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Summer Engler receives first Dear Friends, Parasca Science Research Award Augie Heibert The Parasca Science Research Award, made possible by a leaves telecommunications Autumn finds UAA on the move. As I enter my third academic year as generous gift to UAA by Dorin and Argentina Parasca, supports a legacy to Alaska, UAA4 Chancellor, I am delighted to see a campus, a community, and nature’s whole significant undergraduate project in any area of science or social science. A Biological Sciences major and University Honors palette breaking out in green and gold energy. Program student, 21-year-old Engler received the award for her Major alumni gifts are on the rise. In recognition of this enthusiasm among project “Maintenance of copper homeostasis: Effects of Cup1p UAA alumni, the Rasmuson Foundation has awarded us $100,000 to match overexpression, Mac1p-dependent gene expression and survival first-time alumni donations of $1,000. Our brand new alumni relations of S. cerevisiae.” Summer is also a Muscular Dystrophy manager, Stacey Marsh, is working hard with the UAA Alumni Association to Association award recipient. build a vibrant program of activities and engagement. This issue of Accolades

UAA grad Lyndsay Miles awarded Fulbright includes features on five UAA alumni who are out in the world making a Bartlett High School and University of Alaska Anchorage Degrees of Change difference–inspiring the next generation of students to continue the tradition Associate of Arts graduate Lyndsay Miles received a 2005-2006 UAA graduates8 bring passion and of excellence. Fulbright Full Student Grant for research in Economics. She dedication to thier chosen careers Our green and gold energy paid off in Juneau when the Alaska Legislature began her research in September 2005 at Vladivostok State approved the final funding for our new $87million Integrated Science University of Economics and Service. Her research topic was “Business and Economic Partnerships between the Russian Facility. In dollars, this building is double the scope of anything ever built at UAA. In impact, it's even bigger. Bringing together the major Far East and the Pacific Northwest: Prospects for Future PROGRESSIVE Cooperation.” Miles sought better understanding of the current strands of science instruction at UAA will enable Alaska students to see the level of American investment in the region and analysis of local PROGRAM interconnections of twenty-first century science. We are grateful for the business environments and investment potential. enthusiastic support of the community and the united efforts of legislators from all over the state to make this opportunity possible. Students and Miranda Lynn Zindel wins coveted Truman Scholarship Dollars & Sense faculty should be at work in the building by fall of 2009. Honors Student Miranda Lynn Zindel of Kenai, a UAA junior Nation’s “best” center for economic On a different scale, but equally important, a beautiful new building opens majoring in Business Administration, was named winner of a education teaches teachers14 to teach state’s this fall, on time and on budget, to house the Alaska Native Science and highly coveted Truman Scholarship. The annual award recognizes greatest resource, its young people Engineering Program (ANSEP). Architecturally, the ANSEP Building reflects college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are the shape of the longboat common to many Alaska Native cultures. Funded committed to careers in government, the non-profit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in public service. mostly with private contributions, the ANSEP building is a milestone reflecting the influence of Alaska Native culture on the university’s work. In June, Dr. Michael Driscoll became our new Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Coming to us from Portland State University, where he served as vice provost and executive dean of Engineering, Mike brings a Our Generous donors wealth of new experience and ideas to UAA. The public square came alive this past year. Pulitzer prize-winner Jared UAA Accolades -Thank16 You Diamond, human genome project leader Francis Collins, MacArthur 'Genius' Fall 2006 Volume 5, Number 2 award winner Bill Strickland, a definitive panel discussion about the natural gas pipeline, and the major Anchorage mayoral election debate all Published by the UAA University Advancement enlivened campus. We look forward this fall to hearing from civil rights Editors: Megan Olson, Scott Loll, Heather Resz SEAWOLF historian Taylor Branch, Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse, and Alaska Graphic Design: David Freeman All photos by Clark James Mishler unless otherwise noted SPORTS gubernatorial candidates taking part in the last major debate of the 2006 election season. Anchorage is a great city partly because its university For more information about stories included offers great civic and intellectual opportunities. in UAA Accolades, to make a gift to UAA Enrollment is rising, financial resources are growing, facilities are or to order additional copies, please contact: 2005 Sports Highlights improving, and alumni are getting involved. It's a great time to be a University Advancement Seawolf, and the indicators are all around us. University of Alaska Anchorage 23 3211 Providence Drive . Anchorage, AK 99508 Phone: (907) 786-4847 e-mail: [email protected] Elaine P. Maimon, PhD To learn more about UAA, Cover photo by Michael Dinneen Chancellor visit www.uaa.alaska.edu Photos by Michael Dinneen Photos by

Accolades 3 Augie Hiebert and his dog and fellow KFAR on-air personality, Sparky, log the hourly transmitter reading, as required by law, when this photo was taken in about 1946.

Sparky had just one vocal responsibility - on cue from the studio announcer six miles away at the downtown KFAR Studio, the dog would bark a "happy birthday” greeting to a child having a birthday that day. The KFAR announcer had to call Sparky for the“birthday bark” between 7:15 and 8:30 a.m. to catch kids before they left for school. Some actually resisted going to school until they’d heard Sparky’s birthday greeting, Hiebert said.

hough he never enrolled in a class at the University of Alaska Anchorage, Augie Hiebert has an honorary doctorate from T the university, a Meritorious Service Award and honorary membership in the Alumni Association. All are honors bestowed on him over the years by the university for his contributions of time and talent. Hiebert also donated $50,000 several years ago to purchase television cameras for the video department. He received an honorary doctorate for Public Service from UAA in May 1973 “for his pioneering achievements in bringing modern radio and television services to Alaska, and for his outstanding contributions to the development of the state and its university.” Over the years since the university was created, Hiebert has lent a hand in many ways. He was part of the Citizens Advisory Committee for Anchorage Community College, which became UAA; he’s served as chairman of the Advisory Council for the Department of Journalism and Public Communications; and he helped students get an FCC license and equipment for KRUA 88.1 FM. “My role with UAA has been one of admiration for an organization I was very privileged to be part of,” Hiebert said. “You have an obligation to give it back.” He said he feels a responsibility to repay what was gifted him as a young man by folks like Austin (Cap) Lathrop. Surviving a series of child- hood accidents also convinced him he owed others a It’s in the air helping hand in recompense for his good fortune. UAA journalism students designed an award for Augie Hiebert leaves him by the same name, “Helping Hand,” in 1994. A long list of firsts telecommunications legacy Hiebert owns a personal place in Alaska history for a long list of telecommunications “firsts.” He helped to start the first AM radio stations in to Alaska, UAA Fairbanks and the second AM station in Anchorage; started the first TV stations in Anchorage and Fairbanks; licensed the first permanent TV translator in Alaska; he helped establish Alaska's first satellite earth station, and the list goes on. “I don’t like to copy. I like to innovate,” he said. Hiebert also has received civic honors ranging from “Augie Hiebert Day” in Anchorage Nov. 28, 1992, to the Alaska Legion of Merit Award in 2000 for his work with the State Emergency Coordination Center and the statewide mini radio service. His real accomplishment, according to Hiebert, is linking even the remotest villages in Alaska to the rest of the state, nation and world by satellite.

