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Chancellor candidate forums begin this week By Cheyenne Mathews
UAA CHANCELLOR
SEARCH COMMITTEE 2018 Fred Barlow Dean, College of Engineering Geser Bat‐Erdene USUAA (Student Body) Vice President Margie Brown Board of Directors, Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
Hattie Harvey Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education, College of Education Ryan J. Hill Staff Council Co‐Vice President
Alec Burris USUAA (Student Body) President
Dr. Alex Hills Distinguished Service Professor, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Bruce Bustamante President, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce & Chancellor’s Advisory Board
Jeffery Hollingsworth Associate Professor and Chair of Geomatics, College of Engineering
Heather Cavanaugh Director of Corporate Communications, Alaska Communications
Alex Jorgensen USUAA (Student Body) Senator
Sharon Chamard Associate Professor, Justice Center; Faculty Senate President & Committee Chair
Jodee Kuden Head, Collection Development/Professor, Consortium Library
Nelta Edwards Associate Professor and Chair, Sociology Department, College of Arts and Sciences
John Moore Staff Council Co‐Vice President
Crystal Enkvist Executive Director, Alaska Power Association, UAA Alumni Association Board of Directors Dave Fitzgerald Professor, Information Systems & Decision Sciences, College of Business and Public Policy Alan Fugleberg Director, Kodiak College
Tlisa Northcutt Senior Director of Donor Relations Casey Rudkin Assistant Professor, English, Kenai Peninsula College Ray Weber Assistant Professor, Aviation Technology, Community and Technical College
Gabe Garcia Associate Professor of Public Health, Health Sciences Department, College of Health GRAPHIC BY LEVI BROWN
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Last week, members of the chancellor search committee conducted phone interviews with seven candidates for the position. Sharon Chamard, chair of the committee, said there were 40 total applicants and that four candidates are coming to UAA for open forums in the next two weeks. According to Chamard, the four finalists are: • Nicol Rae, currently Dean, College of Letters & Science, Montana State University • Kevin Reynolds, currently Vice President, Administration and Finance, Portland State University • Mark Rudin, currently Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Boise State University • Cathy Sandeen, currently Chancellor, University of Wisconsin Colleges and University of Wisconsin-Extension The Northern Light sat down with Chamard to ask her what students could do to participate in the search process. How can students become involved? Chamard: “We’ll have the student forums [tentatively] on the second day of each visit, probably a 45 minute forum, we don’t want to totally burn out these people. If people are coming to campus, we’ve already determined they meet the requirements, that we think they’re very highly qualified, that we have a very strong interest in them being chancellor.” When will the committee make recommendations to President Jim Johnsen? “The committee will meet on [May] 11 to come up with some determination on how we would like to proceed.
If we have people at the end of this process that we are like “wow” we really want these people, then will forward these names to President [Jim] Johnsen and then it’s up to him. If we don’t find anybody like that, then we’ll just continue with process and we’ll up start back in August.” What are you looking for in a candidate? “When the consultants were here, when they took the two visits to campus earlier in the semester, they met with a lot of different people and kind of came up with… the things that we really are looking for. I think there are some key things. We want someone who has demonstrated commitment to student success because that’s a key thing about our university right now. Strategically, that’s our focus. Obviously, the role of chancellor is one that involves a lot of external constituency interaction, so we’re looking for people who have that experience, particularly in respect to fundraising because that’s a key job for the chancellor. Experience running a large, complex organization is important. We weren’t limiting our search just to people of traditional academic backgrounds.” There are 22 members on the search committee that represent student, staff and faculty groups. Sam Gingerich, interim chancellor of UAA, has been in the position since former Chancellor Tom Case retired in June of 2017. Last semester, a search committee was assembled to find a new chancellor, and this semester the committee had their consulting firm, Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates hold several listening sessions for the UAA community. For more information visit: uaa.alaska.edu/about/administration/office-of-the-chancellor/chancellorsearch. cshtml
USUAA members linked to meme accounts mocking university
By Mariah DeJesus-Remaklus mremaklus@thenorthernlight.org
An Instagram meme account mocking UAA was connected to USUAA president Alec Burris’s phone number and personal email address. The account, called uaa_memes, started posting in mid-April and has mocked the university’s budget decisions and administration. One meme poked fun at parking struggles with a caption that said: “Who needs transportation anyways[?].” Another meme related on the management of the university’s budget and the cost of the Alaska Airlines Center said, “at least the athletes get a nice gym.” When Burris’s phone number was added to someone’s contacts, uaa_memes became a suggested contact to follow on Instagram. The email address associated with the account was uaamemes@gmail. com, and Burris’s personal email address was listed as a secondary recovery account. Burris denied that he had created the Instagram page, saying that he has been trying to figure out who has his informa-
tion and is behind the account. “Anyone could’ve gone in and tied my personal email or phone number to [the account]. Those are things that are widely circulated,” he said. Instagram will send a verification code to the given number if a user links a phone number to their account. A similar process takes place when someone lists a secondary email address; an email is sent to that given address to confirm the email for recovery purposes. Accounts cannot be created until it’s been verified through a phone number or email. Burris said he wasn’t familiar with the specifics of these verification processes and that he hadn’t received any email regarding recovery in his personal email inbox. In the initial interview with Burris, he said that the uaa_memes account was “really good,” though he did not know who had created it. He then said that he wished it was him and he would gain “street cred” if The Northern Light wrote a story saying Burris was the person behind it. USUAA’s mission statement says that their goals include promoting educational needs and the rights of students. It also emphasizes that the student government serves “as a forum for students to express their ideas for enhancing the quality of their educational experience through expanded and improved communications among students, faculty, administration
and beyond.” The memes account expressed students’ concerns and criticisms of the university by mocking and ridiculing the institution’s management and decisions. One meme about UAA’s search for a Title IX coordinator said “your safety is our top priority” in quotation marks accompanied by screenshots of the Title IX investigator positions being vacant. This post followed news that Sara Childress, formerly an investigator, had been chosen for the coordinator position. The uaa_memes account was created shortly after Josiah Nash, USUAA student ombudsman, started a different account called uaailluminati on Instagram, which featured memes that were directed at USUAA members. It was a way to archive memes exchanged between both UAA and UAF’s student governments on Snapchat, Nash said. “We have a statewide student government group chat and snapchat, so our student government and [ASUAF] go at each other. We have all these memes attacking each other,” he said. Multiple people within USUAA had access to uaailluminati, and it was deleted within the same day that The Northern Light reached out for comment. It’s unclear who deleted the account, but Burris said in an email that USUAA does not want the memes associated with their public image. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs,
Bruce Schultz, said that freedom of speech and expression are “fundamental to UAA’s mission,” even if it involves criticism of the university. However, he noted that each situation is unique and the university could take action “regarding content posted online from an employment, student conduct or criminal act perspective.” The Northern Light reached out to uaa_memes and a UAA student claiming to be in charge of the account called from an unknown number, asking to remain anonymous. They said they had “no idea” who Alec Burris was and that they had found his phone number “randomly” on the internet. The source also claimed to have no understanding of Instagram’s verification process despite claiming they created the account. USUAA’s speaker of the assembly, Alex Jorgensen, said that the page may not be “a bad thing,” but memes aren’t professional. Still, he finds positivity in humor and memes are a relevant form of expression. “Is it the most professional thing? I don’t think so, but is it an inherently bad thing?” he said. “I think it can be because I think sometimes things can definitely cross the line where it’s more of a personal attack.” The Northern Light requested another interview with uaa_memes to follow-up and received no response. The account was deleted within the same day.
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Student media thrives despite declining revenue By Cheyenne Mathews cmathews@thenorthernlight.org
The University of Alaska has three student run publications at each of the main campuses. UA enrollment has been steadily decreasing and since UAS’s The Whalesong, UAF’s The Sun Star and UAA’s The Northern Light, are predominantly student fee funded, all papers have made decisions to either cut circulation or staff hours. The Sun Star announced via Facebook on April 15, that they would no longer be producing print editions of the paper. This change came after announcing earlier in the spring semester that they were moving from weekly to biweekly circulation. Kyrie Long, editor in chief of Sun Star said she hopes to increase student engagement through an online platform. “With dying lack of interest in print advertisements, we switched to a biweekly this spring semester,” Long said. “And then I made the decision with Publication Board to switch entirely over to digital by next year in order to one, do better student outreach because a lot of the student populations pay more attention to the stuff happening in digital and on their
Facebook feeds and on their Twitter feeds, and two, to cut costs in an area where it would be most effective.” Both The Sun Star and The Whalesong have small staffs of six and five members, respectively. The Whalesong is a biweekly publication, and managing editor Erin Laughlin said the publication is the only place at UAS that students can gain journalism training. “My hope for the future is that it becomes a resource for students who are interested in journalism to be a part of, because UAS doesn’t have a journalism program nor communications program — major or minor — so we work without resources on how to do our jobs basically,” Laughlin said. “Everything is self-taught and grassroots which is fun but difficult, so my goal for the future is, in a perfect world, Whalesong becomes a class almost and that it becomes sustainable.” The Northern Light is a weekly publication with a staff of 22 employees. The Northern Light won 11 awards at the Alaska Press Club awards ceremony on April 21, more than any other student media outlet. While The Northern Light is the biggest student newspaper in Alaska, both in circulation and
First place — Vern McCorkle Award for best business reporting First place — Best portrait First place — Best illustration First place — Best reporting on science First place — Best arts reporting
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The Northern Light staff won 11 awards at the Alaska Press Club awards ceremony on April 21, 2018. The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ newspaper, The Sun Star, won four.
in audience, the paper has not been immune to cuts. Declining funds from student fees have led the paper to cap some staff hours and to focus more on building online advertising. Despite the setbacks, both The Sun Star and The Northern Light won more Alaska Press Club awards this year than last year. The Sun Star was recognized in four categories this April compared to one last year. The Whalesong did not have any submissions for the Alaska Press Club competition this year. “[Winning 11 awards] just makes me feel like you shouldn’t underestimate student journalists just because they are at a student run organization, that doesn’t mean they’re not going
to produce quality content,” Samantha Davenport, executive editor of The Northern Light, said. “We’re competing with news organizations that print a weekly newspaper, that print a daily newspaper, that have way larger audiences than us. So to show that we have content that’s just as good as theirs, if not better, is really rewarding in showing that we have everything that other newspapers have.” Davenport has been managing the paper as the media fee has decreased with enrollment. This past semester she made the decision to move the paper from 16 plus pages to a consistent 12 pages each week. “Definitely student fees have had an impact on the paper but
Second place — Best weekly newspaper Second place — Best media website Second place — Best feature photo Third place — Best sports photo Third place — Suzan Nightingale Award for best columnist Third place — Best sports or outdoor column
not to the point that we’ve had to cut staff or anything extremely severe,” Davenport said. “We’ve also had a few issues this year [like] making money in advertising revenue, which involves some staff transitions and also, people just not being as interested in advertising in print.”
