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    • Alaska Mountaineering Literature Symposium
      Stevenson, David; Chesher, Clare; Sassara, Charlie; Sherwonit, Bill (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2009-04-13)
      Dr. David Stevenson, Director of UAA Creative Writing and Literary Arts Dept., leads a discussion about mountaineering literature with Clare Chesher, literary critic from the Department of English, UAA; Charlie Sassara, climber and owner of Alaska Rock Gym; and Bill Sherwonit, author of Living With Wildness and numerous nature books.

    • A Great Disobedience against the People: Japan's Siberian Intervention, 1918-1922.
      Dunscomb, Paul E. (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2011-04-04)
      Paul Dunscomb is Associate Professor of East Asian History at the University of Alaska Anchorage and Director of UAA's Confucius Institute. He specializes in the domestic political aspects of Japan's Siberian Intervention, 1918-1922, Japanese popular culture, and the Lost Decade, 1992-2003. His work has appeared in the Journal of Japanese studies, East-West Connections, and Education About Asia. His just released book is called Japan's Siberian Intervention, 1918-1922: A Great Disobedience Against the People.

    • Mary Ann Poll presents Raven's Cove, Mystery
      Poll, Mary Ann (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2011-04-05)
      Alaska mystery writer, Mary Ann Poll, presents her new book Raven's Cove.

    • The Civil War: 150 Years Later
      Haycox, Stephen; Jacobs, Will; Gavorsky, Scott; Ha, Songho; Muller, James W.; James, Elizabeth (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2011-04-12)
      UAA History and Political Science Departments present: The Civil War, 150 Years Later. Scott Gavorsky: Basic overview of certain issues relating to the Civil War. Songho Ha: The institution of antebellum slavery. Stephen Haycox: American politics leading to the secession movement. James W. Muller: Lincoln and his role. William Jacobs: The military innovations/consequences of the war. Elizabeth James: Reconstruction and the lingering effects of the Civil War.

    • The Mere Matter of Marching: Thomas Jefferson, the War of 1812 and the Taking of Canada
      Fitz-Enz, David (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2011-04-18)
      Colonel David G. Fitz-Enz discusses his book, “The Mere Matter of Marching: Thomas Jefferson, the War of 1812 and the Taking of Canada.”

    • Colleen Mondor presents The Map of My Dead Pilots, the Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska
      Mondor, Colleen Catherine (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2012-04-04)
      I learned to fly at age eighteen and have degrees in aviation, history, and northern studies. The Map of My Dead Pilots is based on my experiences as lead dispatcher at a Part 135 (commercial) air carrier based in Fairbanks. The "Company" had bases in multiple bush locations and flew single-engine, multi-engine, and twin turbine aircraft carrying everything from scheduled passengers and mail to convicts and sled dogs. There were incidents and accidents, moments of Pythonesque absurdity and brain-numbing hard work. It was never the profession I learned about in the classroom nor the glory stories so popular in modern mith. It is the story of the people who worked at one Alaskan commuter airline and the culmination of my efforts to understand how commercial pilots live and die in the Last Frontier.

    • Lifelong Youthfulness and Usefulness: What's Age Got to Do With It?
      Oullette, J P; Jache, Anne; Smith, Casey; Sturgulewski, Arliss; Newman, Richard; Hensley, Willie (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2012-04-05)
      Acting as moderator is J P Ouellette, HUMS Practicum IV. Dr. Ann Jache, UAA Sociology Dept., Chair, Gerontology Minor, Casey Smith, world class snowboarder, Arliss Sturgulewski, distinguished Alaska State Legislator, Dr. Richard Newman, founder of The Total Health Clinic, Anchorage, and Willie Hensley, Alaska Native leader, Distinguished Professor in Public Policy and Administration. This event is presented by UAA Human Services classes: Adulthood and Aging and Practicum II, III, IV.

    • Destructive Leadership Behavior
      Prasad, Rashmi; Emerton, Monica P.; Gorshunov, Mikhail A. (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2012-04-09)
      Rashmi Prasad and two graduate students, Monica Emerton and Mikhail Gorshunov present research on destructive leadership behavior.

    • Epigenetics for Cancer Recovery and Chronic Disease
      Freeman, Lyn (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2012-04-17)
      Part Four of Recovering and Preventing Cancer Lecture Series: Epigenetics for Cancer Recovery and Chronic Disease. This series of lectures provides cutting edge research, information and tips on how to improve your odds of recovery from cancer, of remaining in remission or simply preventing cancer in the first place. Lyn Freeman has a doctorate in psychology with an emphasis in mind-body imagery. She owns the for-profit research firm Mind Matters Research. She delivered series of lectures to help listeners understand the most current ways to take control of personal health outcomes. She is an Alaska researcher and behavioral medicine provider who just completed six years of National Cancer Institute-funded research on overcoming the side effects of cancer treatments. The intervention she created and tested produced clinically and statistically significant improvements and is now a model of care for cancer survivors.

    • The Meaning of Deepwater Horizon for Alaska: What We Must Learn
      Ulmer, Fran (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2012-04-18)
      Many of us are familiar with Fran Ulmer's service in Alaska--being a mayor, legislator, two terms as Lieutenant Governor, director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research, UAA Chancellor, and currently UAA's Arctic Research Scholar. Fran Ulmer also served as a member of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill and Offshore Drilling, and is the chairperson of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission and co-founder of Oil Spill Commission Action.

