Longtime Alaska poet Tom Sexton returns to his mill town roots in a new collection
By Tom Sexton. Loom Press, 2020. 143 pages. $20 “Cummiskey Alley: New and Selected Lowell Poems” by Tom Sexton Tom Sexton, a longtime University of Alaska Anchorage professor who retired in 1994 and served as Alaska’s poet laureate from 1995-2000, has returned to his beginnings in Lowell, Massachusetts, in his latest collection, “Cummiskey Alley.” And what a return it is. Sexton, known primarily for his acclaimed work related to Alaska, nature and Chinese poets, here brings his sharp eye and inquiry to the world where he began. “Cummiskey Alley” might be thought of as a memoir in poetry a memoir of the boy and man shaped by a gritty New England mill town, the town as he knew and still knows it, and the history of the place and its working-class citizens. While two-thirds of the poems are gathered from previous collections, among the strongest are new work in which the older Se
Juneau-Douglas senior Kiana Potter is joined by father Steve and mother Lucy after signing a Letter Of Intent on Thursday to play for Whitman College. (Klas Stolpe) Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau-Douglas High School Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears senior guard Kiana Potter has had her dream come true.
Potter, set to graduate this spring, signed a national letter of intent Thursday to play college basketball for the Whitman College Blues.
“Since I can remember, it has always been my goal to play college basketball,” Potter said. “It is kind of the perfect combination of athletic and academic. It is a really rigorous academic school and a super successful athletic school so it was the best of both worlds. I care a lot about my athletics and my academics, and I really liked the coaching staff when I met them.”
Eight Candidates Named in the Final Phase of UAA Chancellor Search
The UAA Chancellor Search Committee has recommended eight candidates to meet with the UAA and Anchorage community in the final phase of its search for the next UAA Chancellor.
The eight leaders were chosen from a pool of diverse and highly qualified candidates and include three Alaskans and five university leaders from outside of Alaska.
The eight candidates are:
Deena Bishop, Ed.D., Superintendent of the Anchorage School District [2016-Present], former Superintendent of the Mat-Su School District [2011-2016]
Pearl Brower, Ph.D., former President, Iḷisaġvik College [2012-2020], Dean of Students and Institutional Development, Iḷisaġvik College [2007-2012]
Print article Anchorage School District Superintendent Deena Bishop, former Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell and former Iḷisaġvik College President Pearl Brower are among eight candidates selected by a University of Alaska Anchorage search committee as finalists to become UAA’s next chancellor. The change in leadership comes following former UAA Chancellor Cathy Sandeen’s 2020 departure from the university. She served just over two years in the position.
Bruce Schultz is serving as UAA’s interim chancellor until a replacement is secured. Schultz previously served as UAA’s Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs. The other five contenders for UAA chancellor are from universities outside of the state, including Satasha Green-Stephen, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, and Angappa Gunasekaran, dean of the school of business and public administration at California State University in Bakersfield.
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