University of Alaska Southeast
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| University of Alaska Southeast | |
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| Established | 1972 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | John Pugh |
| Students | 2,800 |
| Location | Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka, Alaska |
| Campus | Rural |
| Colors | Navy Blue & White |
| Mascot | "Spike" the Humpback Whale |
| Athletics | Intramural |
| Website | uas.alaska.edu |
The University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is a regional university in the University of Alaska System. Its main campus is located in Juneau and it has extended campuses in Sitka and Ketchikan.
The University of Alaska Southeast is a regional unit of the University of Alaska statewide system of higher education. Established on July 1, 1987 with the restructuring of the former University of Alaska Juneau, Ketchikan Community College, and Islands Community College (Sitka), the University of Alaska Southeast serves the residents of southeastern Alaska with campuses in Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka.
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[edit] Mission Statement
The University of Alaska Board of Regents adopted the following mission statement for UAS in March 2001.
The University of Alaska Southeast is an open enrollment, public university that provides postsecondary education for a diverse student body. UAS promotes student achievements and faculty scholarship, lifelong learning opportunities, and quality academic programs.
UAS is a regional institution continually working to leverage and use its resources, staff, faculty and technology in this manner. UAS serves its state, its region and its communities by offering services and programs in:
Workforce Development; Certificates and Associate of Applied Sciences degrees Associate Degrees to effectively prepare students for transfer to baccalaureate programs (AA, AB, AS); Bachelor Degrees in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, business, or elementary education (BA, BS, BLA, BBA, BA-EE); and Master Degrees in teaching, business, public policy or education (MAT, MBA, MPA, MEd). Continuing Education; for professional and personal enrichment.
To provide further direction for plans and actions, the University of Alaska Southeast dedicates itself to the following core values:
- Achieving distinction as a learning community.
- Developing programs and services rooted in its unique natural setting.
- Developing educated citizens with a sense of personal ethics.
- Serving as a center for culture and arts with a focus on Alaska Native traditions.
- Contributing to the economic development of the region and the state through basic and applied research and public service.
- Using technology effectively in all programs and services.
- Forging dynamic partnerships with other academic institutions, governmental agencies and private industry.[1]
[edit] Campuses
[edit] Juneau
The University of Alaska Southeast’s Juneau campus is located in Alaska’s beautiful capital city with the world famous Mendenhall Glacier in clear view of the main campus. The majority of the campus lies between Auke Bay and Auke Lake. The Juneau–Douglas Community College, founded in 1956, and the Southeastern Senior College, established in 1972, were merged in 1980 forming the University of Alaska Juneau. Since restructuring in 1987 as the University of Alaska Southeast to include the Ketchikan and Sitka campuses, the Juneau campus continues to be the center for baccalaureate and graduate education for the region.
[edit] Sitka
The Sitka campus (founded as Sitka Community College in 1962) shares in Sitka’s heritage of being the former capital of Russian America. Sitka is rich in history and a popular tourist destination. Mount Edgecumbe, known as Alaska’s Mount Fuji, dominates the horizon across the water from the city. The Sitka campus awards both certificates and associate degrees.
[edit] Ketchikan
The Ketchikan campus, the oldest campus in the region, was originally established as Ketchikan Community College in 1954. It is located in Alaska’s First City, which regards itself as the salmon capital of the world. The campus awards both certificates and associate degrees. Business and industry programs are delivered on this campus, as well as a core of technical, maritime studies and other vocational courses.
[edit] Academics
[edit] Colleges and schools
- Arts and Sciences
- Management
- Career Education
- Education
[edit] Baccalaureate Degrees
[edit] Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
5 majors available:
[edit] Bachelor of Liberal Arts (B.L.A.)
4 emphasis areas:
[edit] Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)
5 emphasis areas:
[edit] Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
4 majors available:
[edit] Master's Degrees
[edit] Business Administration (M.B.A.)
[edit] Education
- Elementary (M.A.T.)
- Secondary (M.A.T.)
- Early Childhood (M.A.T.)
- Early Childhood (M.Ed.)