    • Community Engagement projects: a faculty panel presentation
      Mueller, Mike; Causey, Douglas; Barnett, Gabrielle; Pace, Kimberly; O'Malley, Maureen; McNulty, Julie A.; Wilson, Caroline (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2013-04-01)
      A presentation on April 1, 2013 at the University of Alaska Anchorage's Bookstore. At this event, recipients of Center for Community Engagement and Learning funding describe their projects, student involvement, community partnerships, and engaged research. UAA faculty include Mike Mueller & Doug Causey, Gabrielle Barnett & Kimberly Pace, Maureen O'Malley & Julie McNulty and Caroline Wilson. Projects include Alaska Brain Bee; Kodiak Island Science Teacher/Scientist Partnerships, WCF: Women, Culture, Film; An Academic-Clinical and Practice Partnership at ANMC.

    • How to become a White House Fellow
      Blazek, Matt (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2013-04-02)
      A presentation on April 2, 2013 at the University of Alaska Anchorage's Bookstore. How to become a White House Fellow. Matt Blazek is a program analyst for the National Ocean Policy in the Alaska Region of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and a Presidential Management Fellow. At this event, he will explain how to become a White House Fellow, share first-hand knowledge of the program, offer details about the application process, and discuss the opportunities and avenues for UAA students and recent graduates seeking part-time or full-time employment within the federal government.

    • Sea Travels: Memoirs of a 20th Century Master Mariner
      Sherman, Vaughn (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2013-04-15)
      Sea Travels is the story told to Vaughn Sherman by J. Holger Christensen, a mariner and sea captain who sailed the ocean seas and the "unforgiving waters of the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska." Vaughn Sherman was a fisheries biologist, ahs worked fro the CIA, and is the author of 3 books. His presentation includes a slide show with fascinating historical photos for everyone to see.

    • Sideways Rain
      Sydnam, Nancy Elliott (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2013-04-16)
      Sideways Rain is Dr. Nancy Elliott Sydnam's memoir of 20 years of travel in the stormy Aleutian and Pribilof Islands. Besides her work as a dedicated medical practitioner, Nancy Elliott Sydnam is an emphatic observer of human nature. In journal entries, letters, and poems she writes with deep affection about the landscape adn the people she encountered on her hazardous routes. Included in Sideways Rain are photos, a map of the islands, and an index of names.

    • From War to Peace: Post Conflict Developments in the World
      Ama, Michihiro; Sayles, Chelsea; Shannon, Kelly (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2013-04-17)
      At this event, panelists include Michihiro Ama (Languages Dept./UAA), Chelsea Sayles (Campus Diversity and Compliance/UAA) and Kelly Shannon (History Dept./UAA). Violence, international law, and the nature of peace are topics to be highlighted. This event is being held in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day (April 8th, 2013.)

    • Creative Writing and Literary Arts Undergraduate Readings II
      University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2013-04-18
      UAA students share their creative work and showcase various literary genres. Faculty are on hand to introduce their students.

    • Refugee voices
      University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2013-04-30
      A presentation on April 30, 2013 at the University of Alaska Anchorage's Bookstore. The Refugee Voices panel features refugees from Togo, Bhutan, Sudan and Somalia who have volunteered to share their refugee stories of struggle and survival. They will speak about the refugee situation abroad and what resettlement in the U.S. means for them. This presentation also features information about Refugee Assistance and Immigration Services in Anchorage.

    • Literal and visual storytelling
      Dalton, Jack; Share, Susan; Mills, Sierra; Helmick, Eric (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2014-04-01)
      A presentation on April 1, 2014 at the University of Alaska Anchorage's Bookstore. Panelists include performance artist Jack Dalton, artist Susan Share, quilter Sierra Mills (UAA Care Team), and Bosco's Eric Helmick. Topics include art and book forms; quilt making and autobiography; written plays and performance; and the role of text in graphic stories. The writer as artist and performer and the various ways we tell each other stories are themes for this event.

    • Reinhold Sackmann presents: Employers, Migrants, and Labor Markets in Germany case studies.
      Sackmann, Reinhold (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2014-04-02)
      A presentation on April 2, 2014 at the University of Alaska Anchorage's Bookstore. Reinhold Sackmann presents Employers, Migrants, and Labor Markets in Germany case studies. Reinhold Sackmann is professor at the Institute of Sociology, Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. His research interests include analyzing the social structure of modern societies, demographic changes in Germany, migrant workers, and public sector employment. At this event he will discuss economic and social attitudes toward non-German migrant workers in Germany. The event is sponsored with the UAA Sociology Department.

    • Plays and poor relief in the early modern Spanish empire
      Ball, Rachael (University of Alaska Anchorage. Bookstore, 2014-04-03)
      Historian Ray Ball presents plays and poor relief in the early modern Spanish empire. Ray Ball, (UAA History Department), shares her research on the relationship between Spanish theatre and health care funding in the Spanish empire. Her book project Treating The Public: Public Drama, Public Health, and Public Opinion in the Early Modern Atlantic World is a comparison of commercial theater, charitable organizations, and public health in cities in the Spanish and Anglo Atlantic worlds during the 16th and 17th centuries.