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Valeria Delgado posting by smoke free ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ sign Read More

ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼’s smoke- and tobacco-free initiative inspired Valeria Delgado to take the cause nationwide

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

In 2012, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ 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 ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ to go smoke- and tobacco-free. For the next two years, collaborative efforts from many groups across campus came together to petition USÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ to place a smoke- and tobacco-free referendum on the student January 2014 ballot.

Casey Wright skiing Read More

Ski leader puts the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ in Team Australia

 |  J. Besl  | 

As a sophomore on ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼'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

ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼mazing Stories: Kendra Daniels – ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼

 |  Meet Kendra  | 

In February, ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ junior Kendra Daniels capped the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ 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.