UAA Alert! Anchorage Campus Inclement Weather Notice for Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.

Due to unsafe road conditions for Anchorage and surrounding areas, UAA鈥檚 Anchorage campus will be on a delayed start today, Thursday, Dec. 4. Campus will open at 10 a.m. to allow for safer travel.

College of Health News

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Alumni Spotlight: Dakota Ramirez - Special Olympics Community Programs Manager

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Dakota Ramirez, an alumna of the Division of Population Health Sciences, serves as the Community Programs Manager for Special Olympics 熊猫在线视频. She applies her education to create meaningful programs and support families with disabilities, fostering inclusion and empowerment.

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New firefighters/EMTs to service Lewis County

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College of Health graduate Alex Chamberlin discusses his journey after completing his paramedic degree with the 熊猫在线视频.

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Lifetimes of helping

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When human services and social work alumna Cass Pook says she has always been a helper, she鈥檚 not just referring to her nature as an empathetic and compassionate listener. 鈥淐ulturally, it's in my DNA to be a helper,鈥 said Pook. 鈥淟ooking back on it throughout history, 100 or 200 years ago I would have been doing the same thing. I was born to be a social worker.鈥

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Alumni Spotlight: Rosario Aranda-Borders - Aspiring public health professor

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Rosario Aranda-Borders, an alumna of UAA鈥檚 Division of Population Health Sciences, reflects on her time at UAA, offering advice and sharing her future goals as she pursues a Master of Public Health.

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Alumni Spotlight: Ellen McEwen - Presenting dietetics and nutrition research at national conference

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Dietetics and Nutrition graduate selected to share research project results at the National Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics conference.