This podcast includes stories of the refugee experience from Togo, Bhutan, Sudan and Somalia, and what resettlement in the United States means to these refugees. The podcast also includes information about the Refugee Assistance and Immigration Service (RAIS) offered locally through Catholic Social Services.

This event was sponsored by the UAA Campus Bookstore and recorded on April 30, 2013.

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Refugee Assistance and Immigration Services

Website

UAA Campus Bookstore

Website

“Hearts of Courage” brings to life the amazing, true account of the 1943 Gillam plane crash in the wilderness of Southeast Alaska.

Pilot Harold Gillam, along with five others, including engineer Joseph Tippets, left Seattle on January 5 and were en route to a scheduled refueling stop near Ketchikan when disaster struck.

The harrowing events that followed required tremendous courage, enormous ingenuity, perseverance and many small miracles. The passengers endured sub-zero temperatures and scarce food for 29 days until a dramatic rescue saved them.

This event was sponsored by the UAA Campus Bookstore and recorded on May 3, 2013.

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UAA Campus Bookstore

Website

Amazon.com

Cover of John Tippets' book

Historic Aircraft Recovery

Survey of the crash site

Gillam Plane Crash

Account by Jim Gill

Jeff Pantages, chief investment officer at Alaska Permanent Capital Management, reviews the life of economist John Maynard Keynes with a special emphasis on his investment philosophy. When Keynes died in 1946, he had a personal portfolio valued at $25 million in today’s dollars.

This event was recorded on May 2013 at the UAA Campus Bookstore.

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Alaska Permanent Capital Management

Website

Jeff Pantages

Chief Investment Officer

John Maynard Keynes

Wikipedia background

UAA Campus Bookstore

Website

Leigh Newman and Sherry Simpson share memories and experiences from growing up in Alaska, as well as the role it played in shaping their adult lives.

Leight Newman is the author of “Still Points North.” Sherry Simpson is an associate professor in UAA’s Department of Creative Writing and Literary Arts and the author of “Accidental Explorer.”

This podcast was recorded April 24, 2013 at the UAA Campus Bookstore.

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Leigh Newman

Blog and website

Sherry Simpson

Book author bio page

UAA Campus Bookstore

Website

Department of Creative Writing and Literary Arts

Website

This podcast offers solutions on how to use Alaska pioneer spirit and heart to advance sustainable programs. Drinking water, sanitation and wind energy projects for Alaska communities are discussed. Speaker Steve Konkel holds a bachelor’s in architectural engineering from the University of Colorado, a master’s in city planning from Harvard and a doctorate in environmental policy development from MIT. He is teaching PADM 640, Dispute Resolution, this summer at UAA.

This event was sponsored by the UAA Campus Bookstore and recorded on May 2, 2013.

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Dr. Steve Konkel

Academic bio (PDF)

College of Health

Details on Public Health Minor

UAA Campus Bookstore

Website