11. Carol Swartz – Homer community collaborator who leads the Kachemak Bay campus of UAA. She initiated the community women’s shelter and the Kachemak Bay Writer’s Conference.
Source: Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame 2017 Induction on Thursday, May 4
Congratulations Jessica Earp and Capt. Jesse Simmermon
An Anchorage air traffic controller is being recognized nationally for her part in helping the pilot of a Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet land his plane safely on the ground after one of his engines failed over the Bering Sea. In an audio recording from July 25, 2016, you can hear Capt. Jesse Simmermon tell controller […]
Source: Anchorage air traffic controller awarded for helping save fighter jet pilot | KTVA 11
Leroy Polk: Man shot twice near Spenard after reportedly refusing to hand over his phone
KTUU Staff: Body found near Beluga Point tentatively identified
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Beth Verge: A mammoth discovery: 14,000-year-old tusk found in Alaska
Meet 5 female artists who transformed Juneau’s art scene
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Mandy Murie is known as the grandmother of the conservation movement. She was the first woman to graduate from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and was a strong supporter of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
She served on the governing council of the Wilderness Society and attended the signing of the Wilderness Act by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964. President Bill Clinton awarded her the Medal of Freedom in 1998 for her life time achievement in conservation.
Celia Hunter created the Alaska Conservation Society and worked with Murie to safeguard the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She was the first female president of the Wilderness Society and received the John Muir Award in 1991. “There’s not very many women who were heads of national conservation organizations,” Rogers said. “So that’s pretty impressive.”
May 10, 1941-March 22, 2017 Diane M. Senneff, a pilot and one of the first women to work at Bell Aerospace as a scientist, died Wednesday in her Town of Tonawanda home following a brief illness. She was 75. A graduate of Mount Mercy Academy and the former Rosary Hill College where she earned a degree in chemistry, she worked…
Source: Diane M. Senneff, one of the first women scientists to work at Bell Aerospace – The Buffalo News
By KTUU Staff: ‘Several large sheens’ observed after leak at Cook Inlet oil platform
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Wendy Barnes learned as a teenager that you should never take anything for granted. When she was 18 years old, she taught sick kids at a hospital in Chernobyl. She said the experience was an eye opener. Years later, as a kindergarten teacher at Tyson Elementary, that lesson still holds true. “You have no idea …
Chugiak-Eagle River businesswomen are finding strength in numbers.
By Kirsten Swann: Eagle River rugby star keeps Alaska close to heart
Women’s History Month and one woman’s trek in science
Revisiting a moment in Alaska with Rita Colwell, the first woman to serve as NSF director
Congratulations to: 17-year-old Megyn Williams
Fairbanks teen helps stranded drivers through Facebook page
“We all know someone,” said Tami Truett Jerue, executive director of the Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center during the briefing. She noted that although Alaska Natives are 16 percent of the population in Alaska, they make up 28 percent of the murder victims. (The statistics refer to all Alaska Natives, including women.)
The briefing corresponded with efforts by congressional representatives to declare May 5 as a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls.
Zaz Hollander: Battle over access to remote road sends ripples all the way to Juneau
MustRead Alaska March 13, 2017
Colleen Stymeist-Wood
With Heart Productions, LLC
907.888.6278
We know there are many great women storytellers out there! If you know anyone who might be interested in sharing a story for this show’s theme of Law Enforcement, Firefighter, First Responder, Active Military and Veteran stories, please forward them our information. Story auditions are Sunday, April 2nd or by appointment. We are looking for stories of approx. 8 min, 10 min max. Stories must involve Alaska and our theme. That’s it!
We will eventually be building on our footage of the storytelling show to make a series of short documentaries of selected stories. Ultimately, our stories will be kept safe in the UAF’s Film Archives for generations to come : )
Thank you and Have a great day!
Colleen Stymeist-Wood
With Heart Productions, LLC
907.888.6278
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