- Educational Leadership (M.Ed.)
- Educational Technology (M.Ed.)
- Mathematics Education (K-8) (M.Ed.)
- Reading (M.Ed.)
- Special Education (M.Ed.)
[edit] Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.)
[edit] Libraries
[edit] Juneau
William A. Egan Library
The William A. Egan Library develops physical and electronic collections in support of the programs and services provided by the University of Alaska Southeast to its diverse student body, the UAS community, and the residents of Juneau. The Library provides access to these collections as well as assistance and instruction for using them effectively in order to promote student achievement, faculty scholarship, and lifelong learning. Facility: Completed in January 1990, Egan Library is an architecturally impressive structure that houses the collections, Learning Center, Media Services department, and a significant collection of Southeastern Alaska Native Art. Egan Library’s current collection includes more than 134,500 volumes, 268 serial titles in print, and 22,500 electronic book titles, as well as access to over 100 electronic databases with approximately 18,300 online journals and newspapers. The UAS community also has access to local and regional resources via a local online catalog and global resources through databases such as OCLC FirstSearch WorldCat, a catalog of national and international library holdings. The catalog and online resources are available from the Library Web site at: www.uas.alaska.edu/library. As a federal depository library, Egan Library receives a broad range of U.S. Government documents. The Library shares an online catalog and circulation system with members of the Capital City Libraries (CCL), a consortium that includes the Juneau Public Libraries, the Alaska State Library, and the Juneau-Douglas High School Library. UAS students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the community, may borrow materials from all of these libraries and a daily courier delivers requested materials to the library of their choice. Services: Library staff ensures that the UAS community has access to materials whether or not these materials are physically housed in Juneau-area libraries. An efficient interlibrary loan service brings materials from other state, national, and international libraries to library users in either electronic or print formats. Staff answer e-mail inquiries and offer personalized reference services during all hours the library is open. In addition, library faculty offers instruction in information literacy to individuals, classes, and community groups in an effort to develop critical thinking skills and foster independent learning. The Library seeks out and facilitates cooperative relationships locally, regionally, and statewide to build its collections and to provide additional services.
[edit] Sitka
Sitka students, faculty and staff receive library services from the UAS Egan Library in Juneau. Computer labs on campus facilitate access to online resources and reference assistance. The Sitka Campus homepage has a direct link to the Egan Library homepage where students have access to the library’s catalog, all UAS-licensed databases of indexed and full-text resources, interlibrary loan services, as well as reference and instruction support services. The Outreach Services Librarian at the Juneau Campus provides library instruction and information resource support for the UAS Sitka Campus community, both on-site and at a distance. Students residing in Sitka have access to the physical collections at the Kettleson Memorial Public Library with a collection of 50,000 titles, resources in various other formats and workstations for access to online databases
[edit] Ketchikan
The Ketchikan Campus Library is located on the second floor of the A.H. Ziegler Building at the upper campus on Seventh Avenue. The library contains approximately 36,000 volumes, 120 periodicals in print, and a collection of federal government documents. The library is a member of the First City Libraries Consortium, a cooperative effort among the Ketchikan Campus Library, the Ketchikan Public Library, and the libraries of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District, to provide a shared catalog of items to any holder of a First City Libraries card. The collections of the Ketchikan Campus Library are chosen and maintained primarily to meet the needs of UAS Ketchikan faculty and staff; however, First City Libraries participants encourage the use of their collections as shared resources in the Ketchikan community and engage in cooperative collection development. Library cardholders may place holds on items owned by a First City Libraries member library and request that those items be delivered to any library location in Ketchikan. The First City Libraries’ online catalog address is: www.firstcitylibraries.org. The Ketchikan Campus Library provides faculty and students with access to the internet and electronic resources to which UAS subscribes. The Campus Library’s web site may be found at: www.ketch.alaska.edu/library. Library instruction is offered to classes and individuals. The Ketchikan Campus Library participates in an active interlibrary loan program and is an OCLC member library. The library has been designated as a limited depository for United States Government documents since 1970. USGS maps are collected by the depository and are located at the Ketchikan Public Library as part of the federal documents program.
