Back-to-the-U, with help from a few friends

Welcome to UAA’s back-to-campus blog. We’ll be live for two weeks, just as all the big engines of higher education fire up for Fall 2011. The goal of our crowd-sourced blog is two-fold:

• Collectively appreciate the strength and power of this fresh new beginning.
• Share information that makes this transition easy and successful.

To that end, we have enlisted bloggers across the UAA campus. Some come from areas critical to the school year start. Some posts are contributed by student leaders. Some writers are new or returning students able to give an on-the-ground feel to the launch of Fall 2011.

Please welcome our correspondents. From the:

• Registrar’s Office
Lora Volden, Associate Registrar

• The Northern Light
Taylor Hall, Managing Editor
Kate Lindsley, Columnist

• Athletics
Nikkie Viotto, Junior, Seawolf VB

• Student Government
Ryan Buchhold, USUAA President
Amie Stanley, USUAA Vice President

• Residence Life
Russell Porsley, Sophomore, peer mentor freshman dorm, North Hall
Mallory Wetherington, student, Housing & Campus Programming Board

• Student Union
Joe Selmont, student
Doug Wiest, student
Windy Thomas, student

• Library
Kristi Powell, staff, Circulation Dept.

• Bookstore
Joycelyn Williams, student, cashier
Justin Hansen, student, Tech Zone
Gor Galstyan, international student, textbooks

• Campus Dining
Christina Grimsley, Daily Grind barista
Amy Neill, Director of Retail and Restaurants
Scott Evers, Executive Chef

• Student Veterans of UAA
Nichole Tovar, President, Student Veterans of UAA

• Parking Services
Eddy Ozomo, graduate, UAA staff

If you represent a campus area that you'd like discussed in this blog, call Kathleen McCoy at 786-1490. Our bloggers' contributions will begin Friday, Aug. 26. Welcome back, everybody!