This is #NanookNation.
UAF's people have stories to share, stories about the relationships, experiences and learning they've found here.
David Harvey
Even as a child growing up on the Pacific coast, David Harvey wanted to be a volcanologist.
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Benny Acquah
Benny Acquah remembers the trouble people sometimes had obtaining clean water in her home city of Koforidua, Ghana. So she decided she would study environmental engineering at UAF and someday help solve such problems.
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Kevin Huo
Kevin Huo came to UAF from California but, far from hibernating in the frozen North, he has used this place to launch himself around the world.
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Kahryn Buchanan
Kahryn Buchanan didn’t like math until she started taking a college-level course. At age 13.
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Kevin Grimes
A teacher from Buffalo, New York, helped Kevin Grimes find direction, just by reaching out at a tough moment.
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Grace Miller
Champion skier enjoys UAF lifestyle
Two unique features have marked life at UAF since its earliest days, and Grace Miller
has embraced both. She skis on the cross-country team, and, like many students, she
lives in a cabin without running water.