[edit] Athletics
UAS has an array of intramural sports and activities. UAS did have an intercollegiate sports program that was shut down along with Sheldon Jackson College and Alaska Pacific University in 1990. Former Director of Activities at UAS, Tish Griffin, was quoted as saying, "Even though the focus of a school is its education, she said students need activities like basketball. When the three smaller Alaska colleges (UAS, APU and Sheldon Jackson) all shut down their sports programs in 1990, leaving just the University of Alaska Anchorage and University of Alaska Fairbanks with intercollegiate athletics programs, it had an impact on the UAS campus, Griffin said. All three schools had enrollment slumps the next year."[2] "There was an impact," she said. "I saw the most impact on student life. What was missing was the school spirit, the common athletic event that united the campus. You have to have a way for the students to recreate. Activities give them a fuller life, and they're much more rounded. And it also helps them buy into the campus."
[edit] Recreation Center
The Student Recreation Center facility (Charles Gamble Jr.-Donald Sperl Joint Use Facility) is shared with the Alaska Army National Guard (AANG). This shared facility includes basketball and volleyball courts, suspended running/walking track, cardio theater area, thirty-foot climbing wall, weight training room and dance and cardio studio. Exclusive for UAS is the Student Activity Center which features a student lounge, stage and dance floor, pool tables, flat screen television and a 21-foot movie screen. Opened in September 2005 replacing the older Student Activities Center. [3]
[edit] Outdoor Activities
There are many outdoor activities to do at UAS. There are many different hiking trails located in vicinity of Juneau, and many of them are located near campus. Prestine kayaking is also available at Auke Lake and Auke Bay right next to campus. There are a number of walking trails that double as cross-country ski trails during winter, as well as a few trails located at the local ski resort Eaglecrest Ski Area. There are many opportunities for camping near UAS, both tent and cabin. Fishing is abundant at all three campuses.
With mountains, glaciers, the forest and the ocean for their playground, UAS students pursue interests as varied as mountain climbing, hiking, kayaking, mountain biking, scuba diving, salmon and halibut fishing, camping, skiing, snowboarding and more...all within minutes of campus. UAS students tend to be inspired by the wilderness and invigorated by the outdoors. Southeast Alaska abounds with unique outdoor recreational choices, and once you're able to decide what to do, activities take place against a spectacular background of mountains, glaciers, and the Inside Passage. Fishing is world class, especially from early spring through late fall. One local boasted to a visiting brother that "the herring used as bait to catch Southeast salmon and halibut is larger than the trout the brother fishes for back home." Divers explore beneath the Southeast waters while sailors and wind surfers look for winds above. The protected waters and fjords of the Inside Passage make Southeast Alaska a kayaking paradise. Many kayakers will transport their boats on the state ferry system and paddle between ports. Each SE Alaska community maintains trail systems leading to alpine ridges and seashore beaches. Some summer trails double as winter cross country ski routes. Eaglecrest, Juneau's ski area, has produced at least one Olympic and World Cup alpine skiing champion plus plenty of others who dream of gold. The Forest Service and the State of Alaska maintain a series of alpine, lakeside, and beach public rental cabins. Many others pack their own tents and camp wherever the fancy strikes them. Playing in the outdoors is a big part of the "Juneau lifestyle" and adds to the community sense of well being! [4]
[edit] Publications
The student newspaper of UAS is The Whalesong.[5] The student literary magazine is Tidal Echoes.[6] The newspaper was founded in 1981 and has a circulation of 1,000.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Damon Lowery - Australian professional basketball player. Famous for hitting three free-throws after time had expired to put the Wollongong Hawks into the 2001 National Basketball League grand final. <http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/051001/Spo_Aussie.html>
[edit] References
<http://www.uas.alaska.edu/catalog/documents/08_09/catalog.pdf>
[edit] External links
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Coordinates: 58°23′06.33″N 134°38′19.00″W / 58.3850917°N 134.63861°W
