The University of Alaska Southeast has appointed Nathan Bodenstadt as the new Dean of Students.     Located on the Juneau campus but also serving UAS Sitka and Ketchikan campuses, the Dean of Students oversees a variety of departments, including Residence Life, the Recreation Center, Counseling, the Health Clinic, Student Activities, and the Native and Rural Student Center.  The Dean of Students is also part of the … Continue reading Spotlight: Meet the new Dean of Students

By Kenedy Williams, Staff Writer The University of Alaska Southeast welcomed the new Dean of Art and Sciences, Carin Silkaitis, to campus in July 2021. Silkaitis uses she/her and they/them pronouns and is a proudly a nonbinary queer person on campus. They/them pronouns in this story will be used to reference Silkaitis.  Silkaitis and her wife Chrissy Sarch have two children; one is a senior … Continue reading Spotlight with Carin Silkaitis, Dean of Arts and Sciences

By Kenedy Williams, Staff Writer Being a woman in science “has been challenging, rewarding, frustrating, elating, it’s both ends of the extreme.”  That may be said by any number of women who work in scientific fields, and Julie Schram, UAS Assistant Professor of Marine Biology, said it is certainly true for her.  Schram has been teaching upper-division biology courses at UAS since Spring 2021. She … Continue reading Women in Science: Spotlight with Professor Julie Schram