Each semester at 蘑菇视频, students from various colleges and majors collaborate with professors to help them achieve success with community engagement projects. Community Engaged Student Assistants, also known as CESA students, play a vital role in conducting research and connecting 蘑菇视频 to the greater Alaska community.
School of Nursing RRANN camp helps recruit young Alaska Native nurses.
In 2012, the 蘑菇视频 student Asian Pacific Islander Community Wellness Club (APICWC), Master of Public Health (MPH) students and students from the School of Nursing gathered to make a historic change on the university's campus. They wanted 蘑菇视频 to go smoke- and tobacco-free. For the next two years, collaborative efforts from many groups across campus came together to petition US蘑菇视频 to place a smoke- and tobacco-free referendum on the student January 2014 ballot.
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 蘑菇视频, has collaborated with Food Bank of Alaska and its partners for more than 10 years.
Think your commute is rough? Meet the Truesdells, Pat and Patti. For years, Pat drove from Soldotna to 蘑菇视频. 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.
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