News and Press Releases 2009
December 15, 2009
Eight Juneau Nursing Students Graduate, Dec 13
The eight Juneau based graduates are part of a group of 50 AAS in Nursing students state wide who have completed their studies. The other sites promoting students along with Juneau are Fairbanks, Homer, Mat-Su, Valdez, Kotzebue and Ketchikan.
December 14, 2009
UAS Chunnel at Annual Mini-Golf Event
The course opened Dec. 19 at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center.
November 16, 2009
Egan Lecture: Predator Control in Alaska: Is Sound Science Constrained by Politics?
Victor Van Ballenberghe, Wildlife Ecologist Friday, November 20, 2009, 7 p.m. UAS Egan Lecture HallNovember 9, 2009
Egan Lecture: An Evening with Alexander Tutunov, Nov 13
“Mr. Tutunov's performance was exhilarating and inspired. His playing demonstrated a unique talent. His interpretations were like a breath of fresh air.” –Soviet Culture, MoscowNovember 2, 2009
Evening at Egan: Where Cold is Hot -- a Murrelet seabird's View of Glacier Bay
What is it about glaciers, past and present, that makes Glacier Bay such a magnet? And will the rapid retreat of the glaciers be good, bad, or mixed for these birds?October 26, 2009
Evening at Egan: Security and Governance in ‘post-Taliban’ Afghanistan: What went wrong and why?
Academic analyst and commentator Dr. Nazif Sharhrani will share his insights on US foreign policy in Afghanistan.
October 21, 2009
UAS Professor Clive Thomas Speaks about "Palin Phenomenon" at OSU
In his talk, Thomas touches on the enigmatic fascination with Palin, the contrast between those who like her and those who do not and what she tells us about American politics.October 12, 2009
Friday's Egan Lecture: Origins, Evolution, and Destiny: Clues from the Deepest Sea
Dr. David Gallo, Director of Special Projects, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will speak about how new undersea technologies have allowed us to explore the underwater world with unprecedented clarity and resolution.
October 5, 2009
Friday's Egan Lecture: Why it is Not Okay to Drill, Drill, Drill
At the next Evening at Egan, author, academic and activist Riki Ott shares the long ranging effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill two decades later. Her talk, “The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill IMPACT: on Ecology and Community” is Friday, October 9, 2009 at 7 p.m. in the Egan Library.September 14, 2009
Evening at Egan 2009: Fridays, September 18-November 20, 7 p.m.
Ketchikan fish artist Ray Troll kicks off the series and features his latest works September 18 with a talk he calls “Further Adventures in Scientific Surrealism” at 7 p.m. in the Egan Library.
August 12, 2009
UAS joins Juneau Icefield Research Program 2009
University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) faculty Cathy Connor and Matt Heavner provided local Southeast Alaska information, mentored students, and collected snow data near the Taku Glacier / Mendenhall Glacier divide. The 2009 JIRP students are earning UAS Environmental Science Program credit for their research this summer.
May 18, 2009
Summer Science for 10-12th Graders - Design Discover Research, June 20-July 2
What does Glacier Bay teach us about warming climate and the landscape and habitat changes that result? What does the work of a marine or fisheries biologist involve? Students entering grades 10-12 have the chance to find out by doing college level field research for college credit this summer through a partnership between the University of Alaska Southeast and Springboard, a program of the Juneau Economic Development Council, and funded by the Department of Defense.May 4, 2009
Speakers to Graduates: Take Personal Responsibility
Remarks to graduates at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Commencement at the University of Alaska Southeast had a similar theme.April 27, 2009
UAS Commencement May 1- 3, 2009
The public is invited to join the celebration at ceremonies in Juneau, Sitka and Ketchikan.April 25, 2009
Annual Juneau Native Graduation Celebration, May 2
More than 38 Alaska Natives are graduating from UAS’ three regional campuses in Juneau, Ketchikan and Sitka. Nearly 14 percent of UAS students are Alaska Native. Over the past five years, an average of 10 percent of UAS graduates have been Alaska Native. Graduates represent Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, and Master programs.April 22, 2009
Greens Creek and Couer Alaska Offer Jobs to UAS Mining Certificate Holders
The five-week course included environmental and safety training, history of local mining, classroom instruction on the extraction and production process in an underground mine and on-site training in procedures such as installing pipes and jack leg drilling at the Maggie Kathleen entrance to the old Alaska Juneau Mine. How to be good employee, team work, identification of proper supplies, some heavy equipment operation, how to identify and mitigate loose ground conditions and light signals used for communication underground were also addressed.
April 20, 2009
UAS Presents an Evening with Alexander Tutunov, April 24
The program includes Beethoven's "Spring" Sonata, Op. 24 in F Major, for Violin and Piano, Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight" and Schubert Fantasie in F minor for Four Hands, D.940 (Op. 103) as well as Conversations on Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue.April 16, 2009
UAS Enrollment Day, April 23
Enrollment Day is the easiest way to complete all of your college enrollment needs in one visit.April 8, 2009
Egan Library joins libraries nationwide to show the PBS series “American Experience: We Shall Remain"
The five-part series portrays different perspectives of Native peoples throughout America and their integral part in the shaping of the nation.March 18, 2009
National Science Foundation Extends Grant for UAS Tlingít Language Revitalization Project
The $450,000 grant continues a five year project that began with a $360,000 grant in 2007. The NSF “Documenting Endangered Languages” initiative includes the recording and documentation of spontaneous Tlingít conversation, bilingual annotation of the recordings and the archiving of hundreds of audio tapes of Tlingít oratory, narratives, and celebrations.February 17, 2009
New partnership between UAS and Coeur Alaska
According to the agreement, which was signed on February 13th, 2009, selected students who are successful in UAS’ Power Technology Diesel/Heavy Duty Emphasis program, will be given preferential entry into the workforce at Coeur Alaska’s Kensington Mine.
February 16, 2009
UA Board of Regents in Juneau, Feb 17-18
The BOR will consider numerous proposals, including a new graduate certificate in statistics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a revision to the master plan for the University of Alaska Anchorage and a resolution supporting creation of the Alaska Native Education and Research Council.February 4, 2009
College Goal Sunday and FAFSA Events
Alaska’s 5th annual College Goal Sunday event will take place at 2pm on Sunday February 8th, 2009.February 2, 2009
Legendary Southeast Artist Ray Troll at UAS Juneau February 9-13
Troll will be at the Auke Lake campus all week, working on two of three projects commissioned by UAS: the salmon on the staircase and a 12-foot wide humpback whale mandala mural on an upper wall.
January 22, 2009
UAS Masters of Arts in Teaching Information Night, Jan 29
Come learn about earning a Master’s in Teaching for Elementary or Secondary grades, and qualify for an Alaska teacher certificate in just one year by completing the University of Alaska Southeast MAT program.January 6, 2009
Dauenhauer Book on Lingít Battle Wins Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award
Anóoshi Lingít Aaní Ká: Russians in Tlingit America, The Battles of Sitka 1802 and 1804, by the Dauenhauers and the late Lydia Black of Fairbanks was one of 14 winners of the Before Columbus Foundation's 28th annual awards held on December 28, 2008.