Published May 19, 2023

A treasure trove of historic photos of the 1964 Good Friday earthquake have been donated to the archives at the University of Alaska/Alaska Pacific University Consortium Library.

Published May 19, 2023 by Bostin Christopher

Chancellor Carey is retiring at the end of June. Chancellor Carey was adopted into the Raven Clan at the recent Native Graduation, which precedes Commencement. The Tlingit name she was given is Héide Shuwataaní. She sat down with Bostin Christopher on the "Juneau Afternoon" podcast to discuss her time at UAS, and what's next after she officially retires in June.

Published May 19, 2023 by Cory Turner

In isolated, rural school districts, hiring teachers is only half the battle – keeping them is hard too. One Alaska program has a research-backed approach to helping teachers stick with it.

Ed Sotelo is one of fifteen retired teachers who now work as mentors for the Alaska Statewide Mentor Project (ASMP). The program began 20 years ago, through the University of Alaska, and later survived being gutted by statewide budget cuts; seeing the impact the mentors were having on their teachers, school districts themselves stepped in to keep the project funded.

Published May 19, 2023

A former executive who stepped away from the Alaska Travel Industry Association (ATIA) for a couple of years is back, with a promotion. After a nationwide search, ATIA selected Jillian Simpson as its next President and CEO.

Simpson began her career in 2000 at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward before joining ATIA in 2004 to manage the travel trade and international marketing program. In 2013, she transitioned to overseeing ATIA’s membership and tourism policy initiatives; she was promoted to vice president in 2016 and was tasked with overseeing the State of Alaska’s destination marketing program. Simpson is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Arctic and northern studies at UAF.

Published May 18, 2023

As Alaskans eagerly anticipate the delights of the approaching summer, they also worry about the upcoming wildfire season — and rightly so. Last summer’s 590 wildfires burned more than 3.1 million acres in Alaska, about 41% of the total acreage burned in the U.S. It ranks seventh among the number of acres burned in an Alaska fire season.

More information about how Alaska’s fire seasons are changing is available in a recent report from University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center and the Alaska Fire Science Consortium called Alaska’s Changing Wildfire Environment.