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Seth Anderson '14 was among the first graduates of ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼'s dietetics program. Today, he's part of a team of health professionals at Southcentral Foundation, offering nutritional guidance for his patients and working toward a healthy future for his home state.

Tough, raw, addictive and "Alaska to the core:" Four alumni share why they keep returning to Seward's punishing Mount Marathon Race for the Fourth of July year after year after year after...

School of Nursing RRANN camp helps recruit young Alaska Native nurses.

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).

Get a behind the scenes look at what goes on at the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Simulation Lab

At our Health Sciences Simulation Center, students from the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ School of Nursing get to practice and perfect their skills in a safe, supportive environment.

For Sierra Afoa, school and sports have always been intertwined. Her coach/referee father Stan and her mom, Sarah - a two-sport athlete for the Seawolves, with two ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ education degrees - stressed that balance early. On Sunday afternoons, while Sarah graded homework in her classroom at Gladys Wood Elementary, the Afoa kids shot hoops in the school gym. Academics and athletics have been interconnected from the start.

A panel of officials from the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) discussed how Alaska tackles the job of providing mental health care to juvenile and adult correctional populations. Nationally, more than half of prison and jail inmates have mental health problems, and probation/parole departments provide essential mental health services to their clients.

The one-day, one-stop event provided people experiencing homelessness with access to a range of services: health and wellness screenings, legal services, employment assistance, toiletries, and a fresh, hot lunch. In the midst of the crowd walked Staci Manier, a ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ alumna (B.A. Human Services '13, with minors in psychology and history) who became community impact director for United Way of Mat-Su in 2014.

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.