Dan Bigley and Debra McKinney are co-authors of “Beyond the Bear,” the story of Dan’s brutal bear attack and dramatic rescue. The book describes Dan’s extraordinary life after being blinded. Combining fascinating details, Alaska journalist Debra McKinney’s captures the core essence of Dan’s experience. The book is a must-read.

Recorded April 22, 2013.

UAA Bookstore events are free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the South Lot just across from the bookstore. For more information, contact Rachel Epstiein at repstein2@uaa.alaska.edu or (907) 786-4782.

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In 2012, Time Magazine called Ghana “Africa’s Newest Star.” Ghana has a multi-party democracy, growing economy that includes oil production and glowing reputation for hospitality. Lawrence Lutz (who works with the North Slope Borough Health Department in Barrow) visited Ghana with the Peace Corps in 1990. He returned in 2009 to give HIV/AIDS training to educators. Come hear Lutz share his knowledge about Ghana and the experiences he had living there.

Recorded April 4, 2013.

UAA Bookstore events are free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the South Lot just across from the bookstore. For more information, contact Rachel Epstiein at repstein2@uaa.alaska.edu or (907) 786-4782.

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In this podcast, recipients of Center for Community Engagement & Learning (CCEL) funding describe their projects, including student involvement, community partnerships and engaged research.

Recipients include UAA faculty Caroline Wilson, Mike Mueller and Doug Causey, Gabrielle Barnett, Maureen O’Malley and Nancy Nix.

Projects include “Alaska Brain Bee,” “Kodiak Island Science Teacher/Scientist Partnerships,” “WCF: Women. Culture. Film,” “An Academic-Clinical Practice Partnership at Alaska Native Medical Center,” and “Public Health Community Research.

This event was sponsored by CCEL and the UAA Campus Bookstore, and was recorded April 1, 2013.

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Lyn Freeman, Ph.D., LPC earned her degree in psychology with an emphasis in mind-body therapies (i.e., meditation, relaxation, and imagery) as medical intervention for chronic disease. This event is a part of her Behavioral Medicine Lecture Series. Here she walks listeners through decades of clinical research on the power of the mind to modify physiology, biochemistry mood state and quality of life.

This event was sponsored by the UAA Campus Bookstore and recorded on March 27, 2013.

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Celebrate the newest releases by Alaska authors. This event showcased:
•”Gaining Daylight: Life on Two Islands” by Sara Loewen;
•”Pause, Traveler” by Erin Hollowell;
•”Upriver” by Carolyn Kremers;
•”Oil and Water” by Mei Mei Evans; and,
•”Toucan Nest: Poems of Costa Rica” by Peggy Shumaker.

Sponsored by UAA’s Creative Writing & Literary Arts, College of Arts & Sciences, and the UAA Bookstore.

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