Seawolf summer shuttle service permanently discontinued
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By Marie Ries
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The UAA Seawolf Shuttle service will not run during summer semesters, according to Facilities and Campus Services. After the end of finals week on May 4, the shuttle service will take a break until August. In previous years, the shuttle ran on a reduced schedule during the summer semester. Ryan
Buchholdt, sustainability and business manager for the UAA Facilities and Campus Services department, said the decision was made due to financial reasons and declining ridership. Prior to the fiscal year of 2017, the Seawolf Shuttle was funded equally by Parking Services revenue sources and funds from the state. In 2017, the university began moving towards a financing model without funds from the state. “This was largely to respond to budget reductions and the need to focus remaining [funds from the state] on the care and maintenance of the campus buildings and grounds,” Buchholdt said. “This meant Parking Services would need to cover a greater share of the shuttle cost.” Parking revenue sources include a mix of parking permits,
the Student Transportation Fee and fines. “It is important to note the revenue Parking Services receives from the fee is not enough to cover all these programs. Permit revenue provides a substantial portion,” Buchholdt said. “To meet the campus needs and the funding objective, we needed to address the costs of the shuttle to reach a point that Parking Services could reliably fund while minimizing permit cost increases.” Summer ridership accounts for less than 2 percent of the overall annual ridership of the Seawolf Shuttle, according to numbers from Facilities and Campus Services. Buchholdt also said that the numbers of summer ridership have been “dropping substantially” for the past few years.
In 2016, the shuttle service had 1,518 rides over the summer semester. One year later, the numbers decreased by almost a third to 1,066 rides. “If summer shuttle service were continued this summer, it would cost a minimum of of $22,000. Based on the summer 2017 ridership numbers, this equates to $22 per ride — one way — for summer [2018],” Buchholdt said. Transportation lead Judy Arp said in an email she was “not a part of the decision-making process” to discontinue the summer service. Sophomore elementary education major Sofie Riley lives on campus and uses the shuttle service frequently. “I think that the shuttle is a crucial mode of transportation for students who do not own a
car,” Riley said. “The campus is also so spread apart that it’s nice to be able to use the shuttle as a means to get to class faster and not having to leave your dorm so early,” Riley said. Buchholdt said the department “agonized” over the decision to cancel the shuttle service for the summer. “Overall, we… share the campus community’s disappointment, but it was a necessary action to take given UAA’s current constraints,” Buchholdt said. The regular shuttle service for the fall and spring semesters will not be affected by this decision. Seawolf Shuttles are expected to resume service a week prior to the fall 2018 semester.
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Bill providing funding for UAA study stalled in House Health and Social Sciences Committee SB 198 seeks to study long-acting, reversible contraception on at-risk women By Victoria Petersen copy@thenorthernlight.org
A bill funding a UAA research program looking to study long-acting, reversible contraception and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder for $500,000 is currently stuck in the House Health and Social Sciences Committee. Senate Bill 198 would authorize UAA to enter into a research program that will study the effects of using long-acting, reversible contraceptives on women who are somewhat, or may be, hopelessly addicted, Sen. Pete Kelly, a Republican from Fairbanks and the bill’s sponsor, said in an April 17 House Health and Social Services Committee. Sen. Kelly said the bill would combat the issue of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder by using long-acting, reversible contraceptives “in a population that is having babies, and that can’t seem to get control of their addiction.” The new three-year study, conducted by UAA’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, will evaluate the effectiveness of providing long-acting, reversible contraception. The study will be testing on voluntary women with substance abuse disorders who are at high risk for unintended pregnancies that may result in prenatal drug or alcohol exposure. The study would be done in partner-
ship with Alaska Regional Hospital. The bill will also require the researchers to update the legislature every year for the duration of the study. Amanda Slaunwhite, director of UAA Center for Alcohol and Addiction studies expressed support for the bill. She said approximately 70 percent of mothers who have had one child exposed to drugs or alcohol in utero, will have another. “It’s important that we figure out how to solve these challenges related to unintended pregnancy and access to substance abuse treatment, especially in this opioid epidemic,” Slaunwhite said. Jeff Jessee, dean of UAA’s college of health, also gave his support of the bill at the April 17 meeting. “Part of the essential elements of the research is that there are women that don’t choose long-acting, reversible contraception, that either they choose not to have birth control at all, or choose alternative methods to birth control,” Jessee said. “That’s what enables us to have a control group so that we can test out… not where the birth control is effective, but what’s the most effective strategies for wrapping around these women, to help them see that they have control over at least part of their future. Even if they don’t see how they can control their addiction.” While the bill is rooted in good intentions, some believe the bill is promoting an unethical study.
Fairbanks equal rights activist group, the Hrrrl Scouts, posted on their Facebook page urging their followers to “flood the inboxes of the House Health and Social Services Committee” in opposition to the bill. In a post from April 24, the group provided a sample letter and contact info for representatives on the House Health and Social Services Committee. “This is the creepy bill,” the post read. “We know [long-acting, reversible contraceptives] work. This is just an attempt to control women’s bodies masquerading as caring. It’s unethical to single out women struggling with substance abuse, especially as there is not a definitive plan in place for the removal of the devices.” On April 25, the group posted to their page a screenshot of an email response from Rep. Ivy Spohnholz, Democrat from Anchorage and chair of the House Health and Social Services Committee. “SB 198 will not be moving out of committee. This bill was a well-intentioned but poorly crafted attempt to increase contraception for a vulnerable population,” Spohnholz’s email said. University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Generation Action chapter also had reservations about the bill, posting April 24 on their Facebook page urging followers to contact representatives in the House Health and Social Services Committee. “We’re sharing this a little late, but they canceled both hearings on this HOR-
RIBLE bill so here’s the contact info for the Reps on the House Health & Social Services Committee and the bill’s sponsor,” the post read, along with contact information for all of the representatives on the committee. The study is following up with a twoyear experiment that stocked Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder informational posters and pregnancy tests in bars across the state. The study, concluded in 2015, was conducted by UAA’s Institute for Circumpolar Health studies. Over 2,000 women in Anchorage, Juneau, Homer and Kodiak chose to participate in the experiment. The results were compared to results from Fairbanks, Nome and Dillingham, where only Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder posters were displayed. Researchers found that bars that offered the pregnancy test dispensers and the posters were more effective than bars that only displayed the posters. The study also discovered 42 women who found they were pregnant and committed to abstaining from alcohol while pregnant. “It was highly controversial at the time, now it’s not so controversial. It has produced an amazing amount of data. More than we expected we would get,” Kelly said in the April 17 committee meeting. The bill is currently stalled in the House Health and Social Services Committee.
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Spring commencement speaker’s message: ‘You get out what you put in’ Lyndea Kelleher stresses the importance of students taking advantage of opportunities By Mariah DeJesus-Remaklus mremaklus@thenorthernlight.org
The spring 2018 commencement speaker is Lyndea Kelleher. Kelleher has been involved with the community and the university during her time at UAA. From being president of the Economics Club to being part of USUAA, to interning for Mayor Berkowitz and his staff, she has always kept herself busy. Although she was born and raised in Anchorage, UAA was not her first choice for college. She went to the University of San Francisco for about two years in hopes of being a history major and minoring in biology and chemistry, but decided to come back home. “I really loved Anchorage. While I was gone, I was like, ‘I miss it so much, all my friends are there,’” Kelleher said. “And the school just wasn’t that good of a fit.” She ended up giving UAA a chance after her friends who went out of state for school also decided to return to Alaska. People were telling her that they’d had a great experience in Anchorage for college.
Since then, she’s discovered many things that she cares about both in and outside of UAA. Her work with the Mayor’s office involved the creative economy and working with providing the Anchorage youth more opportunities. “It was all the things that I cared about,” Kelleher said. Kelleher is working as an intern in the Tax Division Economic Research Group at the Department of Revenue and will be there until August. Her brain is “engaged a lot,” and the experience has been eye-opening, she said. Kelleher is also working with John Weddleton in the Anchorage Assembly, who represents south Anchorage. She said that her projects with him involve improving transportation and bike lanes throughout the city. “There’s a lot of smart people coming out of the university and it’s good to have them connected to projects like this,” Weddleton said. Now that Kelleher is graduating, she’s applying for jobs. Her plan is to stay in Anchorage before getting a master’s degree, though she’s unsure what program she is interested in.
“I think if I work a little bit, that’ll kind of help me find a focus,” she said. Kelleher’s interests include public policy, urban planning and even law. She said that if she does go out of state, she would probably come back. For now, a break is much needed. “Maybe I’ll go on a trip or something. I don’t know,” Kelleher said. “It’d be nice to have a break after these hectic three years that I’ve been here. I really just want to enjoy the summer.” Kelleher’s advice for other students is to put effort into opportunities. She said that leadership experiences are valuable and she hopes that what she has done during her time at UAA brings visibility and awareness to what the school has to offer. She joined Alpha Sigma Alpha, one of UAA’s sororities, shortly after starting her education here, and took on a motto: You get out what you put in. “I think it’s so applicable to UAA. Opportunities will come to you, but if you’re sitting around, just waiting for them to show up, it’s probably not going to happen,” Kelleher said. “I hope that what I’ve done through clubs and in classes and within
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my department shows people that there are so many great opportunities here.” Weddleton said he thinks Kelleher will be great. “She’s smart, humble, very thoughtful. I look forward to
hearing what she has to say.” Kelleher will speak at the commencement for the class of 2018 on May 6 at the Alaska Airlines Center.
New business, RAGE, opened by UAA grad
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UAA computer science graduate Grenel Sumabat is the co-owner of RAGE; a consignment shop that specializes in sneakers and streetwear. RAGE officially opened for business on March 24 and is located in the Sears Mall.
By Robin O’Donoghue arts2@thenorthernlight.org
On March 2, RAGE opened the doors of it’s sleek storefront in the Sears Mall. They describe themselves on their Instagram page as “Alaska’s Premium Boutique,” RAGE specializes in sneakers, high-end clothing, restoration and consignment of brands previously only available
to Alaskans online. “We wanted to open before summer, so we started talking serious details in January and February… [the] grand opening blew my mind, we did a lot of advertising but I still didn’t know how people would react” co-owner Grenel Sumabat said. Sumabat, who has been restoring shoes and sneakers since 2012, graduated from UAA with a degree in computer science in
2017. After graduating he decided to pursue his passion, which led to the creation of RAGE. Prior to having a storefront, Sumabat and co-owner of RAGE, John Daet, were restoring and selling shoes locally, which lead Sumabat to build a website for their endeavor. “I guess that’s where [the] computer science comes in,” Sumabat said. While RAGE has only been
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RAGE has an inventory of over 200 different pairs of shoes and clothing that ranges from vintage pieces to the latest streetwear collections.
open for a few weeks, they’re off to a steady start, Daet said. . “I really appreciate everybody that’s been coming through and supporting us,” Daet said. “We’re looking to host some events in the future… we’re just hoping to continue growing and get bigger.” Rage offers brands such as Hypebeat, Palace, Supreme and Anti Social Club, as well as a number of different services.
“There’s a culture for this: sneakers, clothing, vintage and shoes in general… but there really just wasn’t a platform for it yet,” Sumabat said. “There are so many businesses like ours in the Lower 48 but there just wasn’t anything for the community here before we started.” As RAGE continues to grow, Sumabat and Daet have future plans to start their own merchandise and clothing line.
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College Cookbook: Sweet, sweet graduation
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Celebrate your favorite graduate by making something sweet. This fun, sprinkle-smothered cake is rich chocolate with a cream cheese frosting. You’ll need two cake pans that are the same size. You can use either a box cake or a homemade cake recipe. For simplicity’s sake I used a box. The same goes with the frosting.
