Reunion set for July 20-23

New grads celebrated

Alumni Association lends support to IARC display

Scholarship breakfast connects donors to students

Dan White new chancellor

Upcoming events - save the date

• May 27 through Jan. 22, 2018, Polar Passion, an exhibit generously donated by Grace Schaible `49, at the UA Museum of the North, Fairbanks. Schaible's collection of polar bear art is one of the largest in the world.
• June 2, 6-9 p.m., Alaska Nanooks Scholarship Auction and Riverboat Cruise on the Chena River, Fairbanks. Buy tickets and register for the auction.
• June 5, 7 p.m., Legacy Lecture Series with Karen Parr, Murie Building auditorium, Fairbanks. Co-hosted by UAF Summer Sessions and the UAFAA.
• June 13, UA alumni event in Seattle. Visit the events page for details.
• July 20-23, Nanook Rendezvous reunion during UAF’s centennial year, Fairbanks. Gourmet picnic (with wine) and music in the Georgeson Botanical Garden, campus tours, rock climbing, Alaska Salmon Bake, Golden Days Parade (100 alumni for 100 years), cruise on the Riverboat Discovery and Nanook Night at the Alaska Goldpanners' baseball game. Register for at least four starred events and be eligible for a drawing for a round-trip Alaska Airlines ticket (must book travel by Aug. 24).
• Southcentral chapter picnic, Anchorage/Mat-Su Valley (date TBD).
• Sept. 22-23, fall UAFAA board meeting.
• Sept. 23, 10:30 a.m., Nanooks Hall of Fame brunch, UAF Patty Center.
• Dec. 9, Governor’s Cup pregame event, Anchorage.
• Jan. 20, UAFAA board meeting (teleconference).
• February TBA, Blue & Gold Gala honoring alumni, donors and faculty, Fairbanks.
• Feb. 24, Governor’s Cup pregame event, Fairbanks.

We noticed! Some awesome news about UAF alumni

• Scientist M. "Torre" Jorgenson `86 was presented with an honorary doctor of science degree at UAF's 95th commencement ceremony May 6.
• Elizabeth “Betty” Parent `64 was inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame in Anchorage May 4. She went on to earn advanced degrees from Harvard and Stanford. She mentored many students during a long career as professor of American Indian Studies at San Francisco State University.
• Brenda Riley `02 was honored during 18th Annual Real Heroes Breakfast April 18 in Anchorage, for rendering aid to wounded Sgt. Allen Brandt `04 with the Fairbanks Police Department, following a late-night shooting. Sgt. Brandt succumbed to his injuries and later passed away in an Anchorage hospital.
• Cameron Wohlford `97 was named the 2017 Distinguished Alumnus by the College of Engineering and Mines. The annual banquet, held at Wood Center, featured Alaska journalist and author Dermot Cole `79 as keynote speaker.
• Sarah Schacher `03 was named Young Engineer of the Year by the Fairbanks Chapter of the Alaska Society of Professional Engineers. As preconstruction engineer with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities' Northern Region in Fairbanks, Schacher leads 120 designers, engineers, right of way agents, geotechnical and environmental experts, and others on roughly $300 million in transportation projects annually.
• Mike Chihuly `75 `79, published a book, "Alaska Fish and Fire," chronicling his adventures as a fishing guide, outdoorsman, biologist and fire chief in Alaska.
• Matt Gilbert `10 published a memoir, "Sitting at their Feet: Gookwaii eeghai Dhidii," a coming-of-age story about a Gwich'in Athabascan man.
• A popular trail in Two Rivers was named in honor of the late Mike Kelly `66, who passed away in December. Kelly was also a former member of the UA Board of Regents and the UA Foundation's Board of Trustees.
• Bob Mitchell `90 `98 was named chief investment officer for the Alaska Department of Revenue’s Treasury Division, which oversees state investments totaling $41 billion. Among numerous community commitments, Mitchell is chair of the UAF Scholarship and Fellowship Initiative, which has raised nearly $8.5 million for UAF undergraduate and graduate students since the initiative was launched in December 2014.
• Elm Garrison `04 `06 and his wife Shiho welcomed Yuma Garrison, at 6 pounds 12 ounces, at 9:26 a.m. March 28, 2017. "My time at UAF made me a better adult and hopefully a good father! Thank you UAF! Go Nooks!" Elm writes.
• At a Portland Trail Blazers basketball game at the Moda Center in Portland this spring, UAF Alumni Association past President Jason Gootee `05 and his father Robert Gootee presented a check marking the establishment of the Gootee Family Nanook Hockey Scholarship Endowment.
• Congratulations to the following alumni elected or re-elected to the UAFAA Board of Directors this spring: Shannon Johnson-Nanalook `11, of Iliamna; Mary Beth Loewen `02 `07, of Kodiak; Forrest Kuiper `99 `00 `12, of Fairbanks; and Rachel Lauesen `04, of Anchorage.

Centenarian alumni get together