Former Governor Sean Parnell Selected as Next UAA Chancellor
University of Alaska
University of Alaska President Pat Pitney has selected former Alaska Governor Sean Parnell to serve as the next chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage. Parnell succeeds UAA Interim Chancellor Bruce Schultz and will assume his new position on June 12, 2021.
“Sean brings passion for our mission, a deep commitment to Alaska and a desire for all Alaskans to have access to higher education,” Pitney says. “My decision was driven by these qualities and by the support he received from the search committee and the UAA community, especially from our students. I also recognize Sean’s ability to bring people together and work collaboratively in combination with his knowledge of Alaska leaders, businesses, and economy. I believe he is uniquely positioned to lead UAA in providing the programs that support Anchorage and Alaska’s workforce needs and economic growth.”
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President Joe Biden announced three U.S. Court Of Appeals judicial nominees and three District Court judicial nominees in his third slate of judicial nominations.
According to the White House, the nominees “will bring deep credentials and qualifications to the federal bench, as well as career-long devotion to our Constitution and the rule of law.”
The judicial nominees show President Biden’s pledge to add diversity to his cabinet and judicial selections. The nominees include groundbreaking African American and Hispanic nominees and the third active Native American federal judge serving in the United States.
“President Biden has spent decades committed to strengthening the federal bench, which is why he continues to move at a historically fast pace with respect to judicial nominations,” the White House said in a release. “His first announcement of candidates for the judiciary was made faster than any that of any new President in modern Amer
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President Biden has announced his intent to nominate three new Court of Appeals nominees and three new District Court nominees, who will bring deep credentials and qualifications to the federal bench, as well as career-long devotion to our Constitution and the rule of law. These individuals embody President Biden’s commitment to ensure that his judicial nominees represent not only the excellence but the diversity of our nation with respect to both personal and professional backgrounds.
Many of them are groundbreaking choices, including:
the second judge of Hispanic origin to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the second judge from Puerto Rico ever to sit on the First Circuit;