Ingredients • • • • • By Victoria Petersen copy@thenorthernlight.org
1 box of cake mix, your choice Eggs, per instructions on box Oil, per instructions on box Water, per instructions on box Cream cheese frosting, either homemade or store bought • Roughly 8 to 10 ounces of rainbow sprinkles
Directions 1. In a mixing bowl, mix together the ingredients according to your cake recipe or the instructions on your boxed cake mix recipe. Preheat the oven according to your recipe. Mix until the ingredients are combined and a smooth, fluid batter has formed. 2. Fill each cake pan about halfway, leaving room for the cake to rise. Bake in the oven for the time allotted on your recipe and pan size. 3. While the cakes are baking, take this time to make your cream cheese frosting if you’re opting for the homemade version. 4. In a cookie sheet, dump out some sprinkles and spread evenly across the pan. Set aside. 5. When the cakes have finished baking, allow them to cool completely, about 20 minutes or so. 6. Remove the cakes from the pan. Frost the top of one of the cakes, and the bottom of another. Stack the cakes, sandwiching the frosting. 7. To easily sprinkle sides of the cake, start by generously frosting the sides of the entire cake. 8. Once the sides are frosted, using both hands, tilt the cake over and roll the frosted sides of the cake down the cookie sheet filled with sprinkles. Acting like the cake is a wheel, roll the cake across the cookie sheet until the sides are covered with sprinkles. 9. Set the cake down, and right side up. Continue frosting the top of the cake generously. Add a heaping amount of sprinkles so that the cake is completely covered. 10. Serve, and enjoy!
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To walk or not to walk me, means that I’ve put all the trials and By Abby Slater tribulations of the last five years behind features@thenorthernlight.org me and I’m taking my successes and triumphs and moving forward.” Commencement can be an overFor other students, family and timing whelming and exciting time. There are play into their decision. When legal studparties, dinners and celebrations across ies major Ana Azpilcueta found herself a the city as students finish their degree few credits shy of getting her degree, she programs. All of it leads to the official had to take family members’ internationceremony in which students don their cap al travel into account. She will be walkand gown and walk across the stage at the ing in the spring 2018 commencement. Alaska Airlines Center. “I don’t really want to walk because I At least, some of them do. still have two more classes to take next Many factors can play into whether or fall. But since my grandma was visiting not a student chooses to walk. For some from Mexico I figured I would walk for Alaskans, unique situations can force her to see me,” Azpilcueta said. them to forego walking at commenceAntionette Street, an English literament, even when they would like to. ture student, said that her family was also Elizabeth Savage, who graduated with part of the reason she chose to walk. a degree in journalism and digital media “Knowing my family has the opporin the fall of 2016, found herself unable tunity to see all my hard work come toto walk after a last-minute military move. gether for that singular moment is really She said she was devastated when she nice.” Street said. “When I decided to go had to derail her plans. to college I knew I would walk. I am too “I was set to graduate with sever- cute not to be splashed across television.” al honors and I got my cap, gown and When asked what advice she would cords,” Savage said. “I just went to school give to students who were on the fence for seven years and had this anti-climac- about walking, Street said that people tic moment when I picked up my degree should decide whether commencement from the University Center. I’m glad I was worthwhile to them. finished my bachelor’s and I’m proud, but “Go with your gut. If your initial reI had a picture of the whole graduation action to sitting in a crowd of hundreds experience and mine just didn’t measure for four hours isn’t ‘that’s tolerable,’ then up.” maybe walking isn’t for you. A lot of peoFor others, though, the walk across the ple endure it for their family, but that’s stage is simpler. David Clark, a sociology what grad photos and graduation parties major who will walk at the spring 2018 are also for,” Street said. commencement, says he chose to walk as The spring 2018 commencement will a way to finish off his hard work at UAA. be held Sunday, May 6 from 1 - 3:30 p.m. “I personally like the idea of the clo- at the Alaska Airlines Center. Guest ticksure it will give,” Clark said. “For me, ets are required for entry. it’s a way to end an era. Walking, to
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Congratulations, Graduates!
Enjoy your celebrations and stay safe. Important links:
Equity and Compliance website
www.uaa.alaska.edu/equityandcompliance
UAA Sex Discrimination and Sexual Misconduct Incident Report
https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?UnivofAlaska&layout_id=75
University of Alaska “Stop the Silence” website https://www.alaska.edu/stopthesilence
Uaa_titleIX@alaska.edu 907-786-0818 UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination
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Alaska Native dance group brings cultural recognition to commencement By Caleigh Jensen
cjensen@thenorthernlight.org
For over 10 years, it has been a tradition for Lepquinm Gumilgit Gagoadim (LGG) to perform a welcome dance at UAA’s fall and spring commencement ceremonies. LGG, meaning “our own dance in our hearts,” is a Tsimshian dance group that strives to keep their language and culture alive. LGG was founded back in 2005 by Marcella Wahts’muu and Theodora Bayou, both of Tsimshian descent. In 1987, Bayou started an adult dance group in her hometown of Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska, and wanted to continue it after moving to Anchorage. Over the years, LGG has performed across the state of Alaska, as well as in Washington D.C. According to Bayou, there is a lot more to LGG than just dancing. “Being a part of this dance group keeps my language and culture alive. We not only do song and dance, but Sm’algyax language classes to benefit the younger generation,” Bayou said. “I feel the strength of our younger generation carrying on the traditions and language. Our culture as well as language will go on to future generations as
PHOTO BY MARCELLA WAHTS’MUU
Members of the Lepquinm Gumilgit Gagoadim, or “Our own dance in our hearts” dance group perform at the UAA commencement ceremony every fall and spring.
our ancestors have done.” Although LGG is a Tsimshian dance group, members come from a wide variety of Alaska Native backgrounds, including Tlingit, Haida and Athabascan. Almost all of its members have some sort of connection to Metlakatla and British Columbia, much like Bayou and Wahts’muu. For Wahts’muu, the group brings her back to her roots. “LGG connects me with home,” Wahts’muu said. “An-
chorage is very far from Metlakatla and with LGG meeting regularly, I get to connect with people from home and not be homesick. I get to be myself.” Soon after their formation, the group was recommended to UAA by the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program in 2006, and has been performing at nearly every one of the university’s graduations since. UAA has been a strong support of LGG, and many group members are also graduates
from UAA. Karla Booth, member since 2005, is an alumnus of the university. Booth worked as the Alaska Native and Rural Outreach Program coordinator for 13 years in the Department of Residence Life. Booth finds that being a part of LGG has brought her closer to her heritage as well as the Anchorage community. “While living in the city, it is easy for us to feel disconnected to our traditions. It’s a privilege to be able to come together with
other like minded people each week to celebrate the heritage that we love,” Booth said. Booth feels that LGG’s performances teach the audience an important lesson: love. “Witnessing our songs, dances, drumming and language can help people heal in their lives because this form of entertainment comes from a place of love. There’s love of the culture, the language, a love of being connected to the past and knowing the roots of our identity,” Booth said. “Experiencing the sounds of our voices and drums can connect with people at different levels because they can feel it resonate in their mind and body. It can give them strength, clarity, courage and motivation.” Like Booth, performing at commencement and seeing the Tsimshian culture alive brings joy to Bayou as well. “When we perform for the UAA graduations here in Anchorage, I feel the pride of each young graduate and that Alaska has traditional groups of Native Alaskans to share and make each graduate proud that they are from this beautiful state,” Bayou said. Lepquinm Gumilgit Gagoadim will be performing at the UAA spring commencement ceremony on May 6.
CONGR ATS TO THE GR ADUATING
CLASS OF 2018 HONORS LEGEND Cum Laude*
Magna Cum Laude**
Summa Cum Laude*** List of students as of 3 p.m. on April 27, 2018
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Dr. John R. D. Stalvey, Dean MASTER’S DEGREES MASTER OF ARTS Anthropology Carrie H. Cecil Anna M. Velardi English Samantha M. Mack Andrew J. Mullins Amilyn Reece MASTER OF FINE ARTS Creative Writing and Literary Arts Ben E. Armentrout Tamar S. Bolkvadze Daniel N. Branch Morgan Grey MASTER OF SCIENCE Biological Sciences Natalie M. Rouse Clinical Psychology Alyssa A. Coogan Steffi M. Kim Alicia F. Marvin Lauryn M. Pealatere Alexandria M. Schmidt Shane R. Wilson BACCALAUREATE DEGREES BACHELOR OF ARTS Anthropology Kyle M. Demientieff-Worl* Jana V. Lekanoff Vincent A. Nusunginya** Judy M. O’Connor* WynnD M. Renzi Danielle D. Thornton Kay L. Underwood Elizabeth R. Walsh
