University of Alaska Anchorage

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University of Alaska, Anchorage
Established 1954
Type Public
Chancellor Elaine P. Maimon, Ph.D
Students 17,512
Location Anchorage, Alaska
Campus Urban
1.41 km²
Colors Green & Gold            
Mascot Seawolves
Athletics NCAA Division II
Website uaa.alaska.edu

University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest member of the University of Alaska System, with more than 17,000 students, 14,000 of whom attend classes at the main Anchorage campus.

UAA comprises eight colleges and schools: The College of Education, College of Health and Social Welfare, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Public Policy, the Community and Technical College, School of Engineering, School of Nursing and School of Social Work. There are four community campuses: Matanuska-Susitna College, Kenai Peninsula College, Kodiak College, and Prince William Sound Community College. UAA offers Graduate degrees through the Graduate Division.

The university's history began in 1954, when the Anchorage Community College opened, using the then-Anchorage High School building at night. Anchorage Senior College began providing upper-division classes in 1969, becoming the four-year University of Alaska Anchorage in 1976. UAA, ACC, and ACC's rural extension units merged in 1987 to form the present institution. UAA is the home of the NCATE-accredited UAA College of Education.

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[edit] Student government

The Union of Students of the University of Alaska Anchorage or USUAA is the student governing body for University of Alaska Anchorage.

[edit] Athletics

The UAA sports teams are known as the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves and the school colors are green and gold. UAA, which sponsors 11 sports programs, is a NCAA Division I school for gymnastics and hockey, and a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. UAA is a Division II member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in men's and women's basketball, volleyball, men's and women's cross country and men's and women's outdoor track and field. Other conference affiliations are the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (gymnastics) and the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association. UAA also hosts the nationally known Great Alaska Shootout college basketball tournament every Thanksgiving, and the Nye Frontier Classic hockey tournament in October.

[edit] Student housing

UAA's student housing comprises nearly 1,000 students:

  • Three co-educational residence halls (North, West, and East Halls), completed in 1998. Each holds 230 students, all in individual rooms; rooms are grouped in suites of one, two, or four.
  • The Main Apartment Complex (MAC), completed in 1984, was once family housing. There are 74 four-bedroom apartments in six buildings, each housing four same-sex students.
  • The Templewood Apartments hold 80 students in 20 apartments.

[edit] Academics

[edit] Aviation technology

The aviation department at UAA has been growing at a high rate over the last several years and is becoming one of the premier aviation schools in the nation. During the fall semester of 2006, the program grew by approximately 300%.[citation needed] UAA offers associate of applied science and bachelor of science degrees in:

  • Air Traffic Control
  • Aviation Administration
  • Professional Piloting

Certificates and associate of applied science degree are also offered in:

  • Airframe & Powerplant (A&P)

UAA Aviation Technology division is part of Center of Excellence for General Aviation (CGAR) which is a collaborative research effort between very prominent universities. The members are:

[edit] Colleges and schools

  • College of Arts and Sciences
  • College of Business and Public Policy
  • College of Education
  • College of Health and Social Welfare
  • Community and Technical College
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Social Work
  • University Honors Program
  • Graduate Division

[edit] Libraries

[edit] Publications

Accolades is the University of Alaska Anchorage Magazine for Alumni and Friends.

The Alaska Quarterly Review is a literary magazine published by UAA.

The student newspaper is The Northern Light.

Understory is a magazine run by Creative Writing and Literary Arts graduate students, open for submissions from any UAA undergraduate student.

[edit] External links


Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Alaska-Anchorage • Alaska • Central Washington • Montana State-Billings (fall 2007) • Northwest Nazarene • Saint Martin's • Seattle • Seattle Pacific • Western Oregon • Western Washington
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
Men's Division: Alaska-Anchorage • Colorado College • Denver • Michigan Tech • Minnesota • Minnesota-Duluth • Minnesota State • North Dakota • St. Cloud State • Wisconsin
Women's Division: Bemidji State • Minnesota • Minnesota-Duluth • Minnesota State • North Dakota • Ohio State • St. Cloud State • Wisconsin
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