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Getting involved

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

Each semester at É«ÇéÍøÕ¾, students from various colleges and majors collaborate with professors to help them achieve success with community engagement projects. Community Engaged Student Assistants, also known as CESA students, play a vital role in conducting research and connecting É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ to the greater Alaska community.

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É«ÇéÍøÕ¾â€™s smoke- and tobacco-free initiative inspired Valeria Delgado to take the cause nationwide

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

In 2012, the É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ student Asian Pacific Islander Community Wellness Club (APICWC), Master of Public Health (MPH) students and students from the School of Nursing gathered to make a historic change on the university's campus. They wanted É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ to go smoke- and tobacco-free. For the next two years, collaborative efforts from many groups across campus came together to petition USÉ«ÇéÍøÕ¾ to place a smoke- and tobacco-free referendum on the student January 2014 ballot.

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Ski leader puts the É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ in Team Australia

 |  J. Besl  | 

As a sophomore on É«ÇéÍøÕ¾'s Nordic team, Casey Wright leads the 'Skiwolves' in classic skiing. And as a member of Australia's national ski program, she represents her homeland at international competitions like the Junior World Championships in Utah and the Asian Winter Games in Japan (and maybe, just maybe, next year's Winter Olympics, too).

Kendra Daniels at graduation Read More

É«ÇéÍøÕ¾mazing Stories: Kendra Daniels – É«ÇéÍøÕ¾

 |  Meet Kendra  | 

In February, É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ junior Kendra Daniels capped the É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ Gymnastics Team’s best performance of the season with a school-record 9.9 score on beam as the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves competed against UC Davis. Meet Kendra.