Kathryn E. DuFresne Benjamin D. Greeson Jennifer E. Jenkins* Kjol A. Johnson Helena N. Logan Carmen M. MaldonadoPatrick Trina M. Musliu Iliodor Philemonof III Megan E. Schnese** Antionette M. Street Jason T. Yurman*
Jane R. Lee Ioana Lobontiu*** Peter L. Metzger Cole T. Murphy** Quenton C. Nelson Morgan O. Ross* Shiri E. Segal Maren C. Sunderland Katharina G. Zellmann*
History Deborah J. Alstrom Felicia C. Bailey Julie M. Beam Spencer J. Bennion Ansel B. Bird Benjamin M. Boelke Megan R. Bruckner* Matthew S. Burgoon Danika R. Harris Lance R. Jordan Michael G. Osborne Jr. Kyle M. Priddle Chaz T. Rivas Kaydee M. Robertson Stephanie N. Steele Johnnie E. Templeton Jr. Hollis A. Versyp William C. Walker*** Richard E. Whitney
Music Jazmine M. Brown Daniel M. Comer
International Studies Gayle K. Allen* Peregrine G. Gilliam Allison W. Haines** Kyle J. Keesecker Renata A. Knapman Ioana Lobontiu*** Peter L. Metzger Cole T. Murphy** Kyle S. Pace Maren C. Sunderland
Biological Sciences Sarah A. Caudill
Journalism and Public Communications Jolene R. Almendarez Logan R. Harrison Allison L. Heaslet Joley S. Hodgson** Keaton J. Homer James T. Lane Conor L. McDonald* Shayne M. Nuesca Yoshina T. Okamoto Jacob A. Raygor John A. Sallee Austin C. Sjong Ammon H. Swenson Rebekah M. Tempel Julia L. Tenison Brandon A. Yanoshek Sharon Yi
English Aaron C. Acuna Dannesh B. Bastani Bridget L. Bodick Shiloh D. Brady Ann Broberg Karla L. Brollier Patrick J. Czyz Kira Lynn R. Decker
Languages Gayle K. Allen* Emily R. Arrow** Grecia A. Barajas Duran** Emily M. Beeson Richard W. Crick Megan A. Green** Damion J. Lamothe** Dayana L. Lau
Art Lena N. Brown Bryce A. M. Ehmann Anna V. Gudimova Kara L. Hansen Victoria C. LaCroix* Anita L. Laulainen*** Rachael Maher** Saharra I. McKee Tristan N. Morgan* Becka L. Olson Hannah R. Paulston**
Mathematics Tawny M. Wright
Philosophy Joseph P. Dugan Oliver C. Johnson Colten J. Kirk Damion J. Lamothe** Travis C. Smith John M. Venhaus** Richard E. Whitney Political Science Caleb J. Berry James T. L. Burkham Daniel R. Jost Tyler Lockley David M. Nelson Fatos Redzepi Chaz T. Rivas Jacob S. Shercliffe** Psychology Krystal M. Baer Gerald F. Brockman* Cody R. Christ Jessica N. Dauwe Jennifer M. Davis* Robert E. Davis V Julie M. Denny** Paul L. Eneboe III Hannah A. Ferguson Ashleigh A. L. Gaines Elisheva Gottstein Victoria S. W. Grey Rachel M. Hightower Andrea I. Jaque Jared D. Jeffery Stephen T. Kranich Megan E. McIlmail Katelynn M. Mobley Luke B. Offord Natalya E. Oskolkoff Denali E. Peterson Alaina R. Prince** Gabriel M. Reges* Emilee K. Rogers Tammy L. Salzman Rachel C. Samber Ashley B. Seder Hannah L. Tozier Michael D. Tupper* Jordan R. Tu’ulauulu Aaron T. Via Sociology Denice E. Ammons Katrina E. Chertkow** David J. L. Clark Kelsee C. Jordan* Megan S. Kelley
Maegan K. Mascagno Andrea A. Perezgao Lonnie D. Ridgeway Sevy Z. Sheppard** Theatre Mary I. Alley Jacob B. Beauvais Stephanie R. Brenner Addoris J. Davis Zoe L. Ellis* BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS Jade A. H. Aldridge* Bryce N. Fredrick Kendra L. Harvey* Kiara M. Kaitchuck* Danielle R. Morgan** Lauren E. Stanford* Jeanette I. Sweetman** BACHELOR OF LIBERAL STUDIES Alasha N. Brito Carol A. Gardner BACHELOR OF MUSIC Music Brendon J. Mezzetti* Music Education Emphasis Zaide L. Manzano* Garrett B. Rossing* Kaitlyn E. Wasko Music Performance Garrett B. Rossing* Wesley R. Voley** BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Anthropology Jordyn M. Jones Vincent A. Nusunginya** Helena V. Sarcone* Biological Sciences Grace D. Allan Kelly M. Allen Lacey J. D. Anderson** Amy K. Andresen Jacob J. Bozzini Jacob J. Buskirk* Kade A. Fitzgerald* Sarah M. Gering Kimberly L. Howell Travis M. Jennings Hunter B. Jones Jessica M. Kester* Yesenia Manzur Alexandra F. Matukonis Chelsea Marie T. Parrocha* Hannah M. Puterbaugh Robert Ihro C. Raguindin Kenneth W. Sparks Kaden C. Spurgeon Tomas R. Sundet** Samantha S. Thomas* Patrice M. Timmons* Luisa F. Valencia Lee C. Vang Takumi Veria Alamin A. E. Von Mohammedson Judy L. T. Vu Alyssa L. Zapata
Chemistry Kaelan H. Byrd Nicholas I. Cropper Dayana L. Lau Chelsea Marie T. Parrocha* Kaden C. Spurgeon
Tommy P. Nguyen* Andrew E. Richie Athena L. Steinhilpert Tina L. Taylor Samantha L. Vetter ASSOCIATE DEGREES
Environment and Society Madeleine R. Arbuckle** Enkhtsetseg Gendendorj Kyla L. Gongora Austin M. Makowski Anna K. Petersen Jacob L. Richey Sarah R. Rosen Morgan O. Ross* Jessica L. Sandvik Virgil M. St. Aime Geological Sciences Alex M. Brown Austin M. Cunningham Christopher D. Ferguson Andrea Hackley Benjamin T. Lamirand Ambrosia L. Rhoads Zachary J. Thon Frederick W. Transburg Mathematics Ryan Z. Johnson Kiana J. Kade Heather R. Lindsey* Olivier Mantha*** Albert Prouty III Wesley R. Voley** Natural Sciences Martin Julius S. Almeida* Nicole C. Bailey Alicia R. Fillmore Rachel M. Gingras* Vanessa I. L. Gonzalez Alice Y. Han Willow L. Hanson Timothy J. Jameson Joseph M. Kelchen Monica A. N. Ketchum Jeffrey L. Libby Erik J. Linduska Shawn W. Nielsen Andrea M. Parrott Hunter M. Paul* Matthew R. Redlinger Anthony D. Resetarits Samuel A. Rice Shannon D. Royal* Michelle P. Slwooko Tomas R. Sundet** Lee C. Vang Shawnee B. Wackerman Anastasia M. Walczyk Sigourney A. Walker Jason T. Wareham Evan K. Weinzirl Nia S. White Psychology Staci A. Andrews* Julie R. Baker Kolten W. Brueggeman Emily R. Duke Grant W. Ensign Alice Y. Han Kathleen R. McNealy**
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS General Program Joshua R. Adams* Barrie K. Brent Crystal M. Brown Shannon N. Burden Jason M. Caples Dana P. Chrestman Cody W. Coonjohn Shana D. Cooper Daniel A. Corscadden Shane A. Cullison Madilynn A. Davis Nana Deevanna* Elisha B. Dodge Christopher D. Fast Sydney Fell Erin N. Flinn* Steven J. Fowler Marie E. Francis Christine M. Funatake Jasmine Renee F. Galindo Franklin M. Gamboa II Michele G. Gann Tamara J. Garner Mauricia D. Ikner Sarah M. Jessup Josiah J. Jones Shawn M. Kelly Kevin W. Kuhns Aaron Paul S. Malia Jessica Martinez-Rumbold Bren R. Marx Shalah R. McCarthy* Dakota C. McClure Tristan R. Michaels Cody M. Morris Valerie M. Palermo Thomas F. Palma Michael Pero** Caeleigh A. Prickette Stephanie K. Reynolds Genevieve J. Rouse Lisa M. Rucker Isabella G. Saxe Moriah T. Scott Nathan L. Staker Matthew J. Stepp* Sonya L. Stewart Selene W. Stoll Traci B. Storey Michele L. Thurston Corina C. Torgeson Emma R. Torkelson*** Joshua F. Trouy Brittney D. Watkins Steven P. Wickenkamp Benjamin M. Williams Brandon T. Williams COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY Dr. Bogdan Hoanca, Interim Dean
10 | GRADUATES MASTER’S DEGREES MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION General Management Aaron M. Butterer Maria E. Celli Meghan C. Clemens Ryan S. Ellison Marlaina L. Haretuku Deshuria Holmes-Kadriu Eric T. Johnson Scott Kubacki Devin L. Lyons Roxanne Makamson Nadezhda V. McKinnis Justin A. Nelson Travis L. Parrish Adrian H. Ramos Shannon A. Rasic Larissa M. Tapia Yi Xie MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Melchisedek Jean Christopher D. Smith BACCALAUREATE DEGREES BACHELOR OF ARTS Economics Dimitrios N. Alexiadis Jodie M. Gatti Kaleb J. Gibertoni* Megan A. Green** Weston M. Haynes Lyndea A. Kelleher* Clara R. McConnell Paul T. Melin Gaea G. Villaroya Shawn D. Williams BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Accounting Cindy AmnatkeoLee Zackary R. Aspelund Cassandra N. Ayerdis Nicole L. Bridgman** Katherine A. Carlson Kristin N. Carroll Cameron C. Carter Maricris G. Cayabyab* Heather A. Crews** Karen L. Denton Viktoria Gorene M. Dumaop Jenna N. Efird Danae Eulloqui-Barajas* Roseanne A. Felizardo* Trevor F. Grimes Laura L. Hansen Reina M. Hernandez-Burrell Joseph P. Howell Ryan J. Keates Min Uk Kim* Joseph M. McGlaughlin Marcia D. Miller Louis Miller IV Janessa K. Reamey Jane L. Senaga Chanel A. T. Simon Alexander R. Smith Seen Y. So Jasmin Sorto-Rivera Miles E. Sumida Timothy C. Xiong Economics Bat D. Anders Stephen T. Kranich Stefania A. Kristjansson** Jenna K. Luhrs Eric J. Milliken Miles E. Sumida Finance Cameron M. Amantea Jarrett R. Brown* Nolan J. Cady** Ryan Cain Makaila A. da Silva* Samuel S. Erickson* Vanessa M. Hall Jensen A. Heagy** Alfonso J. Hernandez Aviles Katie N. Jan
Eric C. Jensen Jared M. Juliussen Tad A. A. Kozun* Eric A. Lacher* Aaron P. Lakey Ryan P. Petersen Chanda R. Simon Joseph A. Wells Lydia A. Wyatt* Drew N. Yliniemi
Emily X. Pollock Efren R. Punongbayan Marina A. Soria Colin R. Sullivan*** Ashlee L. Thornton Amanda M. Torgeson Conor A. Turpin Zoua P. Vang
Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management Brandon B. Adams Sainjargal Ganchuluun Robespierre Howard James C. Jones Tyler L. Kirn Maria Carmen Olmos Brian E. Reed Andrei I. Shteinberg Matthew I. Swanson*
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE Accounting Ryan M. Chingliak Noelle R. Deschamps Ashley M. Doane Krista B. Dunn* Joseph A. George David A. Hilton Sara E. Holappa Lantzia B. Lor Robin A. Macy Oswald P. Marquez Lauren B. Mason Vang Cheng Thao Agnes B. Tobey Pang N. Xiong
Management Adan L. Acuna Austin A. Azurdia Andrew R. Beatty Olivia R. Benzler Savannah C. Brown* Bethany J. Centofanti Michael B. Cingel* Garrett R. Cochran Makaila A. da Silva* Ashlee L. Daris Daniela C. De La Torre Dianne Loureene B. Dela Rosa Munkh-Urguu Enkhbold Brinson A. Gruver* Evan D. Holland Robespierre Howard Katie N. Jan Andrea Kawagley Ji M. Kim Tyler L. Kirn Tad A. A. Kozun* Macy Lee Anthony M. K. Leydon Paige A. Lubke** Kyle L. Mayeaux David A. Melvin Kylee A. Miller Amanda M. Mount Stephanie A. Ortega Rebekah A. Padgett** Ashley M. Palembas Emily X. Pollock Zackery P. Rall Samantha Renfrew Sawyer C. Rickman Dustin D. Slinker Justine E. Somers Colin R. Sullivan*** Ashlee L. Thornton Travis A. Turner Conor A. Turpin Pa N. Vue Angela Williams* Management Information Systems Colin C. Coker Ashlee L. Daris Viktoria Gorene M. Dumaop Vang Her Harold J. Holder Dominic J. Hooper Jason W. Lasell Joseph M. McGlaughlin Nathan R. Meneses Agueda S. Rivera Seen Y. So Marketing Bat D. Anders Austin A. Azurdia Andrew R. Beatty Olivia R. Benzler Adrian J. Colding II Daniela C. De La Torre Dianne Loureene B. Dela Rosa Savana L. Hartley Jennifer M. Jarupakorn Stefania A. Kristjansson** Anthony M. K. Leydon Kylee A. Miller Tamara Perez Perosanz
