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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT UAA:
* 100 percent of the UAA Medial Assisting students setting for the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) exam in June 2003 passed the exam. The average score of the UAA students placed them above the 99th percentile when compared to all other CMA exam takers nationwide.
* Continuing their success of the last several years, the Seawolf Speech and Debate team made a strong showing at the XVI World Universities Debating Championships at Nanyang University in Singapore.
* John Moore, a graduate student in Biological Sciences under Assistant Professor Jocelyn Krebs, is exploring how body cells repair chromosomal DNA damaged by chemicals or radiation. The National Science Foundation funded further research with a three-year, $330,000 grant. Moore’s results have led to collaboration with a biotechnology company.
* Computer science majors Anastasia Mironova & Brian Mullen had posters accepted at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Visualization Conference in Seattle, Washington. Mironova’s work won Best Poster in Show – an unprecedented achievement for an undergraduate student.
* The UAA hockey team made its WCHA Final Four debut March 18, 2004 beating Colorado College. The Seawolves, the tournament’s number five seed, advanced to the Final Four with a best-of-three win over Wisconsin.
* Exceptional runner, skier and student Tobias Schwoerer received the 2004 Great Northern Athletic Conference Student Athlete of the Year Award. In his senior year Schwoerer received an Undergraduate Research Award from the UAA Honors Program for his research work on the Bristol Bay fisheries.
* Three members of UAA received 2003 Governor’s Humanities Awards. Communications professor Daniel Henry received the Humanities Advocate award for developing the Alaska Native Oratory Society. Dr. Jo Ann McDowell received the Distinguished Cultural Service award for creating the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez. History professor Dr. Steven Haycox received the Alaskan Muse award for his record of distinguished publications.
* Dr. Vernon Smith, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics and holder of the UAA Rasmuson Chair held meetings throughout the year on explorations of fisheries management and rural electrification, and an oil and gas roundtable with development executives, regulators and policy makers. Dr. Smith’s tenure as the Rasmuson Chair was extended through Spring 2005.
* The new UAA Library of the 21st Century is now open. The northernmost Foucault Pendulum in the world was installed. Form Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky spoke at the formal dedication in October 2004.
* UAA’s new Ecosystems Biomedical Laboratory Building opened in April 2004 – part of the expansion and modernization of our science facilities to meet Alaska’s growing demand.
* The College of Health and Social Welfare received a $1.1 million grant to create a National Resource Center for American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Elders. Only the second center in the nation, it will work with Native populations to help improve the most promising health care practices for elders.
* UAA's aviation program, housed in a state-of-the-art facility at Merrill Field, boasts one of only two 360-degree simulators in the nation. NASA owns the other one. UAA's Aviation program is a member of the team chosen by the FAA for its new Center of Excellence for General Aviation. The designation allows the team schools to expand general aviation safety related research and development programs.
* The new Cessna Caravan 208 simulator, one of only three in the nation, was dedicated in the Aviation Technology Complex.
* Mathematics Professor Brian Wick and three co-authors were awarded one of the world's most prestigious academic prizes, the Chauvenet Prize, for their expository work "A Stroll Through the Gaussian Prime" at the Mathematics Association of America national meeting.
* For the third year, UAA's graduating majors in Sociology scored about the 90th percentile on the ETS major Field Test in Sociology. Four students scored in the 99th percentile.
* The 2002 Dental Hygiene graduates placed sixth in the nation when ranted against all other dental hygiene program graduates taking the National Board for Dental Hygiene exams. The rating places UAA's program in the top 2.5 percent nationwide.
* Senior Aurore de Maulmont became the first Seawolf woman alpine racer to win an NCAA title when she won the giant slalom at the 2002 NCAA Skiing Championship.
* Department of Journalism and Public Communication Atwood Professor Gary Cohn was the 2002 Pulitzer Prize finalist in the national reporting category with fellow reporter Douglas M. Birch for the Baltimore Sun series "Of Patients and Profits". It was his third time as a Pulitzer finalist.
* Campus Life Director Annie Route received the 2002 Outstanding Service citation from the National Association for Campus Activities.
* Theatre and Dance junior Barbara Farmer won national honors in lighting design at the Region VII Kennedy Center American College Festival.
* A partnership between the university, the Municipality of Anchorage and six industry leaders has lead to the creation of the Global Logistics and Global Supply Chain Management programs.

UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA PROFILE:
The University of Alaska is the only public institution of higher learning in the State of Alaska. It is a statewide system of higher education that consists of three regional campuses and eleven extended sites. The University is governed by an 11-member board of regents, which is appointed by the governor. The chief executive officer of the university system is President Mark Hamilton. Chancellors head each of the three major administrative units:
1. The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) includes the Fairbanks campus and five branch campuses;
2. The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) includes the Anchorage campus, three branch campuses, and one community college; and
3. The University of Alaska Southeast (UAJ) includes the Juneau campus and two branch campuses.

UAA administration is organized into four divisions: Academic Affairs, Administrative Services, Student Affairs, and University Advancement. The Chancellor of UAA is responsible for all four divisions.

UAA is a comprehensive urban university that serves the population of Alaska. As an institution of higher learning, it seeks to provide programs that introduce the widest possible range of knowledge through exposure to diverse ideas, cultures, civilizations, languages, literatures, sciences, technologies, and professions.

The University of Alaska Anchorage has been continuously accredited by the Commission on Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges since its beginning. UAA is located in the state's population and service center. There are over 19,000 traditional and non-traditional students enrolled in four different college campuses and numerous extension sites located in the various communities of Southcentral Alaska and military sites.

UAA's main campus is located in Anchorage with extension sites at Eagle River, Fort Richardson, and Elmendorf Air Force Base. Students from Kodiak Island and the Kenai Peninsula are served by Kodiak College, Kenai Peninsula College (KPC), and KPC Kachemak Bay Branch in Homer. Administratively attached to UAA, Prince William Sound Community College (PWSCC) serves students in Valdez, Cordova, and Copper Center. UAA also serves students across Alaska via various media through the Center for Distributed Learning.

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