Ten outstanding citizens from around the state were recently selected by Governor Parnell as the 2011 recipients of the Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities, including three who are affiliated with UAF.

2011 Recipients of the Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities are:

Arts Awards:

• Margaret Nick Cooke Award for Alaska Native Arts and Languages: Dr. Maryanne Allan (Fairbanks)


• Individual Artist Award: Arthur William "Bill" Brody (Fairbanks), professor of art, emeritus


• Lifetime Achievement: Jeff Brown (Juneau)


• Business Leadership: Mike Powers, Chief Executive Officer, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital (Fairbanks)


• Arts Advocacy: Tom Heywood (Haines)


• Business Leadership: Mike McCormick, Owner, Whistling Swan Productions (Eagle River)


• Shared Arts and Humanities Special Award: Carol Comeau, Superintendent, Anchorage School District (Anchorage)

Humanities Awards:

• Jim Rearden (Homer)


• Ray Barnhardt (Fairbanks), professor of Cross-Cultural Studies
  


• Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley (posthumous), (Fairbanks), associate professor of education, emeritus