The gift is the largest, individual gift an alumnus has given to UAA during his lifetime. The gift establishes the UAA Student Investment Fund in the College of Business and Public Policy (CBPP), giving students real-world experience using financial industry tools. Accounting and Finance ’81, and his wife Jane Cuddy Klopfer, a celebrated Alaska investment leader. In June, UAA received a $1 million gift from entrepreneur and alumnus Gary Klopfer, B.B.A. Put another way, she’ll be calibrating the settings on the cameras that are programmed to take high-resolution photographs of the moon Europa from low orbit. It was so surreal and exciting.”Īs part of the laboratory’s space exploration team until August 2022, Detelich will primarily work on predevelopment for the imaging system attached to the orbital spacecraft. “My entire life I’ve wanted to work on NASA missions. “I was wallowing around my house and all of a sudden I got this magical email that said the best opportunity of your life has just been offered to you. That day, she was still processing the rejections she received to several Ph.D. And, it’s all just a short distance from our property.Applied geological sciences master’s graduate Charlie Detelich vividly remembers the day she was offered a position at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory supporting the NASA Europa Clipper mission planned to launch in October 2024. The Trapper Creek area, and Petersville Road in particular, is one of the most popular snow machine destinations in all of Alaska, with hundreds of miles of groomed trails that will take you into some of the most beautiful terrain in Alaska via snow machine, cross country skis or snow shoes.
Love music? There are bluegrass, jazz and other music festivals to enjoy while you are visiting.Īnd don’t forget just relaxing around our fire pit and enjoying the beautiful surroundings!ĭuring the winter months, we enjoy an interesting mix of guests from outside Alaska and local snowmachiners. How about a summer solstice run? Or how about a round of midnight golf for the golf enthusiast? If you are a runner, there are races of every length to enter throughout the summer. Or, you can just take a lazy paddle around Scotty Lake right here at our B&B. Other area activities include horseback riding, river rafting, boat excursions, visiting one of the areas several dog sled kennels where you can meet the real athletes of the Iditarod dog sled race. The park offers a rare opportunity for Alaska wildlife viewing. In late spring, summer, and early fall, most of our guests are visitors to Alaska, here to experience and enjoy Alaska’s wonderful natural beauty, but many are local Alaskans just looking for a break from the hustle and bustle of the city.ĭenali National Park is a short 2 ½ hour drive north on the Parks Highway, where you can take a bus tour and/or go for a hike. You can pick up the Alaska Railroad train there and continue your sightseeing from the comfort of their beautiful cars, or book a flight seeing tour including a glacier landing. Stay with us and drive the few miles to this small, rural, Alaskan village. We’re just a few miles from Talkeetna, the aviation gateway to Denali, with wonderful places to eat and shop. It is perfectly situated about halfway between Anchorage and Denali National Park. Trapper Creek is a small, special place where “real Alaska” is experienced on a daily basis.
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McKinley and the Alaska Range, and our property has often been used by professional photographers and filmmakers who are looking for the perfect combination of Alaska’s natural beauty, warm, friendly hospitality, and comfortable, relaxing accommodations.
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