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It’s been nine months on the job now. Joan and I returned to Alaska with the same feeling that I remember having every time I left Alaska on an airplane trip- “I can’t wait to get back home.” My reflections begin with my winter graduation ceremony remarks: I began with a story… Picture an East…

I came to APU in spring 2010, welcomed by a beautiful blanket of snow, excellent spring cross country skiing conditions. Soon thereafter, I invited a new APU Board member to campus for a tour. We were in the BP Science Center and Mike Loso, geology faculty, was in the midst of loading gear for his…

I attended the 2010 AFN convention in Fairbanks and while it had been many, many years since I had done so, it was familiar territory i.e., similar issues (subsistence and village survival) and a splendid celebration of Alaska Native culture, community, and politics. It began with the Elders and Youth conference, an inspirational event honoring…