Students
A sawed-off 6-foot bow section of a concrete canoe stands upright in a Duckering Building hall, part of a display about engineering at UAF. Look closely, and you鈥檒l see a subtle image of a harpoon pressed into the boat鈥檚 floor.
James Isabell had to rethink his life after an all-terrain vehicle crash crushed his leg. He couldn鈥檛 walk for nine months.
Jenessa Oviok鈥檚 nephew was born with a hole in his heart. Watching him face that challenge, while she wasn鈥檛 able to help, helped her decide on a career. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 why I want to be a doctor,鈥 she said.
Joe Bifelt saw firsthand how a cultural connection could transform school for young people in his home village of Huslia. A dog mushing program started by his late grandfather, legendary racer George Attla, changed his relationship with the high school teachers in his senior year.
Like other painters, Ruth Nashookpuk uses canvas as a foundation. But when she鈥檚 done, Nashookpuk can lace up her work and apply it to her other passion: basketball.
When it came to choose where to go to college, Bax Bond followed in his mother's footsteps.
John Oulton bought a car last summer. The 2008 Chevy Cobalt isn鈥檛 big or fancy. Car and Driver magazine described it that year as 鈥渁n acceptable choice as a transportation appliance.鈥
Bachelor's in economics
Hometown: Bethel
Bachelor鈥檚 in secondary education
Hometown: Quinhagak
Bachelor鈥檚 in digital journalism
Hometown: Kasigluk
Bachelor鈥檚 in Yup鈥檌k Eskimo
Hometown: Newtok
Andrew Akelkok, a high school student in Dillingham, studies energy at UAF's Bristol Bay Campus in hopes of finding better sources for rural villages.
UAF graduate, Erin Gingrich, and assistant professor of native arts, Da-Ka-Xeen Mehner