4 Accolades Accolades 5 Left to right: Mirror Lake Middle School Video Team members Kelsey Johnson and Savannah Cluff work on the final morning newscast of the school year.

Jon Butler and Austin Kinney offer a weekly Healthy Living Tip during the five-minute close-circuit television news broadcast.

Kelsey Johnson shows Alaska communica- tions legend Augie Hiebert and former Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer how various digital images are edited together to produce the daily show.

Jeff Waldron, Philip Scott, Trenton Schneiders and Savannah Cluff work on the June 2 program.

“If I hadn’t done it someone else would have sooner or later,” The land of ice and snow and Eskimos Focused on the future Hiebert said. “What I have so-called ‘contributed to Alaskan telecom- It took two days on a bus to traverse the one-lane Richardson Highway from Hiebert started Northern Television in 1952 and sold his interest in the company in 1997. Since Augie Hiebert has received munications’ is not unusual or noble. (It was a) simple case of observ- Valdez to Fairbanks in 1939. He came to help build Alaska’s first radio then, he’s turned his focus to growing broadcasters and broadcast engineers through programs like seemingly every honor one ing what needed to be done to benefit this distant, little known or station, which was financed by Lathrop, owner of the Healy Coal Corp. Mirror Lake Middle School’s broadcasting class and the Alaska Teen Media Institute. Alaskan can award another. He’s understood land, and what people needed to feel at home when they The 22-year-old Hiebert had purchased a ticket on the steamship He and daughter Cathy visit Mirror Lake’s broadcasting class once a month or so. Usually, on had his own day, buildings came here.” Baranof bound for Valdez after his friend, Stan Bennett, wired and these visits he’s flanked by station managers, working journalists, business people, politicians, civic named in his honor and most “Airwaves Over Alaska,” by Hiebert’s eldest daughter Robin Ann offered him $185 a month to help build Lathrop’s KFAR-AM. leaders, or professors from the UAA's Department of Journalism and Public Communications – recently, a yearbook dedication. Chlupach credits Lathrop’s executive secretary Miriam Dickey for “I wasn’t sure I wanted to go to the land of ice and snow and anyone Hiebert thinks can contribute to the program. promoting radio as a way to make Alaska feel less remote and isolated. Eskimos; but I liked to build things,” Hiebert, 89, said from his down- After Shana Sheehy saw the Mirror Hiebert’s honors include: But, Chlupach said, Lathrop didn’t buy into the idea until Dickey town Anchorage home. Lake program she was inspired to start the “You saw what wasn’t there and
Anchorage Mayor Tom Fink proclaimed suggested he build a radio station as a living memorial. On the way to Fairbanks, the young radio engineer stayed overnight Alaska Teen Media Institute, Hiebert said. Nov. 28, 1992, as “Augie Hiebert Day.” “In the early days this place was not liked, by women especially,” at Black Rapids Lodge where he observed first-hand the state of what was needed –everything that “It’s a place for kids go to if they are Hiebert said. The isolation from home seemed harder on women than Alaska’s communication system. a new country like this needed had interested in the news,” he said.
University of Alaska Anchorage men, he said. Coming in one side of the hunting lodge was a two-wire metallic to be fixed for it to move forward.” Executive Director for UAA’s Institute for University Service Award, 1998. Augie and wife Pat Hiebert had four daughters. Pat died in 1994. phone system and on the other, a one-wire grounded system. That was Social and Economic Research, Fran
–Augie Hiebert William A. Egan Alaskan of the Year When Lathrop died in 1951, he left Hiebert $25,000 from his $17- a real puzzler, as he knew the two systems lines couldn’t be linked, he Ulmer was his guest at the school June 2. Award from the State Chamber of million estate, which Hiebert used to start Alaska’s first TV station. said. “ In a state like Alaska it’s even more Commerce, 1999. KTVA Channel 11 went on the air Dec. 11, 1953. Inside the lodge Hiebert saw Alaskan ingenuity at work: two hand- important to have telecommunications,” Ulmer said during an impromptu interview on “Good
Alaska Legion of Merit Award, 2000. “The best years of my life were the 13 I spent working for Cap,” crank phones, one connected to each wiring system. When one would Morning Mirror Lake.” he said. ring, Sue Ravelle – the woman who ran the lodge, would answer one The Video Team arrives at school an hour early to produce the daily five-minute broadcast,
The Alaska Broadcasting Company Inc. phone and ring the other in order to “link” calls from Fairbanks to Valdez. which airs on close-circuit television in every classroom and every office in the middle school named its facility at 1007 West 32nd Ave. “You saw what wasn’t there and what was needed,” Hiebert said. at 9:55 a.m. “The A.G. Hiebert Broadcast Center” “Everything that a new country like this needed had to be fixed for it “The main thing out there is teamwork or they would never get it on the air,” Hiebert said of the in 2000. to move forward.” fledgling newscasters. “What it has done is give them a work ethic they can use no matter where they go.”
Alaska Legislature picked Hiebert Alaskan of the Year in 2001. Mentor, teacher, friend
Hiebert said these programs pique middle and high school students’ interest and some have gone on Hiebert received the 2002 Robert B. He said the commander contacted his
Hiebert: First in Alaska to hear the Establishing Alaska's first FM radio station to enroll in UAA broadcasting courses and to work at Anchorage TV stations. Atwood Award, recognizing his contribu- news of the Pearl Harbor bombing superiors with the information and two hours in 1960. tions in support of the military in Alaska. later word came back from the Army that the Middle School program adviser Emily Blahous said Hiebert’s been a phenomenal mentor.
Helping to start and being chosen the first “Just look at all the people he’s brought out here. Because Augie asks them to, they come,” she said.
Augie Hiebert also holds a unique place in U.S. had entered World War II. The U.S. Senate commended August president of the Alaska Broadcasters Blahous is the a past BP Teacher of the Year. Hiebert for his Service to the Alaska World War II history. Association in 1964. Hiebert was surfing the ham radio dial the Augie Hiebert’s list of firsts in Alaska Hiebert also helped the school navigate the Federal Communications Commission licensing communications industry in June 2003. communications history also includes: morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when he heard the
The first live satellite broadcast of the system to get approval for a low-power FM license. It’s the country’s only Class D low-power
Alaska Legislature honored him in news that Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor. Apollo moon landing in 1969 and arranged for
license issued to a middle school, he said. Immediately, he called the local commander at Helping to build the first commercially suc- Anchorage’s two other stations to share the 2004 for his work to bring Alaskans Blahous said he also found a radio station transitioning to digital equipment willing to donate home, who was sleeping in that Sunday cessful AM radio station in 1939 in Fairbanks. simulcast. closer together. morning.
some of its old analog equipment to help the station get started. Starting Alaska’s first TV station, Channel
Helping establish Alaska's first satellite earth
Rotary International named him “Do you know we’re at war?” Hiebert For his help and friendship, students dedicated their 2005-06 Mirror Lake yearbook to Hiebert. 11 KTVA, in Anchorage, on Dec. 11, 1953. station activated in 1970. “Pioneer Alaska Broadcaster and asked the sleeping commander. “Augie Hiebert is our mentor, our teacher, but most of all our friend.”
Starting the first TV station in Fairbanks, Exemplary Rotarian” in May 2006. In disbelief, the commander made the
Being the first inductee into the National Hiebert’s eyes twinkle and he smiles as he proclaims the recognition “better than most.” KTVF Channel 11 went on the air Feb. 17, 1955. eight-mile trip from Ladd Field to the KFAR Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - Civic honors and historic firsts aside, what this visionary really wants to talk about is the future of transmitter where Hiebert played the
Northwest Chapter Gold Circle in June 2005. Receiving a license to operate the first per- telecommunications. recording for him. manent television translator in Alaska in 1959. “What will the next 70 years bring by comparison?” he asked, via e-mail. 6 Accolades Accolades 7 ALUMNI UPDATE Degrees UAA graduates bring passion and of dedication to their chosen careers Change

