Quotable Alumni
Alumni demonstrate the best of UAF. They've graduated, established careers and are prime evidence of the university's excellence.
Jyotsna "Jo" Heckman
Tom DeLong
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."
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."
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."