ASSOCIATE DEGREES
Business Computer Information Systems Ashlee L. Daris Bertina J. Johnston*** Logistics and Supply Chain Operations Ruthanna M. Carr John M. Dunkle Raul I. Gonzalez Elizabeth S. Her Armando R. Soria
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Counselor Education Linnea M. Cafmeyer Jessica A. Lacy Beth M. Sherwood Mulufua L. Tufi Gho Early Childhood Special Education Mollie A. Alexander Arwen C. Botz Joanne W. Chappell Educational Leadership Emily J. Austin Jenna K. Baldiviez Paul D. Barker Cassius E. Brown Will T. Chervenak Tobe W. Gurley Victoria M. Manning Kevin R. Schwoch Kimberly J. Smith Vicky A. Spencer Robanne R. Stading Christina L. Wilson Special Education Courtney M. Forbes Joan E. Gianotti Dawn Y. Vallely Whitney Williams Teaching and Learning Suzanne C. Closson Sarah E. Duvall Nancy L. Hakari Juliana M. Hardy Jaella A. Morris Courtney D. Petrosky Tia M. Ruff GRADUATE CERTIFICATES
Small Business Administration Paul L. Bergeron Jr. Ashlee L. Daris Aaron J. Delaney John M. Dunkle Jason J. George Raul I. Gonzalez Heesu Ha Aaron Paul S. Malia Bailey L. Rosin Roy Sim Alexandra Sturgill Jill L. Williams Nathan T. Zorbas CERTIFICATES Logistics and Supply Chain Operations Irelynn B. Balinbin Robert P. Muncy Retail Management Jill L. Williams COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Dr. Claudia Dybdahl, Acting Dean MASTER’S DEGREES MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING Education Nanne Boogaerdt Naomi C. Chythlook Andrew M. Dougherty Angela D. Essary Adam E. Foutch Chad M. Garner Lillian F. Goodman-Allwright Heidi M. Herbert-Lovern Chantele T. Jones Evan H. Kopperud Scott A. MacDonald Tanya M. F. Nault Evelyn L. Newhouse Sarah C. Osborne Joshua B. Salazar Francesca F. Singleton Elliot F. Stutzer Bryan R. Willis Dustin L. Wilson MASTER OF EDUCATION
Counselor Education Gina T. Wall Language Education Laurie A. Fredrick Jeanne H. Larsen Julia B. Moore Michael Stark Principal Jeanne P. Campbell Erin E. Charles William M. Cornell Laura M. Gardner Shannon E. Hale Daniel J. Hietala Benjamin G. Johrendt Celeste D. Long Alicia D. Miner Daniel A. Salazar Nicole C. Smith Sabrina M. Sutton Special Education Johanna M. Bushue Francisco M. Campbell Brad Carter Bobbie J. Duerksen Roberta L. Madison-Gravel Erica L. Monkelien Jessica J. Nix Emily M. Park Tracy L. Salyerds Kayla N. Schreck POST-BACCALAUREATE CERTIFICATES Elementary Education Ann Marie P. Bergerson Christina M. G. Ensley Rhonda J. Hala Barbara R. Herbst Cynthia R. M. McIntyre Speech Language Pathology Shannon S. Cathey Kelly A. Frost Donna R. Pierce Laura E. Spano BACCALAUREATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF ARTS Early Childhood Education Callie P. Akins Nicolas D. H. Caudell Heather M. Davis Amber L. Dodillet Megen M. Draeger Jessie H. Hedge** Leigh A. Hood*** Erin N. Howe* Rebecca A. Jones** Sachiko G. Knisely Anna E. Korsmo Bridget E. Maddeford** Miranda Muotka Elizabeth B. A. Sherman Luce Melissa F. Smith* Tia M. Wagner Lori P. Wasko* Elementary Education Alline C. Acorda Deborah A. Alexander* Lindsay A. Durbin* Ivy S. Elliott* Jaleen J. Ellis Matthew A. Glenn Joshua T. Gumlickpuk* Malia R. Helveston-Larson* Melissa M. Landess Bethany L. Mabry* Morgan K. Mitchell* Steven L. Shannon* Robert T. Stone Renee C. Tanner* Rebecca M. Toms* Jackson G. Ursin Hannah R. Ward* Autumn R. Wilson** Elizabeth M. Young* David C. Zuber ASSOCIATE DEGREES ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE Early Childhood Development Monica R. Anderson Helen A. Bohn Danielle T. DePaepe Mariah B. Hiner Kattie P. C. Sutherland* COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Dr. Fred Barlow, Dean MASTER’S DEGREES MASTER OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Kim E. Blahut MASTER OF SCIENCE Applied Environmental Science and Technology Laura K. Perry Civil Engineering Matthew V. Ahlrichs Zachary M. Cuddihy Leif E. Hammes Mahmoud A. S. Helal Kurt A. Meehleis Colleen C. Moran Kyle L. Powell Sajid Raza Grant A. Warnke Brian W. Weigand Engineering Management Stefanie M. Armstrong Dustin I. CampbellHutchinson Joshua A. Craft Fabiha Durrani William D. Hardcastle Katherine M. Johnson Tommy J. Riley Jennifer Y. Sanders Jonathan D. Sinclair George T. Taylor Michael E. Ulroan Forest R. Walker Mechanical Engineering
Maxwell A. Slone Project Management Josiane C. Ballin Shawn L. Barrows Matthew E. M. Benedetti Christopher J. Cox Aaron L. Gray Timothy M. Kane Patrick J. Lovell Angele Esther Ndedi Edimo Joseph L. Pahl Jamie M. Sadler Mark M. Wallace Science Management Kean P. Finnegan Marko C. Lemtukei Andrew Tarnas-Raskin BACCALAUREATE DEGREES BACHELOR OF ARTS Computer Science Xavier D. Cho Jonathan H. Jeans BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Civil Engineering Corissa K. Berntsen Tyler P. Byers Jonathan Capua Eunho Choi Cheryl A. Courtright Connor A. Eshleman Melissa R. Frey** Henry Horner Jr. Patricia A. Jackson* Austin C. Kruse* Dakota J. LaFramboise Craig S. Lematta Kyle I. Markel Addison J. Miller Evelina Natekin Agnero M. L. Niagne Michael A. Quinonez Elizabeth J. Swan Dillon P. Tomaro Taylor R. Turney Computer Science Rowan E. Bulkow Everett T. Clary Nelson W. Crockett David Donnally* Joseph C. Fiskeaux Deyana G. Freese Thomas Marquez Ryan A. Stern Jeremy J. Swartwood Peter P. Trinh Computer Systems Engineering Eugene Han Devon J. Olson Brendan L. Stassel* Henry T. Thomas Electrical Engineering Katarina E. Godden* Victoria E. A. Hill Ryan S. Maxwell*** Zachary A. McAllen Timothy J. McCullough Blair S. Munro* Devon J. Olson Renato J. Saturnino, Jr. Brianna C. Tittle Engineering Neil A. Reutov Oliver W. Thompson Kyle K. Todd* Geomatics Stephen J. Balcao Vincent P. Carlos Jr. Randi L. Del Real Taylor L. Dosch* Rachel M. Eytalis Austin T. Gillespie Tristan A. Goers* Ryan G. Johnson Michael I. MacDonald Mathew T. Malnoske Theodore D. McJunkin
GRADUATES Andrew A. Rexford Nate Rollin John H. Ryan Floyd B. Tetpon Mechanical Engineering Shannon M. Berry* Joshua P. Bogdanski Troy D. Bouwens Erin K. Coffin Timothy D. Ess Keelah M. Fisher Joseph M. Glasheen Garret S. Hafer* Travis L. Hemingway Breton D. Henry Jasper C. Jackson Maxwell M. Joyner Collette Kawagley** Jacob A. Kern Larissa N. King* Tylor K. Knutson Matthew J. M. Krallek Canyon G. Lewis Nicholas A. Lopetrone Anthony T. Malapanis Hayden D. Maxwell** Abner A. Miller* Samuel A. Miller Jeannea Plagge William W. Redman Lodge M. Reid** Peter A. Renner*** Jonah Renouf* Nathan Renouf* Bronson A. Rivera Aaliq B. Rowland Thomas R. Silvernail Jesse O. Wight-Crask** Erik R. Williams Evan S. Withrow ASSOCIATE DEGREES ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE Geomatics Aaron K. Comstock CERTIFICATES Geographic Information Systems Lauren E. Hartman COLLEGE OF HEALTH Jeff Jessee, Dean MASTER’S DEGREES MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH Public Health Practice Nicholas E. Atkinson Charlotte A. Bender Cate J. Burton Sara Conyers Jessie F. Doherty Bowon Kim Niki J. Knowlton Brian Lefferts Lori A. Price Tara L. Stiller GRADUATE CERTIFICATES Dietetic Internship Kenneth D. Brewer Sabrina K. Cabana Alexandra L. Cress Kimberly Anne C. Ferandez Arley M. McGowan Misty R. Miranda Rebekah M. Summer Shoshana K. Weed POST-BACCALAUREATE CERTIFICATES Paralegal Studies Jennifer A. McCord Mark S. Turberville Kristin L. Young BACCALAUREATE DEGREES BACHELOR OF ARTS
Justice Alyssa C. Adams Matthew P. Anholt Socorro Y. Corral Canales Cole R. Criswell Daira A. Densmore Bradley R. Foster Tai Y. Kim Angelina V. Krasilovskaya Cody W. Lewis Kris E. Lyons Benjamin B. Matthews Kenneth D. McCoy III Joseph D. McMahon* Amanda C. Osborne Bryce H. Patton Teresa R. Rath Brandon S. Schafer Benjamin R. Schmidt* Sephria L. Serrano Sevy Z. Sheppard** Alexis R. Williams Legal Studies Colleen E. Abad Kimberly J. Allely Ana C. Azpilcueta Joanna L. Delasse Mackenzie R. Gilpin Rachel T. Gulanes Stacy M. Gundersen Christina A. Isbell Jennifer J. Menjivar* Joseph A. Morris Reginald L. Silvernail Liza A. Then BACHELOR OF HUMAN SERVICES Mariah A. A. Acuna* Sidney R. Atwood Timothy M. Coulter Alysha M. Devine** Elizabeth A. Embree Donna L. Galvan Miles H. Johnson Iris L. Klingler Rachel R. Leeper Kiana S. Marinelli Heather H. Skelton Krista M. Squire BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Dental Hygiene Cheyenne C. Breshears Anna V. Chernenko Nicole R. Dowd Chiemi Karino Ruth Malak* Dietetics Audrey R. Anderson Shelby R. Dykstra* Kiana L. Gates Janne H. Maier** Leanna R. Matthews Staci R. Miller Anthony B. Sabio Haley J. Salazar Amanda N. Schlies* Seldovia J. Tadina Deirdre A. Timm* Health Sciences Kaitlin J. Adams Matthew P. Carlson Sharon R. Carter Kyle W. Christians Ashley S. Clifford** Shannon L. Criss Hanna M. Ekberg Charley E. S. Field* Ashleigh N. Goplen* Savannah R. Green* Monica M. Kinder* Eva M. M. Kowalski** Amy R. Lovejoy Viva I. Pannor-Brown Sydney J. Poorbaugh* Andrea R. F. Steele Shantel J. Tamanaha Ryan P. Thompson Gabrielle C. Vassar* Abigail A. Wilson Natalie A. Wilson Carolyn A. Yingling Curliah A. Young
