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мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±mazing Stories: Kendra Daniels – мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±

 |  Meet Kendra  | 

In February, мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± junior Kendra Daniels capped the мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± Gymnastics Team’s best performance of the season with a school-record 9.9 score on beam as the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves competed against UC Davis. Meet Kendra.

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Offering an oasis for breast-feeding mothers, on мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±'s campus

 |  Tracy Kalytiak and Kirstin Olmstead  | 

мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±'s Dr. Corrie Whitmore led a team of faculty, staff and students in applying for a grant that brought a $15,000 Mamava lactation pod to the мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± Student Union. Now, nursing mothers will have a private, dedicated space on campus to feed their children or pump breast milk.

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мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± lactation pod will support breast-feeding mothers

 |  Michelle Saport  | 

Nursing mothers at the мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± now have a dedicated, private space to feed their babies or pump breast milk. The Alaska Division of Public Health awarded a group of мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± faculty, staff and students an Alaska Workplace Breastfeeding Support Project grant through its section of Women's, Children's and Family Health. The project aims to help Alaska organizations implement workplace policies and spaces to accommodate breast-feeding mothers.