Friday, April 27, 2012

UAS Ketchikan Graduates 2012

from SitNews website:  http://www.sitnews.us/0412News/042612/042612_graduates.html

University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan Students to Graduate

April 26, 2012, Thursday

(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - The 2012 Commencement ceremony for University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) Ketchikan students will be held Saturday, May 5 at 3:00 PM at the Ted Ferry Civic Center. The public is invited to attend.

This year’s commencement keynote speaker is Dawn Allen-Herron. UAS Chancellor John Pugh, UAS Ketchikan Campus Director Anthony Mansueto and University of Alaska Board of Regents member Kirk Wickersham of Anchorage will bestow degrees at the ceremony.

Thirty-two University of Alaska Southeast students are receiving degrees this spring. University of Alaska students living in Ketchikan and receiving degrees from other campuses are invited to participate in the local ceremony.

Graduating are:

Certificate – Accounting Technician
Jeddyson Buendia
Katie Schlaffman
Associate of Arts
Carrie Bolshakoff
Jessica Greene
Amy Guadalupe
Sarah Hollimon
Peter Jacob
Angelita Long
Amanda Mitchell
Molly Oien
Ashley Perin
Lillian Pringle
Joshua Sivertsen
Jonathan Thornton
Andrew Tighe
Jeremiah Tucker
Associate of Applied Science - Business Administration
Kayla Eide
Christopher Mitchell
Associate of Applied Science – Early Childhood
Andrea Williams
Associate of Applied Science - Fisheries Technology
Robert Ebery
Jason Vonick
Associate of Applied Science – Health Information Management
Carrie Bolshakoff
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Christopher Olstad
Ashley Smith
Bachelor of Business Administration – Human Resource Management
Brandy Diamond
Bachelor of Elementary Education
Conan Steele
Bachelor of Liberal Arts – General Studies
Tamara Meyer
Dawn Rauwolf
Bachelor of Liberal Arts – Interdisciplinary Studies
Erin Edwards
Tiffiney Hill
Cameron Taylor
Master of Public Administration
Sonia Christensen
Lindy Henrick

Monday, April 23, 2012

Alaska students tour Greens Creek mine as part of mining class

Alaska students tour Greens Creek mine as part of mining class: JUNEAU, Alaska - Most high-schoolers don't start class at 5 a.m. - on a Saturday, at that. But on March 17, 18 students embarked on a field trip with life-changing potential. Their day began as ...

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

UAS fisheries program to offer class to Alaskan high school students

UAS fisheries program to offer class to Alaskan high school students

From Capital City Weekly

JUNEAU - A new course offered by the University of Alaska Southeast Fisheries Technology Program is aimed at introducing young men and women to fisheries careers. The class will expose students to the various fishing sectors in Alaska such as fisheries management, fish processing, marketing, commercial fishing, charter operations and salmon enhancement projects. Students will then visit fisheries professionals and tour a breadth of fishing operations and facilities in their home communities.

The goal of the class is to emphasize to Alaskan students how important fisheries are to the state's coastal communities. The class will highlight regional opportunities while letting students know what they may need to study to take advantage of these prospects.

The Fisheries Technology Program hopes to offer the class in interested communities, working with the local school districts and industry sectors. Mentors will be recruited to escort students on field trips, encourage students to ask questions and discuss opportunities amongst themselves. Students will be asked to create a blog so that students in different communities can learn from each other regarding various careers and opportunities statewide.

UAS Alumna Valerie Davidson selected to participate in project "Conversations that Matter: Envisioning Racial Equity in Alaska"

(from website: http://www.alaskapublic.org/)

Conversations that Matter: Envisioning Racial Equity in Alaska is a part of the Alaska Native Dialogues on Racial Equity (ANDORE), a statewide project that aims to initiate, foster, and grow racial healing by meaningfully engaging in conversations in communities across Alaska on race, racism and racial equity; in order to move people into a place of understanding, healing and growth.

A full list of participants in that project is available online, including those involved in the broadcast program.

Valerie Davidson, Yup’ik, (Secretary/Treasurer of the Board) is currently the senior director of legal and intergovernmental affairs for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. She currently serves as chair of the Tribal Technical Advisory Group to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. She is a member of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services/Tribal Health Medicaid Task Force, the Foraker Group Governance Board, and was formerly a member of the Medicaid Commission. Valerie worked for Yukon- Kuskokwim Health Corp., where she served as executive vice president and as general counsel. She worked as a legislative aide to the state Senate Finance Committee for former state Sen. John Binkley he has served in various roles to advance tribal health and self-governance. These include serving as co- lead negotiator for the Alaska Tribal Health Compact, and as a member of the Title V Negotiated Rulemaking Committee. In 1984, she was the president of the Alaska Federation of Natives Youth Council. Davidson earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Alaska Southeast and a Juris Doctor with Certificate in Indian Law from the University Of New Mexico School Of Law.