Richardson. Monnikha, is an Anchorage School District graduate A Champion of Education and an All-American cheerleader at Columbus State University. While wife, Joyce, is a teacher at Wonder Park Elementary. escribed as an inspiration and champion of education, “My whole family is involved in education,” he said. Roosevelt Banks is beginning his fourth year helping Banks holds four college-level degrees: an associates of arts D students at East High School plot a course for their futures. in personnel administration, a bachelor’s of science in business In his role as counselor he helps students see what options commerce, a master’s of arts in human resources management, are available for their lives after high school. And then he and master’s of education in counseling and guidance. shows them the steps they will need to take to achieve their Of these, Banks said the master’s degree he earned from dreams, Banks said UAA in 2002 means the most. What's the secret to his success? “Youth today want adults “My degree from UAA is extremely special because it lends to listen to them and treat them with respect. They are looking credibility to the school’s commitment to personalize, support for stability," he said. "They absolutely want structure. Because and recruit state residents who may possibly give back to the life happens in steps,” he added.“Education gets you thinking community,” he said. and targeting the things you need to do.” Banks said the way the program is set up allowed him to In his time at East, Banks said he’s seen a jump in the number work and go to school at the same time. “You can work at it of students starting down the road to college. “About 60 over a period of time,” he said.“And it’s very, very affordable.” percent do go on to some kind of post–secondary education,” Mike Graham, principal of East High School in Anchorage, Banks said. said Banks is a terrific role model for students. “He’s very good Originally from Columbus, GA, Banks and family decided to at listening, and stays calm and thoughtful no matter what the remain in Alaska when he retired after serving 25 years in the crisis may be. He’s clearly an inspiration and champion of Air Force. During his military career, he also taught Professional education,” Graham said. Military Education and spent 12 years as a career counselor in the Air Force. Want to see a UAA alum featured in Accolades? His three children have chosen to follow in their parents’ For more than 50 years, University of Alaska Anchorage alumni have been making footsteps. Footsteps leading to advanced education. a difference as leaders in Alaska and around the world.They work with children, they volunteer their time for dozens of organizations, they make a difference in our Roosevelt Banks Lakhita, received her master’s in education from the community and abroad. Do you know a UAA alum who is making a difference? University of Alaska Anchorage and is a history teacher at Tell us about them. Future issue of Accolades Magazine will include more stories Bartlett High School. Marque earned an associate’s degree in about our alumni and their post UAA endeavors. To nominate a UAA alumni for this honor, tell us in 300 words or less what’s Culinary Arts and is the former catering manager for the special about your nominee. Anchorage School District, and a senior cook at Fort For more information, or to submit a nomination, email Stacey Marsh at [email protected] or call 786-1941.

