributions to the state of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ.

Spring 2025 Honorary Degree Award: Nicholas Galanin

Nicholas Galanin, a Tlingit and Unangax̂ artist from Sitka, has made significant contributions to contemporary Indigenous art.

UAA celebrates emeritus, Meritorious Service and Honorary Degree awardees

On Wednesday, April 30, UAA honored individuals with emeritus status, Meritorious Service Awards and Honorary Degrees.

Chancellor's Farewell Gathering / Concert in the Quad, May 14

Faculty, staff, students, alumni and the public are invited to attend Chancellor Sean Parnell's farewell gathering during the first Concert in the Quad of the summer on Wednesday, May 14, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in Cuddy Hall/Quad.

Celebrate UAA's spring Class of 2025

Zachary Christensen, KINE BS, Timothy Hunter Jr., KINE BS, and Asa Kinnear, KINE BS, during UAA's Fall 2024 Commencement at the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Airlines Center.

UAA is proud to celebrate the spring Class of 2025! The community is invited to join in the festivities and make unforgettable memories at campus celebrations happening in person and online through the weekend.

A Conversation with Liz Cheney, May 1

The UAA College of Arts and Sciences invites students and employees to join for an insightful evening with former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, hosted by UAA's award-winning journalist Elizabeth Arnold!

Students set to launch their own experiment into space with NASA’s RockSat-C program

Dr. Daniel Nichols, Justice Darby and Kenneth Sparks with their data collection device

A team of students and faculty from Mat-Su College and UAA’s Anchorage campus is preparing to journey across the country for a high-flying summer adventure—both literally and academically.

UAA Business Plan Competition awards $20K in cash prizes to student startups

David (DJ) Litteral presents his plan for The Social Flower Company during UAA College of Business and Public Policy's 2025 Perfect Pitch Business Plan & Big Idea Competition in Rasmuson Hall.

From apparel and artificial intelligence to an esports lounge and pickleball courts, the pitches by UAA students for the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Business Competition showcased the innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ's next generation of business trailblazers.

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