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Congratulations on a successful academic year. I hope you all were able to tune into our virtual graduate hooding and commencement ceremonies over the weekend. Our student speakers gave inspiring addresses. I hope their words reinforced the importance of the work you do each and every day to provide our students with the best possible experience to help them achieve their educational dreams. your courses, enhance the virtual learning environment and respond to student concerns. Over the spring semester, students have shared their stories with me of faculty and
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I am pleased to announce Dr. Jenny McNulty has accepted the role of dean of the UAA College of Arts and Sciences, with a start date of July 1, 2021.
An experienced leader in higher education, Dr. McNulty comes to UAA from Montana, where she is currently the interim provost and vice chancellor of academic and student affairs at the University of Montana Western and a tenured full professor at the University of Montana. She is a mathematician with a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina who strongly believes that a well-rounded education, grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, best serves students today and in the future. Her experience working
Commissioner Michael Johnson presents Kelly Shrein with a plaque commemorating her designation of 2021-2022 Alaska Teacher of the Year. (Photo Credit: Louis Velasco/Anchorage School District) Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Kelly Shrein of Northwood Elementary in Anchorage School District was announced to be the 2021-2022 Alaska Teacher of the Year.
The COVID-19 pandemic had made many schools adapt to distance learning, and during that period Shrein drove by each students’ house expressing how much they were missed as well as writing postcards, setting up Zooms, and making phone calls consistently through the Spring and Summer.
As Alaska Teacher of the Year, Shrein will have a seat on Commissioner Johnson’s Teacher and Educator Advisory Council.
Western Washington University We are extremely excited to bring our indoor track and field championships to The Podium, surely one of the finest venues of its kind, anywhere, GNAC commissioner Dave Haglund said in a statement.
The GNAC needed to find a new venue for their championship after Boise State University and the Ford Idaho Center announced the event would no longer be able to be held at the venue.
The Podium is currently set to open in the summer of 2021. The GNAC championships would happen just days before the 2022 USATF Indoor Championships.
The Podium will be a multi-purpose sports complex with the ability to host local, national and international competitions. The venue will make Spokane more competitive as a host city, according to the venue’s FAQ page. When not used for national events the venue will also provide space for local sports programming and youth sports, as well as other community events and gatherings.