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| Chancellor Dr. Cathy Sandeen |
Other guests appearing on the conference's weekly radio show included Western Washington director of athletic communications Jeff Evans and Northwest Nazarene softball player Anna Williams. The interview with Evans starts at the 12:00 mark; the interview with Williams starts at the 25:00 mark.
Evans, a former member of the Seattle Mariners' public relations staff, talked about his role in helping with the campaign to see Edgar Martinez voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Evans also talked about his trip to the NCAA Fall Festival in Pittsburgh and WWU's efforts preparing to host the 2019 GNAC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships.
Williams joined the show to talk about the Nighthawks, the preseason GNAC favorites who open their season this weekend at the Desert Stinger in Las Vegas. NNU won the GNAC tournament title last year and advanced to the NCAA West Regionals.
Sandeen joined UAA after serving as chancellor at the University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension.
Sandeen's interview annotated:
1:30 -- Interview starts
1:50 -- On what attracted her to the UAA post
2:25 -- UAA's strong DII athletics program
2:35 -- The Alaska Airlines Center
3:15 -- On dealing with the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake on Nov. 30, including quick work to save the Alaska Airlines Center game floor from water damage due to a broken pipe
5:42 -- On the athletic and academic success of senior distance star Caroline Kurgat, a three-time NCAA champion who last week broke the NCAA DII record for the indoor 5,000 meters by 33 seconds
7:10 -- Her takeaways from the 2019 NCAA Convention last week in Orlando, including the support the NCAA provides to its membership
10:35 -- On her friendly rivalry agreement with University of Alaska Fairbanks chancellor Dr. Dan White
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