How Do You Recruit More Young Alaska Native Nurses? Start By Giving Them A Stethoscope.
School of Nursing RRANN camp helps recruit young Alaska Native nurses.
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ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½â€™s smoke- and tobacco-free initiative inspired Valeria Delgado to take the cause nationwide
In 2012, the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ student Asian Pacific Islander Community Wellness Club (APICWC), Master of Public Health (MPH) students and students from the School of Nursing gathered to make a historic change on the university's campus. They wanted ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ to go smoke- and tobacco-free. For the next two years, collaborative efforts from many groups across campus came together to petition USÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ to place a smoke- and tobacco-free referendum on the student January 2014 ballot.
A career in community service: School of Social Work professor Tracey Burke tackles food security in Anchorage
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 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, has collaborated with Food Bank of Alaska and its partners for more than 10 years.
Life is a highway
Think your commute is rough? Meet the Truesdells, Pat and Patti. For years, Pat drove from Soldotna to ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½. Patti earned her education degree at Kenai Peninsula College (KPC), but now teaches 98 miles away at Hope School. It hasn't been easy. But neither would change a thing.
How ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½â€™s Justice Information Center is using data to help policymakers
Former Governor Sean Parnell was launching his Choose Respect Initiative, a campaign to end the epidemic of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child sexual abuse in the state. His administration tapped the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½'s Justice Center to help provide research and data to measure the effectiveness of the campaign.
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