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Medical Laboratory Science Marilou C. Llaneza Sarah A. Rais Physical Education Jamie L. Brakora Adam J. Commandeur Robert N. Forto Morgan E. Hooe Cole E. Jacobsen Robert P. Rodamer* Miranda R. Sheely* Cassidy M. Soistman* Stuart I. Towarak* Chelsey E. Westover ASSOCIATE DEGREES ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE Dental Assisting Kahlila K. Mitchell Amelia L. Pieper Dental Hygiene Kira S. Bush** Silvia M. De Santiago Karlie N. Ennes Natasha Y. Giesey** Kelly M. Haag* Jessica A. Kincaid Amber D. Lukin Heather Marratt Kristine B. Mihailovich Meredith Parks* Molly J. Silta Ashley N. Smock Celia A. Spencer** Taylor K. Teeling Fire and Emergency Services Technology Alekxander D. Bruce Daniel W. Klick Joseph N. Lindquist Katy M. Martin Erik M. McGee Anthony D. Prior** Human Services Terrance V. Coates* Sidrick G. Dacquel Grace M. Duke Ashleigh W. Egerton Natasha A. Falke Christina M. Fucci** Timothy C. Gomez Margaret M. Grebb Carol L. Griffin* Paula F. Jones*** Davon L. Miller Glenda E. Ness Lisa M. Rucker Lindsey S. Sam Melanie A. Santos Lindsey M. Sullivan Adam N. Ward Medical Assisting Skyler M. Hunt Melujane Y. Kinsch Chloe N. Vignola Medical Laboratory Technology Jaime Cisneros Jr. Kailea L. Cullen Jordan Laird Alyosha C. Shimek* Stacey L. Tomey Paralegal Studies Sarah E. Anderson Radiologic Technology Sandra Bolcavage Abrielle A. Dionne* Jaslynn M. Dorsey* Idalia O. Garcia-Terry Dylan T. Hobbs** Delaney R. Jones* Eve A. Kincade** Jerry E. Lewis* Melissa M. Lindman* Catherine A. Ling Samantha D. McLean* Neal E. Miner**
Emily R. Nelson* Sabrina J. Nichols Cindy L. O’Connor* Kortney M. Smole* Mckensie N. Sorensen* Chase R. Wilson* Nicholas S. Wise* CERTIFICATES Dental Assisting Gabrienne S. M. Cilot Savannah M. Graham Brandy L. Snowden Legal Nurse Consultant Paralegal Jennifer A. McCord SCHOOL OF NURSING MASTER’S DEGREES MASTER OF SCIENCE Nursing Science Amanda L. Alexander David N. Ampong Delphine A. Atu-Tetuh Kaitlyn V. Bausler Marei A. Benton Sean T. Farley Kristina L. Finkenbinder Ashley F. Glasheen Stephanie R. Hand Stacy L. Newbern Veronica L. Sherwood Celeste B. Shumate Isabel C. Vesely Maura A. Walsh Anna P. Wilson Lisa M. Zimmerman BACCALAUREATE DEGREES BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Nursing Science Chantal S. Adams Julie R. Baker Jillian G. Bender Ruth J. Bett* Danielle M. Carlson Kathryn L. Cocker Jessica S. Czechowicz Audrey L. Daigger Laura A. DeVaney Grace M. Driskell* Jessica R. Eanes Macrina E. Erickson Haley M. Evens Diannel L. Flores* Hannah M. Gillis Hollis K. Hamilton Shannon L. Harris Kyra J. Ingalls Victoria L. Jennings Emily R. Johnson* Carol D. Keel Dylan Y. Kelley Ashley E. Keohen* Mary A. Killian Moriah A. Kinne Kayla J. Klein Dylan W. Lance* Rachel E. Laws* Dabin Lee Margaret P. Malouf Olivia G. Mathena Babette H. McIlroy Hope M. Meyn* Jazmine Ann B. Mojica* Savannah R. Nash* Chloe R. O’Connor Lisa R. Pekar* Savannah B. Powers Kimberly S. Quimby* Grace C. Renner** Timothy A. Robbins* Charisma S. T. Robinson Jennifer P. Ruesch* Valerie A. Schleich** Melissa A. Schulz Leigha M. Simpson Laura A. Soltis*** Carly E. Speegle* Brittney E. Spurlock Regina A. Strawn** Halley M. Strobe
September R. Sutherland* Tobin M. Sworts* Kalia Thao Sonja Vant Veer Heather N. Wegner Deshunta L A. West Jacob D. Whitley Blia Xiong Dara I. Zimmer ASSOCIATE DEGREES ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE Nursing Ashley N. Abena Trixie A. Acob Kimberly N. Baird William N. Bartholomew Kelsey L. Boller Kelsey M. Boss Delaney M. Bowles Amanda M. Bradley Jennifer L. Brincefield Shantay M. Brown* Kelly S. Daquis* Leilo M. Daugherty Cheyenne N. Drumm Christi N. Duckworth Tara C. Duncan Richele F. Ferris Jennifer C. Foster* Ashlea B. Gabriel Steven Gehring Brittany A. George Stephanie L. Grimes Anna C. Hall Stephanie R. Hanis Pa L. Her Enriqueta F. Hill Brian M. Izzo Jordan T. Jackman Amber B. Jones Sumreay Joseph Jocelyn N. Kitchen Zora S. Lesueur Tiffany N. Locker William K. Mitchell Kathleen R. Nash Molly M. Oien Jacqueline R. Peterson Alicia A. Reed Amanda K. Smith Jennefer H. Stubblefield Davida R. Stumpf Sarah B. Thompson Madison G. Thorpe Anaka Thorsted** Svitlana A. Tucker Jessica K. Waldrop Jill M. Wells Adam A. Womble SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK MASTER’S DEGREES MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK Tamara N. Boeckman Rachel Boudreau Erica C. Buenger Kameron I. Daniels Morgan R. Erisman Giles A. Hawthorn-Thwaite Margaret E. Herbert Rachel L. Higgins Robyn M. Howlett Niki J. Knowlton Amber D. Latham Shannon R. Major Tiara D. McDougal Eli T. Michael Mariah L. Miller Brook E. Pigg Vanessa Shannon Alesya Sinyawski Christina M. Sumey Christine M. Walters BACCALAUREATE DEGREES BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK Tina M. Anaya Anna N. Ancheta*
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Yuki C. Batten Samara V. Berg Laurel L. Brady Chelsie L. Bucolo Mariah L. Burroughs Brynn A. Byam*** Scott R. Crisp Amanda L. Donnally Victoria J. Fishburn* Michele G. Gann Jaquelyn R. Gonzalez** Sydney P. Ihde Nataliya P. Kudryn** Danielle L. Larson Amey N. Messerschmidt* Amanda L. Nalewaja Brianna J. Plumb Rowena M. Queja Melissa J. Schmitz April M. Sears Genesis M. Smith Tonia P. Tippins Tracey L. Tucker Cassandra L. Turney** April M. Valentine Cimmie L. White Isaac D. Winters* COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE Dr. Denise Runge, Dean BACCALAUREATE DEGREES BACHELOR OF ARTS Hospitality and Restaurant Management Kelli A. Hallgrimson HyeSeong Jang Casey J. Kirkeby Kaitlyn R. Larson BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Applied Technologies Leadership Kenneth R. Argenbright Laurel H. Dunn Francis L. Lopez Shantelle T. M. Phommathep Keith R. Romero Aviation Technology Peter T. Aumau Robert D. Barnett John N. Beissmann Nicholas P. Bouker Harvey J. Campbell II Theodore R. Carlson** Jason P. Duffy Junyor A. Erikson Mason C. Evans Kelsey M. Hannaman Jonathan G. Hanson Kathryn E. F. Jaronitzky Elijah R. Jensen Brandon W. Kelley Joo W. Lee* Davin C. Mitchell McKenna L. Mitchell** Rachael M. Neumann* Martins Onskulis* Jeatrize G. Pacis* Vanessa R. Pride Ben A. Ryan Brendan P. Schick Joshua D. Stuckey Joel N. White Keith R. Zatalokin Construction Management Michael W. Burno Dustin C. Fuller Brandon S. Henderson Gjergj Lena Technology Brendan J. Blossom ASSOCIATE DEGREES ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE Air Traffic Control Erik N. Macaraig Jonathan W. Schulz** Mercedes F. White*
12 | GRADUATES Architectural and Engineering Technology Christa H. Melvin Logan B. Miller William J. Norris Jessica M. Turner Automotive Technology Robert S. Pullen* Kaying Xiong* Aviation Administration Jamil I. Bates Alexander M. Brasch Benjamin A. J. Evans** Thomas J. Jepson* Aviation Maintenance Technology Alexander E. Oshesky Joshua R. Wellborn Computer and Networking Technology Colin P. Atti Kade M. Brueggeman Brett T. Buckley Joshua D. Burke Justin A. Graika Jimmy L. Heustis Micah A. Kerr Jezreel S. Reynoso Stephen M. Saccone Bryan E. Toler Construction Management Dennis A. Moore Nuna Swan Jessica M. Turner Culinary Arts Carmen C. Croas Christin D. Hawk Pao C. Her Justine S. Hong Madeline J. Kudyba
Tasha L. Quiett Jessica R. Raby Sarah B. Rogers Melissa L. Sprague Long Arry Sypakanphay Tatiana N. Taylor** Caroline C. Towne Diesel Power Technology Trevor A. Cochran Nicholas D. Taylor* Occupational Safety and Health Sara F. Bergeron Steven N. Caras* Amira J. Goldstein Michelle D. McCoy Scott C. Mitchel Toby L. Sampson David W. Shafer Nastasha Walrath Neil A. Young Professional Piloting Kelly A. Miller* Patrick M. Stenberg Levi J. Wilder* Welding and Nondestructive Testing Technology Connor H. Budahl Chad J. Burr Miguel J. Contreras* Timothy H. Graham** Christopher R. Kancir* Brenden J. Lyday Phillip E. Sherwood Nolan R. Smith* Zachary S. Young Dillon J. Zerda
Jabaree G. Moss Aviation Maintenance Technology, Airframe Charlie R. Evon Joshua R. Wellborn Aviation Maintenance Technology, Powerplant Edward B. Doerr Charlie R. Evon Steven Machida Alexander E. Oshesky Dylan G. Schick Jay S. Taylor Joshua R. Wellborn Computer and Networking Technology Danyelle D. Ausick University Honors College Dr. John Mouracade, Dean Honors Graduates are students who have completed all of the requirements of their disciplinary college and of the University Honors academic program, including a senior thesis or project, with a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher. University Honors Scholars have completed all of their respective requirements with a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher. University Honors Scholars are wearing a green and gold fourragère (shoulder cord) along with a gold honor cord signifying traditional Latin honors.
CERTIFICATES Architectural Technology
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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES BACHELOR OF ARTS History William C. Walker***
Chelsea Marie T. Parrocha* Chemistry Chelsea Marie T. Parrocha*
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Environment and Society Morgan O. Ross*
BACHELOR OF ARTS English Kathryn E. DuFresne Trina M. Musliu
International Studies Ioana Lobontiu*** Cole T. Murphy**
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
Languages Ioana Lobontiu*** Cole T. Murphy** Morgan O. Ross*
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Finance Samuel S. Erickson*
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Economics Jenna K. Luhrs
Political Science Jacob S. Shercliffe**
COLLEGE OF HEALTH
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Sociology Katrina E. Chertkow** BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Biological Sciences Lacey J. D. Anderson** Jessica M. Kester*
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Health Sciences Savannah R. Green*
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Computer Science Ryan A. Stern
UNIVERSITY HONORS GRADUATES
Congratulations graduates!