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Even knowing all of that, Stevens still signed-up for a six- month assignment with the well-respected non-profit group after seeing an online job posting, he said. He's part of a 17-person staff at the hospital in Akuem where his duties range from managing the car pool to keeping track of inventory and ordering supplies. Sometimes you just have to take the path less traveled. It’s not enough just to identify that a child has Although the government of Sudan and the southern Sudan been abused or neglected and not provide Kyle Stevens People's Liberation Army signed a peace agreement in January early intervention services to help them 2005, those most affected by the 20-year conflict have yet to recover, she said. see any real improvement in their living conditions, according to Of the children in Alaska and the nation Doctors Without Borders literature. identified as suffering from abuse and neglect, Many patients walk for days to Akuem, Bahr-El-Ghazal in 50 percent are under the age of 5, according order to reach the hospital there - one of the only functioning to state and national estimates. hospitals in the entire province. “Across the state we have a tremendous Although the facility is located a mere 500 miles from the need for funding to provide early intervention fighting in Darfur, Stevens said the hospital in Akuem isn’t to these children,” Kinavey said.“It’s also a treating trauma from that conflict. Rather, he said, the hospital is huge problem." treating mostly vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and People are most familiar with the special treatable endemic diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. educational services schools deliver under Sometimes you have to follow your heart. Part B of the federal Individuals with In 2005, the non-profit medical group said it treated Disabilities in Education Act, Kinavey said. thousands of children for severe malnutrition in Upper Nile, Kinavey manages the state’s efforts under Jonglei, and Bahr el Ghazal. Stevens left a good-paying job with Part C of the same federal law. She has been Alaska Supply Chain Integrators in June to embark on the the intervention manager for the Department six-month adventure.Although his skills are greatly in demand in of Health and Social Services, Infant Learning the business world he will only receive a small stipend during Program statewide since November 2005. these six months. It was as an undergraduate student at the “I won’t get a chance to do this again,” he said.“I couldn't get University of Alaska Anchorage that she this kind of work or life experience anywhere else.” Erin Kinavey became interested in early childhood development, she said. Photo by Michael Dinneen Kinavey enrolled at UAA after working as a nanny in California for three years. Providing Early Intervention “I’ve always loved working with kids,” she said. Degree Without Borders At UAA, Kinavey worked on an autism project for four years aska’s at-risk children have a powerful ally in Erin Kinavey. that considered the abnormal acquisition of language. She manages two statewide programs for the “I got very interested in the benefits of early intervention,” AA is proud of the fact that “studies” show eight out of A Department of Health and Social Services’ Office of she said.“That’s why I have a dual degree in languages and ten of its graduates stay and work in Alaska. Helping U meet the state’s workforce needs is more than just a Children’s Services. She has seen firsthand the crushing need for psychology.” early intervention for Alaska's childen who are the victims of Kinavey was in Chile finishing her degree in languages when talking point, it’s an achievable goal. abuse and neglect. she met her husband,Anders Wennerstrom.A few years later, Kyle Stevens apparently didn’t get the memo. Probably Photo of children in Darfur by John de Csepel, MD, Doctors Without Borders Kinavey spent a couple of years in Bethel managing a local the California girl turned Alaskan married the Swedish man she because where he now lives and works is halfway around the early intervention program that evaluated children with met in South America. world helping save lives in war torn Sudan, in Northern Africa. Career fields, such as logistics and supply chain management, moderate to severe disabilities. Kinavey is an Alaskan by choice. She was accepted into A May 2006 College of Business and Public Policy graduate in are receiving more attention today due to increasing And when she left the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta for the big another graduate program for early childhood development, but logistics, the affable young man is testing his education to the globalization and the growing need for an efficient and city last fall she took with her the memories of the abused and opted to study at UAA. limits working to help keep supplies flowing to support the productive supply chains, Stevens said. neglected children she met in her two years in the region. “We have a wonderful master’s program in Alaska,” Kinavey efforts of the Doctors Without Borders program. Disasters like hurricane Katrina and the tsunami in Sumatra There she saw children younger than four years suffering from said.“And there is training money available for students, too.” It’s not that he doesn’t love Alaska. And he certainly knows also have helped to highlight the role logistics plays in moving post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders and Kinavey completed bachelor’s degrees in psychology and his market value as a UAA logistics graduate. Even before the supplies, he said. depression. languages at UAA in 2001. She also earned a master’s degree spring ceremony marking their graduation, Stevens said the If and when he returns to Alaska, Kyle Stevens will have more "We need to build capacity to serve those kids,” Kinavey said. from UAA in early childhood development in 2005. Alaska market place had already snatched up all of UAA's other than just stories worth listening to; he’ll have an understanding May logistics graduates. “Alaska has more logistics work than that only those willing to put others ahead of themselves you are going to find most places,” he said,“There aren’t a ever find. lot of us."

