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This is a feature series we are calling ��ྱ��&�Բ��;�۴ǳ�&�Բ��;��ԴǷ�.” The project is designed to highlight university excellence and points of pride through storytelling and data. Our goal is to keep university stakeholders informed about the university's key role in changing lives and shaping the state's economy. These vignettes and personal stories illustrate the university's many successes and the vital and profound impact it has on graduates and all Alaskans.

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Did you know a thriving local patisserie in Anchorage is run by two �鶹��ý alums?

January 30, 2021

Sweet Caribou is owned by James Strong, an undergraduate and graduate alum of �鶹��ýA and �鶹��ýF.
Did you know that the New York Times recognized a podcast created by a �鶹��ý Fairbanks journalism professor as one of the best winter podcasts of the year?

January 30, 2021

�鶹��ýF Communications & Journalism Professor Rob Prince created Dark Winter Nights in 2014 with the goal of creating a platform for sharing unique tales of life in Alaska.
Did you know that every semester �鶹��ý Southeast accounting program students intern with companies and firms across the region to gain valuable career experience?

January 30, 2021

These internships allow students to understand the daily operations that are part of working in accounting and provide a resumé boost that results in fast hire after graduation.
Did you know the �鶹��ý Southeast has a Center for Mine Training that partners with local mines to provide students experience in the field as they complete their program?

January 30, 2021

For the last nine years, the �鶹��ýS Center for Mine Training has partnered with Hecla Greens Creek and Coeur Alaska to provide entry level training in Diesel Mechanics.
Did you know that �鶹��ýF's nonprofit Nanook Innovation Corporation has helped to commercialize 40 faculty or student inventions since its founding in 2012?

January 30, 2021

One success is a technology developed by �鶹��ýF to solve problems with sewage management but later pivoted to help mitigate growing problems presented by a family of contaminants called PFAS affecting groundwater and soil across the state and other areas of the country.
Did you know that the Alaska Small Business Development Center at �鶹��ýA has assisted nearly 1,900 Alaska businesses and provided training for another 6,200 in 125 communities across the state in the last fiscal year?

January 30, 2021

Since July, SBDC-mentored businesses have raised $52 million in new capital -- an SBDC record.
Did you know that a �鶹��ý Anchorage College of Health alum is now the president and CEO of Alaska Family Services, one of the leading social services organizations for Alaskan families in the Greater Anchorage area and Mat-Su region?

January 30, 2021

Desiré Shepler received her Master of Public Health from �鶹��ýA in 2010 and has gone on to lead multiple innovative organizations that deliver essential social services to Alaskans -- more important than ever during the pandemic.
Did you know students in the �鶹��ý Southeast's Construction Program help build homes for those in need as part of the program?

January 30, 2021

For the last five years, the �鶹��ýS Construction Department has partnered with Juneau Housing Trust and the Juneau School District to design and construct five homes for low income families in the Juneau area.
Did you know that �鶹��ý Fairbanks Veterinary Medicine students work with Santa's reindeers to maintain their health all year long?

January 30, 2021

The �鶹��ýF vet program partners with Colorado State University to train homegrown veterinarians, many of whom remain in Alaska to open or join veterinary practices after they graduate.
Did you know that a world-renowned scholar on Sir Winston Churchill has taught for 38 years at the �鶹��ý Anchorage in the Department of Political Science?

January 29, 2021

Professor James W. Muller has dedicated his career to the study of the former British prime minister, statesman, officer, and writer, publishing dozens of papers, editing books, and traveling the world to lecture on Churchill.