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Life is a highway

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Think your commute is rough? Meet the Truesdells, Pat and Patti. For years, Pat drove from Soldotna to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ. 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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How Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Justice Information Center is using data to help policymakers

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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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's Justice Center to help provide research and data to measure the effectiveness of the campaign.

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Associate to bachelor’s: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s School of Nursing is answering Kodiak’s health care needs

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s School of Nursing is undergoing a two-year expansion project, with the Kodiak Outreach Site next on the list. Associate Professor Margie Mete has been charged with transitioning the site’s associate program to a bachelor's program.

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Nursing student runs toward her academic goals

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Friday afternoon, she was on campus finishing a lab exam. Saturday morning, she was in Washington winning her second straight conference title. Medical Laboratory Science senior Caroline Kurgat is a cross country star, but you know what's more impressive? She only started running to earn her nursing degree.

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Nursing student runs toward her academic goals

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Friday afternoon, she was on campus finishing a lab exam. Saturday morning, she was in Washington winning her second straight conference title. Medical Laboratory Science senior Caroline Kurgat is a cross country star, but you know what's more impressive? She only started running to earn her nursing degree.