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Robert J. Serling Promotes his Alaska Airlines Book Robert J. Serling, multi-award winning author and “Dean of Aviation History”, promoted his latest book at the UAA Campus Bookstore on June 18, 2008. Character & Characters: The Spirit of Alaska Airlines was published by Documentary Media LLC. The event was jointly sponsored by the Logistics Department and the UAA Campus Bookstore. The 90-year old Mr. Serling spoke of the numerous people he interviewed for his book and the stories they told; from the boardroom all the way to the ramp workers. He was joined in Q&A by Alaska Airlines’ Jim Johnson (Senior Vice President, ret.) and Barry Provorse (Publisher, Documentary Media LLC). Among his two dozen other books, Mr. Serling wrote the best-selling novel, The President’s Plane is Missing, which became a motion picture. He is also the brother of fellow-writer Rod Serling, creator and host of the legendary TV series, The Twilight Zone. This event was hosted by Dr. Darren Prokop and Rachel Epstein (Special Events Coordinator, UAA Campus Bookstore). Posted: 6/20/08

Dr. Prokop LtoR: Serling & Johnson Attendees LtoR: Prokop & Serling LtoR: Serling, Johnson & Dr. Geistauts LtoR: Prokop, Epstein, Provorse, Serling & Johnson

LGOP Students visit Carlile and FedEx Students enrolled in LGOP A125 (Transportation Services) did back-to-back field trips to Carlile Transportation Systems and FedEx on June 3-4, 2008. The Carlile tour was hosted by Ms. Linda Leary (Carlile President & MS-GSCM 2004); and the FedEx tour was hosted by Mr. Dale Shaw (Senior Manager & MS-GSCM 2007). The students were exposed to the operational challenges taking place at these two major logistics facilities. The Logistics Department thanks Ms. Leary and Mr. Shaw for their continued collaboration with us and our students. Posted: 6/11/08

LGOP Students Linda Leary (on left) Carlile Terminal LGOP Students & Dale Shaw FedEx Sort Facility Dale Shaw (on right)

Prokop & Nolan Break CTRF Bison Cup Debate Record At the 43rd annual Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF; Fredericton, Canada, June 1-4, 2008) Dr. Darren Prokop and Dr. James Nolan (University of Saskatchewan) successfully defended the coveted “Bison Cup” against challengers, Dr. Mary Brooks (Dalhousie University) and Jonathan Seymour (Transportation Safety Board of Canada; and Jonathan Seymour & Associates Inc.). This third win in a row for “Team Prokop” is the longest winning streak in the 13-year history of this debate series. The debate resolution this year was: “This House Resolves that Canada Nationalize Air & Marine Ports”. Forty-eight hours before the debate a coin toss determined that Drs. Prokop and Nolan would argue against the resolution. Apart from their oratory, Drs. Prokop and Nolan credit their win to careful citations of transport history--- and a couple of old tales from the salty seas. The debate was moderated by Dr. Barry Prentice (University of Manitoba). Gordon Tufts (Manitoba Infrastructure & Transportation) was the official time-keeper. Drs. Prokop and Nolan will defend their championship title at the 2009 CTRF Conference in Victoria, Canada. Posted: 6/04/08

Dr. Prentice Attendees LtoR: Seymour & Brooks LtoR: Prokop & Nolan LtoR: Nolan, Tufts, Prentice & Prokop LtoR: Seymour, Brooks, Tufts, Prentice, Prokop & Nolan

MS-GSCM (Cohort 7) Students Attend Their Pre-Graduation Party The Logistics Department held a pre-graduation party for its seventh cohort of Masters students on Saturday, May 3, 2008 in the Consortium Library. They will be graduating on May 4, 2008, having completed all course requirements this semester. In addition to our students and their guests, the party was attended by: Dr. Bear Baker, CBPP Interim Dean, who gave the keynote address; Dr. Darren Prokop, MS-GSCM Program Director; and Dr. Philip Price, Logistics Department Chair. A special guest was Mr. John Madden (Division Manager, DHS&EM) who thanked our students for all their fine work during the last two semesters on a major project for his organization. We congratulate all of our students on their hard work and dedication! Posted: 5/08/08

Dr. Baker Dr. Prokop Mr. Madden LtoR: Dr. Prokop, Candice McDonald & Dr. Price Cohort 7 with Drs. Price & Prokop MS-GSCM Students in Regalia

MS-GSCM Students win Writing Award for 4th Year in a Row The 2008 Garth N. Jones Student Writing Awards, at the graduate level, went to a paper prepared by five students in Cohort 7 of the MS-GSCM Program. “War Game: Fall Sea Storms” was written by: Randy Bachman, Olga Hayes-Vasilieva, Lisa Kern, Mike Marinelli and Sean Weems (himself, last year’s grad paper winner). This year’s award winning paper was completed in partial fulfillment of course work for LOG A662 (Supply Chain Knowledge Management). Representing their co-authors at the CBPP Honors Program (Friday, April 18, 2008), were Ms. Kern and Ms. Hayes-Vasilieva who accepted their award from Dr. Bear Baker (CBPP Interim Dean) and Dr. Darren Prokop (Director, MS-GSCM Program). This is the fourth year in a row that MS-GSCM students have been so-honored for their writing. Congratulations, Randy, Lisa, Olga, Mike and Sean, we’re very proud of you. Posted: 4/24/08