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Fundraising Fish Out of Water Northcutt earned her bachelor's from s the Community Relations Coordinator for the Under her leadership, the UAA group earned an award from UAA in Journalism and Public International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local the National PRSSA for a community program that collected Communications in 1995 and went to A Union 1547, Jackie's Endsley's life isn’t likely to be shocking. used prom dresses and tuxedos and sold them to high school work for Porcaro Communications in Even her duties working on volunteer coordination, event students for $10 each. Endsley said her experience with the Anchorage where she honed her planning, sponsorships and media seem fairly routine. But these student organization led her to join the Public Relations Society PR skills. days she’s best known for the "wild" ways she volunteers of America’s Alaska Chapter after graduation. She said the When the opportunity to join the her time. professional organization is a great tool for networking and UAA staff in 2000 as the Special Events As a member of the "Wild Salmon on Parade" committee problem solving. Planner came up, she didn’t hesitate. since its inception in 2003, Endsley is part of one of Alaska's When she's not volunteering, working or spending time with “Tlisa loves UAA,” her co-workers said. most creative fund-raisers. Each year the committee invites her family, Endsley said she enjoys camping and fishing during “She’s an ambassador and a artists to decorate fiberglass fish, which are displayed through- the summer and watching movies under a warm blanket with a spokesperson for the university out downtown Anchorage before being auctioned to the nice fire during the winter. everywhere she goes.” highest bidder. Endsley married husband, Jeff, after meeting him on a blind The bulk of her time now at UAA is The annual fish display and auction are greatly anticipated, date 23 years ago. The couple has a very close family, including spent implementing a hugely successful and not only raise huge amounts of money for charity, but are a granddaughter who lives in Las Vegas and visits often. Endsley's stewardship program that serves as a well known and greatly appreciated by the city’s residents and mother, her brother and a sister live in Alaska and two more Tlisa Northcutt model for all University of Alaska many downtown visitors. Endsley has been an integral part of sisters live in the “lower 48,” she said. development (fundraising) programs. the program since its inception. She describes what she does as nurturing Combined, Endsley said the salmon Nurturing Relationships... relationships with donors after a gift has been made, thanking fund-raiser and the "Mayor’s Charity Ball" them and letting them know how their gift was used in support- committee, which she has worked with since and Trees ing UAA. Basically,“I help foster a mutually beneficial relation- 2004, have raised hundreds of thousands of ship by following through on a commitment,” she says. She has dollars for Alaska charities. Endsley also is a hen celebrating a job well done, a plaque is often been a member of the UAA Alumni Association Board and also member of the Anchorage Chamber of presented, a few hands are usually shaken, an served four years as the special events committee chairperson. Commerce’s City of Lights committee. W awkward hug may be exchanged, and a thank you Northcutt is passionate about helping others, especially She was 35 when she realized she needed punctuates the success. That about wraps it up. children. She is the chairwoman of the Friends of the Alaska more education to move into a career Jackie Endsley Well, not if Tlisa Northcutt is in charge. As Donor Relations Children’s Trust, which funds programs statewide that help raise position she truly desired. So, she left her job Manager at the University of Alaska Anchorage you’re more awareness of and prevent child abuse and neglect. She has also at Matanuska Electric where she had worked likely to have a tree planted on your behalf. In fact, there’s a recently participated in the Alaska Humanities Forum’s for 16 years and enrolled at UAA. “Thanks new tree pushing roots into the soil on the campus at UAA Leadership Anchorage program and was named one of the “Top to my husband Jeff’s support I was able to today, thanks to Northcutt, who at 34 is wise beyond her years 40 Under 40,” by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce and complete my education with bachelor's in appropriately recognizing success. the Alaska Journal of Commerce in 2002. degrees in Psychology and Journalism and In this case, she selected a blooming 20-foot Columnar “I believe that providing a conduit between potential donors, Public Communications in four years, Siberian Crabapple tree and had it planted in a prominent volunteers, and those with need, is invaluable and a true litmus graduating in December of 2000,” she said. location near the center of the campus to mark the successful test of how well you serve a community,” she said. UAA also introduced her to volunteerism. conclusion of the university’s first capital campaign that doubled For fun, co-workers say she loves to make gourmet meals ”In some cases, it was more like "you have to UAA’s donor base and raised nearly $13 million. and invite friends over to share in an evening of fine food and volunteer as part of this class" and in other “It means so much more to everyone on campus than a conversation. She says,“it’s my way of relaxing.” She also cases I did it because it felt like the right plaque. Anyone can put up a plaque,” coworkers said.“Tlisa put enjoys teaching etiquette classes to children through community thing to do,” Endsley said. a lot of thought into this and chose to plant a tree as a schools. A softball enthusiast, Northcutt said her softball One of those volunteer opportunities was beautiful reminder. It’s a good example of her style.” Style she career is on hold for now while she focuses on her role as with the Public Relations Student Society of attributes to her Southern roots having been born in Georgia. mom. She and husband Scott have been married for five years America (PRSSA) where she served terms as Her family moved with the military to Alaska in 1978 and and have two daughters Avery, 3, and Aubrey, 1. vice president and president of the following graduation from East Anchorage High School in 1990, Still she’s set a physical challenge for herself:To complete a organization. and a brief stint at the University of Georgia, she chose to marathon - 26-miles, 385-yards - before she is 35. And don’t return to Alaska and begin her long relationship with UAA. bet against her, co-workers said.

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master’s degree as one of 19 economic education program. A few schools in Fairbanks and Kenai students who benefited from a also teach Mini Society, Jackstadt said. $700,000 grant from the private, Reich said the program relates economic ideas like scarcity to real non-profit Alaska Council on life things like using the computer at home or getting time on the Economic Education (ACEE). swings at recess. “The non-profit program and “Economics is about choices,” she said. director Steve Jackstadt offered us Mini-Society asks students to brain-storm business ideas, do market opportunity,” Sugita said of the studies, design and vote on a currency for their country, and get a Center for Economic Education. business license before they can market and sell the product that fits She said Jackstadt also hired their unique skill set, Reich said. The whole group votes on some adjunct economics instructor Ann things, like what the currency will look like and the name of their Lyon to mentor new high school imaginary country, she said. AP teachers. So the official currency of Chocoslovakia is called “Chocobukz.” “The mentorship was invalu- And of course, Pumpkinville’s money is called “Seeds.” able,” Sugita said. Technology like calculators - and slide “They decide as a society what they want,” Reich said. Jackstadt According to Morton, ACEE is rules – may have made the abacus said the center also designed and printed the comic-type book that obsolete, but it was a hot item at a Mini unique among the 50 other state Society auction in June. The auction’s traces Alaska’s economic history for high school students. The stories councils operating under the National highest bidder holds the ancient were priviously published serially in the Tundra Times, he said. counting device triumphantly. Council on Economic Education. For its exemplary partnership with an external partner, the center “It’s significant that the Alaska Council does programs like this,” he was awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in 2003. said of the class he taught to train AP teachers. “I don’t think anyone Jackstadt has been the director of the Alaska center since the ACEE in the country has a better program.” Students and their parents really signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UAA to provide office seek out AP classes, Jackstadt said, but in order to earn the potential space, a secretary and a course release for a center director in 1985. Dollars & Sense Nation’s “best” center for economic college credits offered, students must first pass a placement test. The center generates about 1,100 credit hours annually, he said. education teaches teachers to teach state’s Anchorage and UAA are fortunate to have economists like Morton Founded in 1977, the state council is a partnership of leaders in teaching local teachers to better prepare students to do well on the greatest resource, its young people exam, he said. “The main business that we’re in is training teachers. And the nearly 400 teachers we train each year are in touch with 40,000 t’s been called the best Center for Economic Education in the United States. That’s students a year,” Jackstadt said. what John Morton said when he was teaching a class earlier this year through the Juneau teacher Chris Carte said she took the class hoping she will I Center at the University of Alaska Anchorage. be able to add the higher-level course to her school’s AP course He ought to know, he literally wrote the book on Advanced Placement (AP) Micro and offerings. “There’s so much to it. It’s a lot different than the regular Macro Economics. economics class,” she said. “There’s a whole lot of economics out Most recently, Morton traveled to Alaska to share his vast knowledge and to help there. This helps you focus on sorting the wheat from the chaff.” educate local high school teachers taking courses through the Center that better Mini-Society provides children with an opportunity to actually prepare them to teach economics to the state’s greatest resource, its young people. experience self-created economic realities resulting from the building Most of the 12 Alaskan teachers in last June’s two-credit college class were veterans Mini Society uses events like the live auction to teach students about economic of a mini society in their classroom. Patty Gunnarson and Theresa concepts like supply and demand. of the Center’s other exceptional programs. In fact, many had earned interdisciplinary Reich spend part of their summers teaching other grade school master’s degrees in economics and education. teachers to use the Mini-Society program in their classrooms. business and education devoted to helping students in grades Teaching teachers how to teach economics is more than a tongue twister. It’s the “Scarcity, opportunity costs – it’s the same thing in both class- kindergarten through 12 learn more about economics. essence of what the Center is all about. There are programs training teachers in the rooms,” Reich said during a multi-school Mini-Society event at Supporters include ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc., BP, ExxonMobil, nuances of teaching “Mini-Society,” an elementary school program that explores basic Trailside Elementary School in June. the Rasmuson Foundation, NANA Development Corp. and the economic principles through creation of an in-class mini-society that often mimics the Top of page: Ignite Program teacher Alana Haider works The Anchorage School District’s Ignite Program teaches the National Council on Economic Education. Jackstadt said ACEE puts trials and tribulations of everyday life in our country. There is even a comic book for with students to tally their earnings at a multi-school Mini Society event at Trailside Elementary School. The Anchorage nationwide Mini-Society course as one of four elective units students up money for programs – about $200,000 each year – and sets the economic education for high school students that features pre-statehood Alaska School District and other schools nationwide use Mini- study each year. center’s direction. The Center for Economic Education is located in history as a model. Society course materials to teach students about economics. Jackstadt said ConocoPhillips has funded the program for about 20 Rasmuson Hall on the UAA campus. It offers three main programs The success of any educational program, especially the high school AP program, Above: The Center for Economic Education at UAA designed years. “Any success we’ve had with Mini-Society is because of their annually: Mini Society; Meaningful Economics Challenge; Exxon is the quality of its teachers and the Center produces some of the very best. and printed this comic book that traces Alaska’s economic generosity,” he said. The last time the Anchorage School District was Spring Economics Forum. For more information, visit cee.alaska.edu Melanie Sugita, typifies teachers in the program. She teaches AP economics at South history. In its sixth printing, the book is an invaluable tool for teachers of Alaska history and economics. surveyed, about half its schools had one or more classrooms using the High School in Anchorage, and she’s back for more training after completing her

