QUOTABLE ALUMNI
Alumni demonstrate the best of UAF. They've graduated, established careers and are prime evidence of the university's excellence.
Photo courtesy Denali State Bank
CEO, Denali State Bank
Fairbanks, Alaska
B.B.A '79, M.B.A. '85
"My undergraduate years definitely were an eye-opener. Academic culture is very different in the USA than in India. The experience allowed me to learn a new culture and assimilate while preserving my heritage, values and individuality."
Office/contracts manager, ABR Inc. Environmental Research & Services
Fairbanks, Alaska
B.S. in geology '84
"I've become convinced that education in science, math and the arts is the most important thing we can give our kids, and we've got all of that at UAF."
Photo courtesy Christian Wood
Senior project engineer,
Nabors International
Houston, Texas
B.S. in petroleum engineering '95
"UAF offered great educational opportunities to me. I don't believe that any other school would have better prepared me for my career."
Photo courtesy Carolyn Rosner
Assistant program manager,
North Pacific Research Board
Anchorage, Alaska
M.S. in natural resources management '04
"There aren't many places to study trees that can be 100 years old and only eight feet high. My graduate fieldwork took me to vast forests that survive the deepest freezes and blazing fires. My education went far beyond the academic."
Image of Mount McKinley © Andrea Swingley. All other UAF photos by Todd Paris unless otherwise noted.