UAS Sitka Campus named among Sitka Green Business Award winners

From Capital City Weekly, Wednesday, April 11, 2012
SITKA - Last month, 24 Sitka businesses, agencies and not-for-profit groups were awarded the 2012 Sitka Green Business Award for their green business practices by the Sitka Global Warming Group and Sustainable Sitka (SGWG/SS).

Green business practices, like turning off lights, recycling, carpooling, composting, serving organic and local foods and encouraging use of reusable cups/bags/plates, reduce waste, save energy and can save businesses money, improve the local and global community and economy, and benefit the environment. Now in its third year, the award program continues to encourage businesses by providing businesses a list of useful, easy, locally-proven business practices to save energy, money and resources. The program's four levels recognize different levels of commitment towards green practices. The more actions that a business is doing to help the environment, the higher the recognition level they receive. The special recognition category was set up for a business or group involved in a one-time, major environmental initiative.

UAS Alumna Kristy Germain Hired as Dzantik'i Heeni’s New Assistant Principal

Dzantik'i Heeni’s New Assistant Principal is UAS Alumni

-from the Juneau Empire
Kristy Germain has taught social studies and English at Juneau Douglas High School since 2003. She also taught for a year at Floyd Dryden Middle School. She has been the JDHS student government adviser since 2008 and has a master’s degree in educational leadership and Master of Arts in teaching from the University of Alaska Southeast.
For the full story in the Juneau Empire.

Another article about Ms. Germain:  http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-04-04/dz-selects-jdhs-teacher-assistant-principal#.T42_u9mt98E

Troll’s fish, fossils depict science in funky art

In 2008 Southeast Alaskan artist Ray Troll was awarded an honorary doctorate in fine arts from the University of Alaska Southeast.

by Naomi Klouda, Homer Tribune

Alaska is a fish culture, or more specifically, a salmon culture based on the drama of the runs as species of salmon go on epic sea journeys from fresh water to salt water and back again.

They begin another epic journey as their “flesh falls off their bodies, males get all spawned out, their snout changes and their bones transform until they become these monsters,” Ray Troll told his packed audience Friday night at the Friends of the Homer Library annual fundraising event honoring Lifelong Learning.
The best-selling “Spawn Till You Die” T-shirt designed by Troll depicts some of that culture’s fascination with the transformation.

Troll was the featured speaker, packing in the largest crowd the event has seen in recent years. His slide show presentation was part biography as he showed the audience photos of the eight-member Troll family from the early 1960s as they moved 11 places during his father’s U.S. Air Force tours of duty. It was part stand-up comedy with a serious twist. Troll’s work illustrating fish is described as bringing a street-smart sensibility to the worlds of ichthyology and paleontology: One-liners he transfers to t-shirts and large scale art, taking it outside the realm of droll textbooks.

Like his own evolution, described as starting from age four when he picked up his first crayon, to today, doing illustrations for the day’s most prestigious museums and scientists, homo sapiens experienced their own evolution. Beginning as a weird lobe-fin fish.

Read the entire article here!

Thank you to our donors, bidders and volunteers!

On behalf of the University of Alaska Alumni & Friends Association we thank you for your help with the UASAA Annual Spring Dinner & Auction held on Friday, April 9, 2012. With your help, we were able to raise over $16,000 at the auction. UASAA is actively involved in planning for the future of our campus and its students.  UASAA funded $15,000 in student scholarships in the current academic year. Thanks to the contributions of you and others like you, we will be able to continue donating to scholarships in the coming years. These efforts show our commitment to providing a solid foundation for future educational opportunities in Southeast Alaska.

Thank you in particular to the following donors and supporters:

Abby’s Kitchen
Admiralty Environmental, LLC
Alaska Airlines
Alaska Canopy Adventures
Alaska Hearth Products
Alaska Isles Gems & Jewelry
Alaska Seaplanes
Kristine Allen
Allen Marine Tours
Alliance Chiropractic
Dianne Anderson
The Art Department
Aspen Hotel
Bag Ladies
Baranof Hotel
Mary Jo Barry
The Bear’s Lair
BeautiControl
Linda Blefgen & Lawrence Lee Oldaker
Boheme
Kristin Brown
Jerry & Barbara Burnett
David Campbell, Auctioneer Extraordinaire!!
Jeri Cary & Michael Ciri
Changing Tides
Chan’s Thai Kitchen
Chez Sante Massage
Coastal Helicopters
Coeur Alaska Kensington Gold Mine
The Competitive Edge
Cook Inlet Stone Products
Costco
JoAnne Craig
Curves
Cutco
Cuts Online Salon & Spa
Laraine Derr
El Sombrero
Gordon & Cindy Evans
First National Bank Alaska
Flat Rate Realty
Forbidden Peak Brewery
Barb Gabier
Gastineau Guiding
Glacier Gardens
Goldbelt Hotel
Gourmet Alaska
Gross Alaska Theaters
Rosemary Hagevig
Beth Handley
Hangar on the Wharf
Heritage Coffee Company & Café
Tanya & Nathan Howard
Anna Iverson
Jensen’s Home Furnishings
Juneau Pizza / Vito & Nicks
Juneau Rotary Club
Juneau Symphony
Jim & Mary Lou King
Jarmyn Kramlich
Landscape Alaska
Jean & Mal Linthwaite
Lisa Davidson’s Boutique
Sharron Lobaugh
Longaberger Baskets, Colleen Torrence
Mary Lou Madden
Henry Masters
Mendenhall Auto Center
Mi Casa Restaurant
Michelle Morrell, Paintings, Prints and Pots
Bob & Heather Mitchell
Moontide Healing Arts
Mount Roberts Tramway
Nail Jazz
Night Moods
Nizich Family Dental
Nugget Alaskan Outfitter
OfficeMax
Pampered Chef, Michelle Locks
Panhandle Computer Services
Pearson’s Pond Luxury Inn & Adventure Spa
Perseverance Theatre
Photography by David Gelotte
Karen Polley
Prospector Hotel
John & Margaret Pugh
Rainbow Foods
RainTree Quilting
Rejuvenation Day Spa and Salon
Rie Muñoz Gallery
The Rock Dump Indoor Climbing Gym
Rodfather’s Broiler
Safeway
Sandpiper Café
Venietia Santana
Scentsy, Trisha Lee
Seams Like Art, Mischelle Pennoyer
Sepel Hallow Bed & Breakfast
Thyes Shaub Jewelry
Kristy Smith
Southeast Furniture Warehouse
State Farm, Jim Kelly
Robbie Stell
Stone Soup Designs
Studio 223
Subway of Juneau
Suzie’s Salon
John & Cynthia Svensson
Taku Harley
Territorial Sportsmen
The Island Pub
Toby Harbanuk
Travelodge Hotel
UAS Bookstore
UAS Egan Library and Staff
UAS Development Office
UAS Facilities Services
UAS Media Services
V’s Grinders
Wild Things Photography
Wilkinson Consulting
Rick & Bobbie Sue Wolk
Carol Young & Nana Management Services
Zen Restaurant
Nathan Zierfuss
    
and to everyone else who made this possible!

UAS newsletter Soundings has been updated! 

Recent headlines include:


04-13-2012
UAS Participates in Sharing Our Knowledge Conference. March 29-April 1 in Sitka
The Gathering of Tlingit Tribes and ClansSuccessful gathering of clan leaders, culture bearers and educators.

04-11-2012
Dzantik'i Heeni’s New Assistant Principal is UAS Alumni -from the Juneau Empire
Coastal Temperate Rainforests Symposium. Integrating Science, Resource Management, and Communities, April 17-19, 2012, Juneau, Alaska.

Events - recent and upcoming:

Science Social to offer smorgasbord of UA research. Unmanned aircraft, tidewater glaciers, polar orbiting satellites and biotechnology will be featured in a Science Social to be held at Centennial Hall in Juneau, Alaska April 18 & 19, 2012. The free community presentation will provide hands-on demonstrations, informative stations, a scientific poster session and more from 4:30 to 6 p.m. each evening.

Alaskapella featured at Sound and Motion Event, April 13. Juneau’s only vocals only choir is performing at the next Sound and Motion Arts at Egan event at the University of Alaska Southeast.

Public Reception Celebrating the Opening of the Coastal Temperate Rainforest Symposium. Tuesday, April 17, 2012 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Humans Vs. Zombie Inaugural Game. BRAINS...More than 100 students, staff and faculty participated in the first ever Zombies Vs. Humans game on the sunny spring week of April 9-13. There is no question all involved learned, engaged and changed!

Tutunov in Last Semester at UAS. This spring is the last semester Tutunov will teach the class, which he has led since 2005. Artist-in residence Dr. Alexander Tutunov was honored with a reception on Sunday, April 1, following the last student recital of his Piano Master Class at UAS. This spring is the last semester Tutunov will teach the class, which he has led since 2005.

Art of Place series winding downThe last presentation in the series is Friday, April 27 10 a.m.-12 noon at the Glacier View Room. Woman of distinction and community leader Helen Watkins will make presentation on the theme of Sustenance.

Community Poetry Reading. Event kicked off April's National Poetry Month.

Archived issues of Soundings are available on the UAS website.