As a part of the Center for Community Learning and Engagement’s ENGAGE Week 2011, the UAA Campus Bookstore hosted a panel of First Generation college graduates. The panel was moderated by David Weaver, coordinator of UAA’s MAP-works program and included Marie Lowe of ISER, Shauna Dunn, program manager for Upward Bound, and Dr. EJ David, a UAA psychology professor focusing on postcolonial psychology.

The podcast was recorded Oct. 19, 2011.

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Marie Lowe, ISER

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Shauna Dunn, Upward Bound

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EJ David, UAA Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services

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MAP-works

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Lyn Freeman earned her degree in psychology with an emphasis in mind-body therapies, such as meditation, relaxation and imagery, as medical intervention for chronic disease.

She is the author of the first comprehensive college textbook on the outcomes of complementary therapies called “Mosby’s Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a Research-Based Approach,” (Mosby, 2004[3rd Ed.])

In this talk, titled: “Adapting Mind and Mood State for Optimal Health Outcomes: Aging, Cancer and Addictive Behaviors” Freeman discusses the field of psychoneuroimmunology and how the mind and body become conditioned to behave in certain ways. This event was sponsored with Human Services Course (HUMS) 416.

The podcast was recorded on Oct. 6, 2011.

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Lyn Freeman

Bio page, from CompMed Alaska

Steve Barnes of New York state was wrongfully imprisoned 20 years for murder and rape. He was exonerated through DNA testing in 2008. His talk in Alaska was sponsored by the Alaska Innocence Project and the UAA Justice Center.

This podcast was recorded Nov. 2, 2011.

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UAA Justice Center blog

Overflow crowd listens to Steven Barnes tell of being wrongly imprisoned for 20 years

The Northern Light

Falsely imprisoned for 20 years, Steve Barnes speaks at UAA

KTUU video

Innocent man released after 20 years

Alaska Innocence Project

Non profit, website

UAA Justice Center

Homepage

Learn the current status of refugees and immigrants in Alaska by listening to this panel, moderated by Judith Owens-Manley, director of UAA’s Center for Community Engagement and Learning. The panel includes Karen Ferguson, director of the Refugee Assistance and Immigration Service; Catherine Sullivan, a UAA professor of nursing involved with refugee programs; and Robin Bronen, founder of the Alaska Immigration Justice Project. This event was part of the CCEL’s Engage Week 2011.

This podcast was recorded Oct. 20, 2011 at the UAA Campus Bookstore.

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Karen Ferguson, Refugee Assistance and Immigration Service

Refugee assistance through Catholic Social Services

Robin Bronen, Alaska Immigration Justice Project

Dedicated to protecting the human rights of immigrants and refugees

Catherine Sullivan, UAA School of Nursing

Bio page

Judith Owens-Manley, CCEL

UAA Community Engagement and Learning website

Deborah Winslow Nutter, Dean of Tufts University’s The Fletcher School of Diplomacy, teaches foreign policy leadership and team dynamics in the Global Master of Arts Program.

The title of her address is “The Changing Geopolitical Landscape and the Current World Crisis: What it Means for Leaders and All of Us.” She addresses power shifts and power sharing on a global scale. Her talk was the Polaris Lecture for 2011-12, sponsored by the Forty Ninth State Fellows Program, among others. She is introduced by Professor James Muller.

This talk was recorded Nov. 28, 2011.

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Deborah Nutter

Bio page, Tufts University Fletcher School of Diplomacy

Forty Ninth State Fellows

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