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Shillinger Margaret Stutzer John Walter Charles Richardson Gary R. Shinn Faye and Joseph Sullivan Margaret and Carl Walter Jennifer L. Richerson Leslie and Tobin Shipp David G. Summerfeldt II Dorothy Walukiewicz Cynthia and Don Shockey Martin F. Summers Christine and Martin Richman Mary Shreves and Jeanne and William Wascisin William P. Ridgway John Anderson Robert Sundberg Karol and Eric Weatherby George and Marcia Riley Earl and Annette Shuman Kathleen M. Sutcliffe Roberta and Ronald and Joan Siegel and Stephen and Howard Weaver Genevieve Risch Joel Solonche Shara Sutherlin Nathan Webb Roxanne Risner Carol M. Silva Laurie Svec Lu Ann S. Webb David Roberson Jennifer and Joy and James Swartz Sandra and Larry Weihs Sharon and Alan Roberts Edwin Simeonoff Barbara E. Swartz John and Rita Wells Peggy A. Robinson Bernard and Marion Simon Krisjon M. Tabisola Gary and Mary Wells Virginia and Adam C. Simonds William W. Talmage Steve Welsh H.E. Robinson Bardon Simons Laurie A. 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Widdicombe Kenneth Rowedder Ruth and Gordon Smith Della and Lance Throp Tim Wiepking and Kenneth A. Ruby Gregory and JoAnne Smith Barbara J. Thurston Barbara Brown Donna Rulien Gregory N. Smith Barbara and Warren and Diana Wilcox Gregory Russell Margaret S. Smith Leonard Tillman Norman and Herbert G. Russell Collin M. Smith Sally Tilton Kathleen Wilder Dorothy and Robert Ruth James and Ramola Smith John and Ruthann Timmer Sally and Greg Wiley Agatha G. Rutka Kathryn H. Smith Julie E. Tisdale Diane Wilke Shelley Larson, 33, graduated in August 2006 with a bachelor’s of science in nursing and minor in Douglas M. Salik Mary and Thomas Smith Kathleen A. Tocke Daniel Williams Cheryl J. Samples Shawn and Taisuke Toda Jack and Carol Williams Hunter A. Scholz, 35, is working toward an associate’s degree in welding /nde. He said the $300 gerontology. Larson is a 2005-06 Alaska Kidney Foundation Scholarship recipient.“Scholarships have ◆ Alice and Casey Snisarenko Alden Todd Barbara and Acuren UT scholarship he received for the spring 2006 semester couldn’t have come at a better time.“I enabled me to enjoy my experience at UAA School of Nursing, make lasting friendships, and achieve Timothy Samuelson Michael K. Snyder Pearl and Max Todhunter Randy Williams Frank N. Sanders Richard and Gail Snyder used the money for bills, nothing too exciting, but as a student father of four, I can assure you the award academic success.” Larson was recently inducted into the International Nursing Honor Society, Sigma Marthon G. Tolman Jr. Carol Wilson Rita and Sanders Shook-Ming So Tabetha M. Houston William and Janet Wilson was greatly appreciated.” Theta Tau. Her professional goals are to gain employment at the Alaska Native Medical Center and Paul F. Sandhofer Andrea and Mitchell Soland Galina and Allison C. Wilson further nursing research regarding Alaska Native Elders. Marjorie M. Saul Charles Somerville III William Tomisser Dorothy and Eva L. Saulitis Sheila and Jerome Soukup Ruth Tong Michael Wilson Judy A. Besh Estate of Marie George Anchorage Chrysler Dodge Flint Hills Resources Brian and Pamela Saylor Cynthia and Karen L. Toohey Shelly Wilson-Schoessler Chris and Estate of Center* Alaska Martin and Marian Schafer Mario Spagnoli Candelario and Donald Wingate and Corinne Zimmerman Mary Jean McManamin Anchorage Daily News GCI* Eugene B. Scheer George and Roberta Spartz Maria Torres Nancy Bruno Dorothy and First National Bank Alaska Anchorage Economic Hilton Anchorage* Phillip and Nicole Murray Shari Olander and Wanda F. Peel Robert Poe and Charles and Sarah M. Spencer Brian and Karrie Trautman Colleen Winkelman Benjamin Zvolanek JL Properties Development Corporation Holiday Stationstores* Nancy N. Neely Willy Tonguet Michael G. Peltier Terzah Tippin Poe Vicki Scherbaum Timothy J. Spernak Philip J. Treuer C. Harold Wirum Microsoft Corporation Anchorage Marriott* Horizon Services Group Dale and Elaine Nelson Judith K. Olson Teri and Clifford Penn Kyle Horne and Mary Anne and Randall Schlapia Joellynn P. Spivey Kenna Sue and James M. Wojciehowski Supporters who have Primavera Systems ARAMARK* Hotel Captain Cook* David and Theresa Newell Merritt C. Olson Lisa and Penny Pomeroy-Horne John A. Schlomer Pete Sprague Howard Trickey Mark and Miok Wolbers passed away are gratefully Providence Health System Army National Guard* K & L Distributors* David P. Newell J.L. Olver Jill and Bradley Perkins Pam Porter Sharon and Wyane Schmidt Steven W. Spranger Barbara and Gene Tromly Gerald W. and acknowledged and marked in Alaska Aspen Hotels of Alaska* KeyBank* Suzanne and Richard Maureen O'Malley and Keith and Suzanne Perrins Linda and Donald Porter Kelly and Terry Schnese Anonymous Fay and Richard Trudell LaVonne E. Wolf with a ◆ Providence Kodiak Island AT&T Alascom* Municipality of Anchorage Newkirk Michael Nave Disa J. Perry Michael and Pradeep Prater Patricia G. Schnitzer William A. Stark Ted B. Trueblood John G. and Medical Center Avis Rent A Car* Nerland Agency Worldwide Kelly and Dale Nichols Melanie and Jim O'Rourke Jamar and Tasha Perry S. Byron Preston Denise and Jerry Scholze Claudia and Ronald Starr Marti and James Tryck Margaret Wolfe Rebounders Booster Club Benton Bay Athletic Partners* Mearl A. Nichols Juliana L. Osinchuk Kenneth J. Pesta Michael R. Price Cynthia and David Schraer Sharon Starry Ruth A. Tweto Kathleen and Safeway* Lions Club* Northern Dynasty Mines Douglas North and Vicki and Ronald Otte Colleen M. Peterson Nina E. Prockish Forrest E. Schroeder- Judy and Peter Staveley Christi Tyler Thomas Wood Totem Ocean Trailer Blockbuster Video* NYE Frontier Family of Ellen Cole Diane K. Owens Alice Petrivelli Capri I. Aga Einwiller Marie C. Steele Christopher and Erin Ulmer David and Aimee Woodley Express Blueliner Booster Club* Dealerships*

