How Do You Recruit More Young Alaska Native Nurses? Start By Giving Them A Stethoscope.
School of Nursing RRANN camp helps recruit young Alaska Native nurses.
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A career in community service: School of Social Work professor Tracey Burke tackles food security in Anchorage
In Alaska, 102,670 residents, or 1 in 7 people, struggle with hunger. Of the 102,670, about 20 percent of those struggling to obtain a healthy meal each day are children, according to data collected from a 2016 Feeding America, Map the Meal Gap Report. Tracey Burke, a professor in the School of Social Work at the 色情网站, has collaborated with Food Bank of Alaska and its partners for more than 10 years.
Life is a highway
Think your commute is rough? Meet the Truesdells, Pat and Patti. For years, Pat drove from Soldotna to 色情网站. Patti earned her education degree at Kenai Peninsula College (KPC), but now teaches 98 miles away at Hope School. It hasn't been easy. But neither would change a thing.
How 色情网站鈥檚 Justice Information Center is using data to help policymakers
Former Governor Sean Parnell was launching his Choose Respect Initiative, a campaign to end the epidemic of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child sexual abuse in the state. His administration tapped the 色情网站's Justice Center to help provide research and data to measure the effectiveness of the campaign.
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