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Yoshina Okamoto
We are going to miss you, Kat! (And your amazing baking, of course) Thank you for always being a great coworker at TNL. You bring an energy and pep in your step to the office that’s hard to come by. Congratulations, you earned it! Next stop, grad school.
Congratulations on graduating, Yoshina! You have been such a joy to have on staff at TNL, any employer is going to be lucky to have you. We’re excited to see what the future has in hold for you. Good luck out there! The Northern Light staff
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Caleb Berry
Brian W. Weigand
You did it Caleb, congratulations! We’re so happy that you wrapped up your last semester at UAA strong. We’re excited to see what the future has in store for you. Good luck at law school in the fall. The Northern Light staff
“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” Christopher Reeve Congratulations, Superman, on your Master’s in Civil Engineering! With hard work, dedication, and unfailing enthusiasm you made your dream a reality. You inspire us to be our best everyday. We love you and we can’t wait to see what you will dream, and do, next! Love, Megyn & Ella
Consortium Library Graduates
Thanks for all of your hard work and best wishes for the future!
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UAA ensemble plays crowd favorites for commencement
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Oleg Proskurnya, UAA’s University Sinfonia professor and conductor, rehearses with the UAA ensemble in preparation for the 2018 spring commencement.
By Mizelle Mayo
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While students are juggling their classes with studying and
break time to recuperate, musicians prepare for the ensemble performance for the spring 2018 commencement. Among the musicians, standard procedures of playing
“Pomp and Circumstance,” the national anthem, the Alaska flag song and the UAA alma mater are well known and rehearsed. Once the students start walking to the stage for their diplomas,
the “Star Wars” theme song commences. Oleg Proskurnya, UAA’s adjunct University Sinfonia professor and conductor, decided to keep the “Star Wars” theme song to liven up the crowd. “I remember when we picked up ‘Star Wars’ for the first time. That was one of the music pieces that everyone loves. It was a sort of a unanimous decision,” Proskurnya said. Proskurnya and Terry Hubble, UAA’s adjunct wind ensemble, also included the “Pink Panther” theme song in their set of music. “The music we play is what’s easily recognizable by people to support the [celebratory] mood,” Proskurnya said. Students, community members and high schoolers participate in the ensemble for the commencement and rehearse in the Fine Arts building. Drew Cochran is in his first year at UAA playing the tuba and trombone.
“It’s part of the ensemble and what we do. I like “Star Wars.” I’d walk out like that,” Cochran said. The rehearsals for the commencement pieces are short, but the students synchronize their body movements to emphasize the mood of each song. Wind and string instruments play together to create the full sound students, faculties, family and friends will hear during commencement. Not only do the wind and string musicians rehearse together, vocalists like Christabel Sosa and Austin Rochon rehearse with the ensemble as well. “I was really surprised when I walked in, and they were playing like they’ve been playing this for years,” Sosa said. With a few more rehearsals to go through, Proskurnya and the ensemble will be ready to play in the Alaska Airlines Center on May 6 to celebrate this 2018’s graduates.
Coming to peace with injury: UAA artist creates urn By Robin O’Donoghue arts2@thenorthernlight.org
Ember Jackinsky, is currently finishing up her third year at UAA pursuing a BFA in sculpture, with a focus in Alaska Native Art. She recently made herself an urn, which stands 28 inches tall and 16 inches in diameter. It was created for an assignment for a ceramics class taught by adjunct professor Scott Jelich. “My intent in creating the urn was… so many people have a debilitating view of death and of this ultimate passage in our lives,” Jackinsky said. “Having sustained major injuries in the past, it was a way to come to peace with that.” Jackinsky came to UAA with prior experience in art, having supported herself as an artist for 30 years. “I came here as a career artist outside of school, and when you are generating work, you’re
trying to generate an income. It took me about two and a half years to get to where my work wasn’t frenzied… hurried and hyper intricate,” Jackinsky said. Thomas Chung, assistant professor of art, has had Jackisky in several of his classes. “Ember Jackisky is an accomplished, eclectic artist that is a talented storyteller and fascinating individual,” Chung said. “Her knowledge and skill sets are far reaching and touch on meaningful spiritual experiences.” Jackinsky expressed that personal experiences have informed her artwork. She says that she enjoys creating faces in her pieces that smile back at her or ask her questions. Her urn even has a face on it. “I look at these things and they reassure me and ask me questions, then challenge me to look inside of myself,” Jackinsky said. “The more we communicate authentically in life, the more the dreams that we have
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UAA student Ember Jackinsky sits in her room decorated with her artwork. Before coming to UAA, Jackinsky already had 30 years of experience as an artist.
for the world can begin to manifest.” Jackinsky has an upcoming first Friday show at Bootleggers
8 Star Saloon, 612 F St., on May 4 at 5 p.m. To keep up with Jackinsky’s work, you can follow her Face-
book page; Ember JackinskyAlaska Native Artist, or her Instagram: @emberjackinsky.
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It’s a war of tones in the tryhard Austrian flick ‘Sarajevo’ gation to interrogation repeating the answers of every question he Contributor asks as if he wasn’t in the room to hear them. Shouldn’t the exWorld War I, for all its brutal- amining magistrate of Austria ity and surreal battles between be able to ask questions in his artillery and cavalry, is under- own words, come to his own explored in cinema. Fewer yet conclusions? His heritage as a focus on its inciting incident: the Hungarian-Croatian Jew creates assassination of Archduke Franz some interesting tension, howFerdinand of Austria. “Saraje- ever, especially in his interrogavo” takes on this story with the tion scenes with the Slavic perfinesse of a carnival hammer, petrators. This, ultimately, is a never missing an opportunity to footnote on a much more flawed foreshadow the consequences of narrative. Ferdinand’s assassination. More Contrary to that tone, though, than once, basic information is is the cinematography. Never repeated in a scene. The arch- has a move been as blindingduke’s last words to his dying ly overexposed as “Sarajevo.” wife, for example, are brought It doesn’t help that apparently up until they lose any substance. every citizen of 1914 Austria All this makes for an overly dressed in white. And as a viewgrave hour-and-a-half. In keep- er, this creates an uncomforting with that tone, Florian Tech- able tension. Everything about tmeister’s performance as pro- “Sarajevo” is so serious yet it’s tagonist Leo Pfeffer, the magis- shot like a Nollywood romantic trate tasked with the investiga- comedy. The only difference is tion, is one-note. With an eternal Nollywood embraces its brightgrimace, he walks from interro- ness. “Sarajevo” pretends it’s By Jacob Holley-Kline
not there. So what’s the real tone here? We have two on display and neither are done well enough to overtake the other. Instead, they work in imperfect harmony. Perfectly ugly in their own ways: the perpetual frown of Pfeffer versus the sunwashed majesty of early 20th century Austria. The only true bright spot is Bosnian-German actor Edin Hasanovic’s performance as Danilo, but he’s there too short a time to make a difference. The constituent parts of “Sarajevo” may work. It makes sense that the man investigating a politician’s murder would be so solemn. It makes sense that people would repeat information about the assassination. But the conflicting tones mess everything up and make director Andreas Prochaska’s attempt to do World War I’s progenitor justice chug on long after it loses steam.
Congratu-lei-te a graduate
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By Malia Barto
arts@thenorthernlight.org
For as long as I can remember, I have always watched my mom make fresh-flower leis whenever graduation season rolled around. In Hawaii, my mom’s home state, a lei is a symbol of affection or a way to say aloha. Though traditionally made with flowers, flowers can be substituted for candy or even some cash for your graduate. Flower leis Ideal graduate to give it to: someone who likes sentimental gifts, as this lei can be dried after use and kept for a long time. What you’ll need: • Thick, durable string like kite string or embroidery string • 2 bouquets of flowers (mini carnations, mini roses or daisies are recommended) • A long sewing needle • Scissors • Curling ribbon (optional) Directions: Measure the string to hang to mid-chest to navel. Double the length and cut. Thread your string through
the eye of the needle and pull until it’s halfway on the string. The string should now be “folded.” Since the string is twice as long as desired, the flowers will be threaded through two strands for extra support. Tie a knot where the strings meet. You should have a giant loop now. Snip the stem off a flower and start threading from the bottom of the flower. Pull needle gently through flower, making sure it’s in the middle. Some gentle tugging may be necessary — don’t get your needle lost in the flower! Repeat step 3 until you’ve reached the maximum flower capacity on the string. Cut the needle-end string, removing the needle and tying the ends of the strings together in several knots. Removal of a flower may be necessary to make room for the knot. Add curling ribbon to cover the knot, if desired. School colors are always a nice touch. If not gifting the lei until later, wet paper towels and gently wrap the lei in the towels and place in a plastic bag. Store somewhere cool until lei-giving time is near. Candy leis Ideal graduate to give it to: someone who may want a sweet snack on their way home from commencement. What you’ll need: • Lei candy tubing, netting or poly tube (can be found online, at party stores or at some drugstores in the party aisle) • Approximately 10-20 pieces of wrapped candy (“fun-size” candies recommended) • Curling ribbon
• Scissors Directions: Measure the tubing to hand mid-chest to navel area. Cut the tubing. On one end of the tubing, tie the ribbon in a knot around about an inch from the end. Start snaking candy down the tubing. Tie curling ribbon over tubing after each candy to separate each one. When the tubing is filled, top off the open end with a ribbon to secure and then tie the ends together. Money leis Ideal graduate to give it to: there are not many graduates who won’t like this one! What you’ll need: • Curling ribbon • Approximately 10-15 dollar bills • Scissors • Beads and or plastic or paper straws (optional) Directions: Measure ribbon to hang to mid-chest area and cut. Tie a knot at the end. Fold the dollar bills in a paper-fan-like pattern, width wise. Cut straws into inches or use beads to slide down the string for decoration, if desired. After each straw or bead, place a dollar bill on the ribbon and gently tie a knot around the middle of the folded up dollar bill. Fan out the folded parts of the bill. Repeat step 3 until lei is complete. Tie the two ends together of ribbon together and add more curling ribbon, if desired.
TITLE “Sarajevo”
DIRECTOR Andreas Prochaska
RELEASE DATE April 28, 2014
COUNTRY German
GENRE Drama
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Standout runner named Athlete of the Year By Lauren Cuddihy sports@thenorthernlight.org
Lauren Cuddihy is a member of UAA’s track and field team. Twelve student-athletes representing each of UAA’s sports teams were recently nominated for the Bill MacKay Athlete of the Year award for the 2017-2018 athletic seasons. This prestigious award is chosen by a UAA Athletic member staff, local media and Benton Bay representatives. Their final decision was announced on April 27 at the end-of-year Athletic Banquet, officially dictating the 34th winner of the award. Cross-country: Two Kenyan locals, Caroline Kurgat and Edwin Kangogo were nominated for their respective men’s and women’s awards. In competition with the eleven other athletes, Kurgat was awarded 2018 Athlete of the Year. Kurgat took charge of the 2017 cross-country season by becoming the first runner from UAA to ever win a NCAA Championship in cross-country. She led the 5K race and won by almost 20 seconds. She arrived at nationals already a GNAC and West Region champion. She continued on into the outdoor track and field season, which is currently still in progress. She continues to break records and out-do her competition in both Division I and II. Kangogo came into season strong. He finished second place in the GNAC championships and sixth at West Regional championships. His success led him to qualify for nationals where he finished 19th in a field of nearly
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Caroline Kurgat is the recipient of the Bill MacKay Athlete of the Year award for the 2017-2018 athletic season. Kurgat was the first runner from UAA to ever win a NCAA Championship in cross-country.