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Osborne Construction USKH DOWL Engineers Alaska Union Pacific Matching Hilltop Youth* National Association of 2005-06 UAA Athletics Season Highlights Pepsi-Cola* Vito's Auto Sales* Testlab Gifts Program IKON Office Solutions Social Workers PND Inc. Consulting Wendy's North-Wend Gray Line of Alaska* US Travel Alaska* of Alaska* National Association of Men’s Basketball Engineers Foods* Horizon Lines* Valdez Harbor Inn Kiewit Building Group Women in Construction ■ Princess Cruises and Tours* Horizons Cafe & Catering* Westmark Anchorage Knik Construction Olgoonik Corporation* Qualified for 12th NCAA Tournament in school history Prudential Jack White/Vista GOLD CIRCLE Leo Rhode Charitable Trust Hotel* Magic Bus* Portfolio ■ Senior guard Kemmy Burgess named honorable mention All-American Real Estate* $5,000 - 9,999 McKinley Capital Muffin Man Cafe 817* Quality Asphalt Paving and UAA Athlete of the Year Pythian Sisters Friendship 2 10th & M Seafood* Management* GLACIER CIRCLE RE/MAX Properties Rain Proof Roofing Rho Zeta Chapter Alaska Distributors* Millennium Alaska Hotel* $2,500 - 4,999 Rise Alaska Ramona Munsell ■ Senior Eagle River native Adam Fitt-Chappell named Great Northwest Kappa Delta Pi Alcan Electrical NANA Regional Corp. Active Ankle Systems* Roger Hickel Contracting & Associates Athletic Conference’s NCAA Sportsman of the Year Sheraton Anchorage Hotel* & Engineering PDC, Inc. Consulting Alaska Bar Foundation Sea Galley Restaurant* Royal Caribbean Engineers Alaskan Memories* Stellar Designs* International & Celebrity Super Signs* Cruises Women’s Basketball The Northern Light* Sheri Stears Scholarship & ■ Rebecca Kielpinski named Freshman All-American and was only Triad Engineering* Employee Recognition US Arctic Research Award Funds non-senior to make GNAC All-Conference Team Commission Skinny Raven Sports* ■ Tim Moser hired as new head coach in March 2006 Snow Goose Restaurant CHANCELLOR'S & Brewery CIRCLE Swalling Construction Cross Country $1,000 - 2,499 Sysco Food Services ■ Both men’s and women’s squads qualified for NCAA Championships – Action Security of Seattle a first in both school and conference history Alaska Central Chapter ICC Tam Construction Jessica Portlock Alaska Customer Service University Redi-Mix ■ David Kiplagat earned GNAC Freshman of the Year honors Association Concrete Products ■ Head coach Michael Friess swept men’s and women’s GNAC Coach of Alaska Hospitality Alliance Valdez Community Alaska Rock Gym* Hospital Auxiliary the Year honors Kemmy Burgess Alaska School Activities West Construction Association* Gymnastics Alaska Signs & Barricades Corporate sponsors are ■ Alaska Society of denoted by an asterisk* Sophomore Anchorage native Jessica Portlock named Mountain Pacific Professional Land Sports Federation Gymnast of the Year and won all-around at league Surveyors The following companies Allen & Petersen matched gifts to UAA made championships AMC Engineers by their employees. ■ Freshman Lauren Agostino places eighth in all-around at NCAA Div. I American Society of Civil West Regional, the second-best finish ever for a Seawolf at the meet Engineers Alaska Airlines American Society of Alyeska Pipeline Service ■ Seawolves hosted national power Nebraska and rival Seattle Pacific in Mechanical Engineers Company first-ever home tri-meet Anchorage International AstraZeneca Rotary Club BP Anchorage Republicans ChevronTexaco Hockey Women's Club Chugach Electric ■ Head coach Dave Shyiak completed first season on Seawolf bench as Anchorage Sand and Gravel Association Apple Computer* ConocoPhillips fourth coach in school history ASPRS Alaska Region ExxonMobil ■ Seawolves placed 10 student-athletes on WCHA All-Academic Team, Bruce Pozzi Public GlaxoSmithKline including five repeat selections from last season Relations* LabCorp CH2M Hill Maytag Chilkoot Charlies’ Northrop Grumman Skiing Cornerstone Construction State Farm ■ UAA skiers nearly equaled their best-ever finish at NCAAs with a Craig Taylor Equipment Union Pacific Criterion General sixth-place effort – the 22nd consecutive year the Seawolves have finished Cruz Construction top 10 at Nationals We account for, acknowledge DiTomaso ■ Emulsion Products and steward our donors on a Seawolves claimed six All-America awards (4 Nordic, 2 Alpine) fiscal year giving basis, ■ Stephen Casey, 20, received the Tony Prockish Memorial Scholarship and the Norbert Muller ESS Support Services Sophomore Alpine racer Daniela Anguita represented Chile at 2006 Winter July 1 – June 30. The above Worldwide Olympics in Torino, Italy Scholarship for Spring 2006. Casey is pursing his associate of applied science degree in Exclusive Paving also reflects pledges and automotive technology.“Receiving the Tony Prockish Memorial and Norbert Muller Scholarships Finely Alaskan in-kind donations. GPS Alaska Track & Field allowed me to complete my education and receive my degree in excellent standing financially Habitat Housewares Although every effort has ■ Anchorage native Mary Pearce (400 meters) and Mandy Kaempf (5000 and academically.” Hawk Construction been made to ensure the Consultants accuracy of this report, we meters) became first track & field All-Americans in school history Holland America Line acknowledge that errors may ■ Pearce chosen Women’s Athlete of the Meet after winning the 200- and Siemens Building All Seasons ARGO Reebok International* Anchorage Convention Holland Consulting have occurred. If you have Technologies & Equipment Round Table Pizza* & Visitors Bureau* Intercollegiate Studies 400-meter races at the GNAC Championships questions about the list, Spenard Builders Supply* Alyeska Resort* Seibu Alaska Bagoy's Florist* Institute ■ please contact Tlisa Junior high jumper Eric Draper and Pearce named GNAC Men’s and Subway of Alaska* Anchorage Fracture & Sholton Foundation Coca Cola Bottling Ken Brady Construction The Official ACS Orthopedic Clinic Sourdough Mining* Company* Company Northcutt, Donor Relations Women’s Newcomers of the Year Directory* Anchorage Homer Builders The Alaska Club* Cruise West* Koniag Manager at 907.786.1211. Thomas H. Maren Care Endowment The Superior Group Doyon Universal Services Linford of Alaska Volleyball Foundation Capital Office Totem Inn Frito Lay* M - B Contracting ■ Michelle Earl completed first season as Seawolves’ head coach Tryck Nyman Hayes Systems/Supply* UAA Book Store* Full Swing Golf of Alaska* Meridian Management Michael Dineen Photos by University of Washington Glacier Sound Inn ■ Posted season sweep of arch-rival Alaska Fairbanks

