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Juneau School District Career and Technical Education Coordinator Carin Smolin, left, laughs with a group gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of a student-built neighborhood of affordable Lemon Creek homes called the Jackie Street Cottages on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

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Student project lays foundation for trade careers, affordable housing

At a local job site in Lemon Creek, university and high school students are laying a foundation for…

UAS Environmental Science Students Mollie Dwyer, left and Connor Johnson trek through Montana Creek to obtain water samples Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Molly Tankersley, UAS)

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Dwyer receives scholarship

University of Alaska Southeast senior Mollie Dwyer is the latest recipient of the $2,000 UAS Coeur Alaska-Kensington Gold…

‘Running a tight ship’: University hopes to again prove worthy of a bump from state

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‘Running a tight ship’: University hopes to again prove worthy of a bump from state

The University of Alaska Board of Regents is meeting in Juneau this week.

UAS hosts climate talk to kick off ‘Evening at Egan’ series

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UAS hosts climate talk to kick off ‘Evening at Egan’ series

School’s back in session and so is Evening at Egan.

Hayes picked to deliver keynote speech for state arts conference

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Hayes picked to deliver keynote speech for state arts conference

The Alaska celebration of artists and art is in Fairbanks for the first time, but it will have…

Haines Tlingit master carver Wayne Price waves Haines residents during the unveiling of a Tlingit screen and totem poles in front of the Soboleff McRae Wellness Center in Haines on Thursday, April 27, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Master carver joins UAS faculty

Already a well known name in Southeast Alaska and in Alaska Native artwork, Tlingit Master Carver Wayne Price…

University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen, left, listens to Dr. Steve Atwater, Executive Dean of the university’s new Alaska College of Education, during an interview at the University of Alaska Southeast on Friday, August 3, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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New UA College of Education ready for first year

The University of Alaska Southeast starts classes on Aug. 27, and this will be the first year of…

Pete Traxler is the executive dean of Career Education at University of Alaska Southeast. (University of Alaska Southeast | Courtesy Photo)

Opinion

UAS Career Education program teaches real skills

Ever thought that college wasn’t for you?

Auke Bay lab set to be demolished this fall

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Auke Bay lab set to be demolished this fall

UAS will build new facility to house natural sciences building, aiming for 2020 completion.

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Student designs UAS disc golf course

Morgan Johnson stood next to a small red flag behind the University of Alaska Southeast’s freshman dormitory on…

Morgan Johnson, 21, stands in the woods behind John Pugh Hall on the campus of the University of Alaska Southeast, the site of future disc golf course she is building. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

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Student designs UAS disc golf course

Morgan Johnson stood next to a small red flag behind the University of Alaska Southeast’s freshman dormitory on…

University of Alaska Southeast. (Juneau Empire File)

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UAS hosts Campus Kickoff on Friday

The University of Alaska Southeast hosts its seventh annual Campus Kickoff, 3-5 p.m. Friday in the Mourant Courtyard.…

University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen speaks during an interview at the Juneau Empire on Wednesday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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‘Death by a thousand cuts’: University bracing for the worst

Students will pay higher tuition. There will be fewer classes and fewer professors. Campus buildings will be shut…

University of Alaska Southeast Chancellor Rick Caulfield and university Title IX coordinator Lori Klein speak to an open forum Wednesday in Egan Hall about the results of a federal investigation into the university system’s handling of sexual assaults. (James Brooks | Juneau Empire)

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UA settles federal investigation into its handling of sexual assaults

In 2013, a University of Alaska student was found in a dorm. She was drunk, unconscious and wrapped…