250 runners. Volleyball: Senior Keala Kaio-Perez utilized her final year of eligibility to produce several honors and awards. Kaio-Perez became the only libero at UAA to ever win a spot on First Team All-GNAC. She finished off the season as the top contributor on the Seawolves in ace and dig averages. Basketball: The nominees for men and women’s were Brian Pearson and Hannah Wandersee. Pearson finished his junior year of eligibility, finishing with 11 conference wins over nine losses. Pearson contributed only for half the season on the starting lineup, finishing with an average of 7.0 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. Wandersee contributed the highest points and rebounds per game during the season, at 14.8 and 6.3, respectively. Due to her contributions, the team was able to finish with a 27-5 record.
Wandersee was also voted to the Second Team All-West Region and First Team All-GNAC. Skiing: Nordic skier Hailey Swirbul and alpine skier Tony Naciuk were nominated for the award. Swirbul had many stand-out races for the duration of her season, including a first place debut at the U.S Nationals CrossCountry Ski Nationals in the junior women’s 10-kilometer freestyle race. She continued on the NCAA Nationals for a third place finish in the classical and second in freestyle. Naciuk led the men’s ski team for both the alpine and Nordic side, consistently being the top scorer throughout the season. Naciuk finished seven races being in the top-20. In addition, he qualified for, and competed in the NCAA Championships, finishing at 19th in the slalom and 27th in the giant slalom. “When I learned of my nomination, I pretty much thought ‘Wow, I don’t deserve this,’ be-
cause I did a little worse than last year,” Naciuk said. “My results this year were not impressive, but I was able to finish my races more than my teammates, so I earned the nomination through my consistency.” Hockey: Senior Olivier Mantha finished his collegiate career by securing the UAA record for saves, with a final count of 3,449. In addition, Mantha carries a 4.0 GPA and earned the title of WCHA Scholar-Athlete. Gymnastics: Mackenzie Miller, in just her sophomore season, finished with a Second-Team All-MPSF award and a MPSF All-Academic award, being the only one of the list with a 4.00 GPA. Miller also posted a career best of 38.200 for the all-around. Indoor track and field: For the first portion of the track season, January-March, senior Darrion Gray and junior
Danielle McCormick were nominated. Gray finished his final indoor season by several outstanding conference performances and a national qualifying time in the 4x400m relay. At the GNAC Championships Gray broke two school records, the 60m and the 200m. “I was very surprised, I felt like I just ran a normal season, but I got a few personal bests so that was great. I just wanted my senior year [for indoor season] to be the best,” Gray said. McCormick was nominated due to her NCAA Championship win in the 800m. She helped the Seawolves to a 17th place national finish and secured the title of GNAC Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. Outdoor track and field: For the second portion of the track and field season, nominees were chosen due to performances in the previous academic year, due to the team competing for a month still after the Athlete of the Year Award is chosen. McCormick and 2017 graduate Dominik Notz were nominated. In addition to her nomination for the indoor season, McCormick was also nominated for the outdoor team due to her All-American honors and seventh place finish for the 800m in the NCAA Championships last spring. Notz, who graduated with his degree in chemistry just before competing in NCAA Championships, was awarded the nomination due to his effort in the 5K and 10K. The Dettingen, Germany local finished his final year of eligibility with a third place finish in the 10K and AllAmerican honors in the 5K as well.
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GNAC national champion hails from Soldotna By Marie Ries
news2@thenorthernlight.org
Marie Ries is a member of the UAA track and field team. When Danielle McCormick started running for the Seawolves as a freshman, she did not think that she would walk away with a national championship title less than three years later. “I never expected to even work myself up to an All-American,” McCormick said. The junior started her running career in middle school and has done both track and
cross-country ever since. What she loves most about running is the “direct relationship between what you put in and what you get out.” “During competition, there aren’t as many factors involved in how you place compared to other sports. You just push yourself as far as you can go, there’s no luck involved,” McCormick said. As an athlete for Soldotna High School, McCormick was a four-time Alaska state qualifier, but did not win any individual state titles. Since the start of her freshman year at UAA, she beat her previous 800-meter best of
2:17.88 by more than 11 seconds. In her sophomore year, McCormick broke the indoor and outdoor school record in her main event. She also made her debut at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Florida, earning her first All-American trophy. “That was kind of eyeopening, realizing that I hadn’t reached my full potential and I was capable of running with the top competitors [in the nation],” McCormick said. Eight months later, McCormick became the first female athlete in program history to be the first individual national title
in school history for the UAA women’s program at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships. “I think part of being an athlete is never being satisfied, always wanting to push yourself to be better than you are now and I think that drive, along with my training partners and coaches, helped me achieve that,” McCormick said. In March, she was named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Female Athlete of the Year for her performance at the indoor championships. Now, McCormick has moved on to the outdoor part of the track season. At the 2018 Triton Invitational in San Diego, she once again bettered her own school record to 2:06.17. She is currently ranked third in the nation. “We have an amazing mid-
distance team this year with Tami [Perez], Yemi [Akeilia Knight], Ruth [Cvancara] and I,” McCormick said. “It’s so rewarding to struggle together, push each other in practice and then see it all pay off in races.” McCormick was named to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association Scholastic All-American as well as the GNAC All-Academic team two years in a row. McCormick said she does not have any concrete goals for the championships, other than beating her personal best. “I’m excited to see what all of us can do for the rest of the season,” McCormick said. The GNAC championships in Oregon are scheduled for May 11-12. The outdoor season ends and the NCAA Outdoor Championships on May 24-26.
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Danielle McCormick was named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Female Athlete of the Year for her performance at the indoor championships in March.
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UAA benefits from employing tenured faculty By Caleb Berry
cberry@thenorthernlight.org
Caleb Berry is a senator for USUAA. Awarding tenure status to exceptional faculty members promotes a higher quality of education. In addition, having tenure status at UAA aids the university in being able to hold on to talented faculty. In Part IV of the University of Alaska Board of Regents Policy, tenure is defined as “the status of holding a faculty appointment on a continuing basis following evaluation and award according to the terms of P04.04.040.B.” The UA Board of Regents are committed to creating an environment that nurtures academic freedom. According to UA Board of Regents Policy, one means by which they do this is by providing employment security to exceptional or longserving faculty members. UA Board of Regents Policy dictates that “any change in fraction of full-time appointment as a tenured faculty member must be by mutual consent of the university and the faculty member.” While there are exceptions to this ruling, under current policy, to be a tenured professor within the University of Alaska system more or less means that he or
she cannot be fired. The reason this makes UAA a higher quality university is because it protects and encourages freedom of thought and speech. Not all university professors enjoy the protections of a labor union and even amongst those who do, there is always a threat of being terminated for speaking out in unpopular ways. At UAA, a tenured professor enjoys academic freedom with less fear of retaliation than a non-tenured professor. Professors should be free to speak their minds. They should be free in what they say or write to disagree with the administration. Outside of the UA system, universities have a sad history of firing professors that disrupt the status quo. While there are hundreds of misfortunate examples of this one illustration will suffice. According to Jonathan Cole, writing for HuffPost, a prominent example of university abuse of power can be seen in the case of Professor E.A. Ross. Ross was a respected instructor at Stanford University at the beginning of the 20th century but was fired from Stanford for speaking out against the railroad monopolies. Ross was not tenured nor was he unionized in the days before academic labor unions became normalized. UAA rewarding exceptional
professors tenured status makes it a higher quality school because it helps us hold on to talented professors. A tenured professor can essentially remain at UAA for as long as he or she choose to. UAA needs that. UAA relies heavily on the professors who have been teaching here for 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, even 30 years. Skills in any craft come from experience, and while it is possible that a tenured professor could be incompetent it is highly unlikely. At UAA, a professor does not reach tenure status unless she or he is a qualified professional and expert in a chosen field. For UAA to be a strong university it needs long-term commitment from our talented faculty. According to UAA Faculty Services, over 46 hardworking professors have been promoted to tenure status within the last two full calendar years. Awarding some of these professors tenured status helps us hold on to them and thus makes UAA a higher quality school where students can come and learn from a teaching staff who has dedicated their professional lives to fostering learning. Opinions expressed in The Northern Light do not necessarily reflect that of the newspaper, its staff or faculty advisor(s).
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What should the burden of proof be on campus sexual misconduct cases?
By Caleb Berry
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Caleb Berry is a senator for USUAA. At UAA, cases that involve allegations of sexual misconduct are referred to the Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equity and Compliance. The UAA policy must be changed to either “beyond a reasonable doubt” or “clear and convincing evidence” to punish a student accused of sexual misconduct. Title IX and university investigations should be held to the same standard as other criminal investigations at the state and federal levels. Sexual misconduct investigations conducted by the Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equity and Compliance are not criminal proceedings. James Whitman is a professor at Yale Law School. In his book titled “What Are the Origins of ‘Reasonable Doubt?’” Whitman proclaims that in all areas within the United State’s study of law, a person cannot be convicted of a crime unless that person’s guilt is proven “beyond a reasonable doubt.” For a person accused of sexual misconduct, this can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, the accused benefits from the fact that they are not being charged as a criminal. They will not stand trial or be punished by the law unless the alleged victim files criminal charges and the accused is convicted in a court of law. On the other hand, this means for the accused, they will not be protected by the same burden of proof that they would be in criminal court. In Vol. 108, No. 8 of the Harvard Law Review, it is established that a Constitutional definition of “reasonable doubt”
does not exist. There is a common law interpretation of “beyond reasonable doubt” set at a certainty between 98 and 99 percent. John Villasenor conducted research on Title IX incidents across the country and wrote for Law, Probability and Risk (Volume 15, Issue 4) that “the quantitative results presented herein show that an innocent defendant faces a dramatically increased risk of conviction.” What constitutes as proof of guilt is up to the discretion of the Title IX investigator. Easy prosecution would never be tolerated in a court of common law. The burden of proof used in UAA sexual misconduct investigations needs to be set at a maximum of “beyond a reasonable doubt” and, at a minimum, with clear and convincing evidence. I concede the point the point that these accusations are not criminal trials; however, that does not mean a UAA student should be held to the standard of “more than likely” to be punished, while in court, they would hold that their guilt must be almost certain. Josiah Nash is the UAA student ombudsman. His duties include representing students in conflicts as well as defending student rights. “Holding a student’s future on 51 percent likelihood that they committed an offense seems incongruent with our American notion of justice,” Nash said. “As the penalties for these offenses do not include the deprivation of life, liberty, or property I can understand why the university does not use the criminal burden of proof… Something more appropriate though would be standard such as clear and convincing evidence. This standard is used in occasionally in civil cases and requires a 75 percent level of proof to levy charges against a respondent.” When handling sexual misconduct accusations at UAA, it is important that the administration do everything in their power to protect the rights of all students involved. Opinions expressed in The Northern Light do not necessarily reflect that of the newspaper, its staff or faculty advisor(s).
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