LtoR: Kern, Dr. Baker, Hayes-Vasilieva & Dr. Prokop

MS-GSCM Grad is CBPP’s Outstanding Alumna Linda Leary (MS-GSCM 2004), President of Carlile Transportation Systems, was recognized as this year’s Outstanding Alumna at the CBPP Honors Program held Friday, April 18, 2008. The award was presented by Dr. Bear Baker (CBPP Interim Dean) and Sue Marchant (CBPP Senior Development Officer). Ms. Leary was recognized for her continued support of the Logistics Department and her active leadership in the Alaska business community. Congratulations, Linda, we’re very proud of you. Posted: 4/24/08

LtoR: Leary, Dr. Baker & Marchant

Logistics Students Association Presents “Oil Patch 101” On Friday, April 11, 2008 the UAA Global Logistics Students Association held its first off-site event at the BP Energy Center in Anchorage. “Oil Patch 101 for Logisticians” featured speakers: Dan Conrad (President, Alaska Instrument Co., Inc.); Ken Lambertsen (Regional Manager, Univar); John Neason (Superintendent, Nabors Alaska Drilling, Inc.); and David Pritchard (Former President, BP Azerbaijan). Discussions covered various oilfield topics including: drilling, pipelines and employment opportunities for logistics students. Congratulations to Donna Resnick (Association President) and her LOG student team for organizing this fine event. Posted: 4/17/08

Attendees Dan Conrad Hula Hoop Logistics Ken Lambertsen Donna Resnick (at Right) John Neason Attendees David Pritchard

Prokop Moderates Second Annual CBPP “Sophist Salmon” Debate tackling State Corruption On April 4, 2008 the CBPP Seminar Committee held the 2nd Annual CBPP “Sophist Salmon” Debate. Dr. Darren Prokop, who chairs the committee, organized the debate and acted as this year’s moderator. The house resolution was: “Unless Reformed, Alaskan Politics is Uniquely Prone to Corruption.” Arguing for the affirmative were Dr. Diane Hirshberg (ISER) and Dr. Lance Howe (Economics). Arguing for the negative were, last year’s winners, Dr. Lee Huskey (Economics) and Dr. Gunnar Knapp (ISER). Dr. Omer Carey (UAA Prof. Emeritus) served as the official coin tosser (deciding which position each team would take). There were many high-spirited remarks, rebuttals and pleas. Out of the audience, Dr. Pat Fort (Accounting) spoke in support of the affirmative; and Dr. Frank Jeffries (Business Administration) spoke in support of the negative. After all the dust cleared, the audience “voted with the feet” for the team for the negative. For the second year in a row, Drs. Huskey and Knapp were presented with the CBPP “Sophist Salmon” Debate plaque. They will defend their championship title at next year’s debate. Posted: 4/16/08

Dr. Prokop Our Debaters Dr. Hirshberg Dr. Howe Dr. Huskey Dr. Knapp Dr. Fort (at Right) Dr. Jeffries Voting for the Affirmative Voting for the Negative Drs. Carey & Prokop Winners Huskey & Knapp

Price and Harrison talk "Purchasing and Personality” at CBPP Seminar Series Dr. Philip Price (Chair, Logistics Department) and Ms. Natalie Harrison (owner, Access Education) delivered a paper as part of the CBPP Seminar Series on March 28, 2008. The seminar was entitled: "Personality Type 101 and Exploring the Personality-Purchasing Connection". Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Five-Factor Model, Price and Harrison discussed issues relating to career choice, customer service, communication and electronic versus face-to-face interactions. Price and Harrison also took the attendees through a lively series of activities designed to gauge the diverse behavior of groups made up of certain personality types. Posted: 3/31/08

Price & Harrison Attendees

Prokop talks "Alaska Maritime History” at CBPP Seminar Series Dr. Darren Prokop delivered a paper as part of the CBPP Seminar Series on February 29, 2008. The seminar, chaired by Dr. Rashmi Prasad (Business Administration Dept.), was entitled: "The Past as Prologue: Alaska as a Crucible in North American Maritime History". The paper and presentation outlined three historical events and their effects on Alaska’s economic past and present: (1) The Merchant Marine Act of 1920; (2) Navigating the Northwest Passage; and (3) The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. This paper is part of a larger work by Dr. Prokop on the maritime history of Alaska which will be published in 2009. Dr. Prokop is the current chair of the CBPP Seminar Committee. Posted: 3/05/08

Dr. Prokop Dr. Prasad Attendees Northwest Passage

MS-GSCM Alumna Promoted to Carlile President Carlile Transportation Systems of Anchorage announced on January 10, 2008 that Linda Leary (MS-GSCM 2004) was elected president of the company by its board of directors. Based in their Tacoma, WA terminal Ms. Leary was Vice President of Sales & Marketing. She commuted to Anchorage as part of her job and during her time as a student in the weekend-based MS-GSCM Program. Ms. Leary was the first of a continuing line of students from the Seattle-Tacoma area who chose the MS-GSCM degree for their graduate studies. As president, Ms. Leary will now be working out of Carlile’s Anchorage headquarters. We look forward to continuing our working relationship with Carlile and seeing Ms. Leary more frequently. Congratulations Linda, we’re very proud of you! Posted: 1/23/08

Linda Leary