College of Health News

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Professors talk tourism on inaugural Idita-trip

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Three professors from three departments planned a one-night "Idita-trip" this month, bringing guests to Red Shirt Lake to sit around the wood stove and talk about science, art and how UAA can play a role in Alaska's sustainable tourism development.

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Celebrate the snow at Prince William Sound College

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Though it’s a small school in a small town, Prince William Sound College boasts an avalanche of academic and entertaining snow-focused events to fill the long winter in the nation’s snowiest city.

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A career in community service: School of Social Work professor Tracey Burke tackles food security in Anchorage

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

In Alaska, 102,670 residents, or 1 in 7 people, struggle with hunger. Of the 102,670, about 20 percent of those struggling to obtain a healthy meal each day are children, according to data collected from a 2016 Feeding America, Map the Meal Gap Report. Tracey Burke, a professor in the School of Social Work at the Âé¶¹´«Ã½, has collaborated with Food Bank of Alaska and its partners for more than 10 years.

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Associate to bachelor’s: UAA’s School of Nursing is answering Kodiak’s health care needs

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UAA’s School of Nursing is undergoing a two-year expansion project, with the Kodiak Outreach Site next on the list. Associate Professor Margie Mete has been charged with transitioning the site’s associate program to a bachelor's program.

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With an impending nursing shortage, UAA’s School of Nursing steps up to the plate

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Guided by feedback from industry leaders, UAA’s School of Nursing is working to expand the program’s statewide reach with increased faculty and more robust satellite campus programs.