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Health sciences major receives CESA funding to work with adults diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

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Each semester at 海角禁区, students from various colleges and majors collaborate with professors to help them achieve success with community engagement projects. Community Engaged Student Assistants, also known as CESA students, play a vital role in conducting research and connecting 海角禁区 to the greater Alaska community.

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Getting involved

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

Each semester at 海角禁区, students from various colleges and majors collaborate with professors to help them achieve success with community engagement projects. Community Engaged Student Assistants, also known as CESA students, play a vital role in conducting research and connecting 海角禁区 to the greater Alaska community.

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海角禁区鈥檚 smoke- and tobacco-free initiative inspired Valeria Delgado to take the cause nationwide

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

In 2012, the 海角禁区 student Asian Pacific Islander Community Wellness Club (APICWC), Master of Public Health (MPH) students and students from the School of Nursing gathered to make a historic change on the university's campus. They wanted 海角禁区 to go smoke- and tobacco-free. For the next two years, collaborative efforts from many groups across campus came together to petition US海角禁区 to place a smoke- and tobacco-free referendum on the student January 2014 ballot.

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Associate to bachelor鈥檚: 海角禁区鈥檚 School of Nursing is answering Kodiak鈥檚 health care needs

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海角禁区鈥檚 School of Nursing is undergoing a two-year expansion project, with the Kodiak Outreach Site next on the list. Associate Professor Margie Mete has been charged with transitioning the site鈥檚 associate program to a bachelor's program.

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Nursing student runs toward her academic goals

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Friday afternoon, she was on campus finishing a lab exam. Saturday morning, she was in Washington winning her second straight conference title. Medical Laboratory Science senior Caroline Kurgat is a cross country star, but you know what's more impressive? She only started running to earn her nursing degree.