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Scholarship recipient Johnson was a student at Bartlett when Stears A Teaching Legacy was the assistant principal there. She said she made a point of asking her high school friends for their memories of Stears. hree teacher education students at the The Stears scholarship is open to College of T University of Alaska Anchorage were Education students pursuing an undergraduate picked to receive Fall 2006 semester education degree or a master’s of arts in teaching Sheri Stears Education Scholarships. who have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Heather Johnson received $500 for two Due to the high quality of this year’s semesters. And Catherine Taylor and Michelle applicants, the Stears family decided to also Musgrove each received $500 for one semester. award $500 one-semester scholarships to Stears, 45, worked with her family and UAA Musgrove and Taylor. to create the Sheri Stears Education Scholarship Sheri Stears was the 2001 Alaska Middle before her death from cancer Dec. 18, 2002. School Principal of the Year. That fall, the Recognizing that she had a terminal illness, her National Association of Secondary School brother Dan Stears said she wanted a Principals also named her one of its top three scholarship to be developed for students middle school principals in the nation. pursuing a career in education. The family has increased the 2007 scholarship “She believed that all students should have Sheri Stears to $2,500. access to a quality education, which would pro- Photo courtesy of the Stears family Dan Stears said his sister's vision was to invest vide them the skills and opportunities to succeed later in life,” he said. in the educational excellence of UAA to train Alaska's finest students Stears spent 23-years with the Anchorage School District - first as to become educators in local school districts. an English teacher and gymnastics coach at Service High School, then The family's goal is to work with UAA and Alaska school districts as an assistant principal at Bartlett High School and finally as princi- to provide a self-sustaining scholarship fund through the donations of pal of Clark Middle School. the family and others, he said. “This scholarship will allow Alaska school districts the opportunity “Sheri was, and will always be, a true leader and an inspiration to to work cooperatively with UAA in developing our finest students to all that knew her,” Dan Stears said. become the future educators of Alaska,” the Stears family said. For more information, about this scholarship contact the Office of Student Financial Aid, (907) 786-1586 or at [email protected].

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