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August 30, 2023
The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity is seeking members for the 2023-2024 URSA application review panel (first review opportunities start Sept. 13). Faculty members from all UAF campuses and disciplines are invited to participate.
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Call for FY25 Federal Appropriations requests
August 28, 2023
The call for FY25 Federal Appropriations requests has officially opened and will close on Sept. 29, 2023. UAF is requiring that all individuals interested in submitting an appropriations request to the Congressional delegation complete the Google request form. If you submit more than one request, please clearly rank your requests.
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Friday Focus: Transformative academic journey
August 25, 2023
This past week I participated in some of my favorite events at UAF, welcoming students to the start of a new fall semester. All week, hundreds of new UAF students came onto campus from across the state and around the world to start their educational journey. Each one of them took a unique path to get to this starting line, and each one of them will make the UAF experience their own. This year's incoming first-year students are arriving at UAF at a time of great transition and opportunity.
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Reminder: Office of the Chancellor DocuSign procedures
August 25, 2023
All documents requiring the Chancellor's digital signature should be sent to uaf.chancellor@alaska.edu. Documents sent to other email accounts will not be approved.
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Share free Nanook Navigator mobile app with your students
August 25, 2023
The Office of Student Success would like to remind advisors, instructors, and staff the Nanook Navigator (Navigate Student) Mobile App is free for all active students to download.
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Students2Startups program provides hands-on startup experience
August 23, 2023
Getting boots-on-the-ground experience in the entrepreneurial and business world is valuable, especially for the students involved in the 2022 Students2Startups programs. This summer, Center ICE supported six interns embedded in six startup companies and small businesses across Alaska.
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Submit student engagement reports starting Sept. 1
August 23, 2023
Instructors, please reach out to your students before completing engagement reports. We encourage you to provide context within the comment section of the engagement report to assist advisors and student success staff in their outreach support.
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Introducing Nanook Technology Services' website debut
August 23, 2023
Nanook Technology Services is the new name for UAF IT and the user services team formerly embedded in OIT. Under the direction of Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services Julie Queen and Chief Information Technology Officer Ben Shier, Nanook Technology Services has been created as UAF’s IT unit.
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Deadline reminder for Academic Leadership Institute
August 23, 2023
The application deadline for the 2023-24 Academic Leadership Institute is 5 p.m. on Aug. 25. Please fill in this application form to be considered for participation.
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August 23, 2023
The UAF Emergency Scholarship is a one-time resource available through the Financial Aid Office that helps address the immediate and unexpected needs of students. After submitting an application and following review by a committee with more than 10 departments currently represented from across campus, students are able to seek assistance throughout the school year.
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UAF Staff Make Students Count Award recipient
August 21, 2023
Congratulations to this year's UAF Staff Make Students Count awardee, Cody Rogers! The awards were established in the spring of 1999 to recognize university staff who have provided outstanding service to students.
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Library instruction for your class
August 21, 2023
University instructors can easily schedule library instruction classes. Enhance your students' research skills and information literacy by booking a session today.
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Friday Focus: Fall-time transitions and higher education
August 18, 2023
Growing up in interior Alaska, fall time represents a season of transitions. The long summer days begin to shorten. The air gets a little crisper. The leaves begin to change color. And we at UAF are busy preparing for the start of the new academic year. Our various campuses from Dillingham to Fairbanks and everywhere in between are teeming with the energy of students, faculty and staff. It is a great time to be a part of the UAF community. An aspect of UAF that I appreciate most is our enduring commitment to increasing the accessibility of higher education.
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Kate Juneau new Chartwells catering manager
August 18, 2023
Chartwells is pleased to announce Kate Juneau is the new Catering Manager for UAF. Juneau has worked in the hospitality industry for 26 years with a focus in culinary arts and a passion to serve others. Previously, she was the head chef of the catering department at Rollins ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ in Orlando, Florida.
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UAF utilities wins operational excellence award
August 18, 2023
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation awarded the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ water treatment facility Ursa Major status in Water System Excellence for the operating year 2022.
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Student loan repayment restart
August 14, 2023
The three-year pause on federal student loan repayment will end in September 2023. Millions of borrowers nationwide will have a student loan payment due in October. The UAF Financial Aid Office is available to assist borrowers in gathering information they may need to contact their loan servicer for assistance.
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Join e¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ' moving day to move your course from Blackboard to Canvas
August 11, 2023
It's moving day! Join UAF e¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ instructional designers on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 21 and 22, for a step-by-step workshop that will move your course from Blackboard to Canvas.
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Staff Alliance offers fall 2023 semester fee support
August 11, 2023
The UA Staff Alliance is pleased to once again offer a class fee scholarship for UA classes taken by staff that directly support their career or professional development. The scholarship, good for the 2023 fall semester, is for up to $250 per employee.
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Friday Focus: Helping each other and creating efficiencies
August 11, 2023
As a university, we have been running lean for years due to budget reductions, COVID-19, and a change in the national employment market. Some areas have been so thin that losing one staff member leads to critical functions going undone. Over the last several years, we have also seen this compounded due to retirements that cause a loss of institutional knowledge. We rely heavily on those around us to train and pass on historical knowledge. During lean times, such as the past few years, it has been apparent that there is a need for strategic training to maintain and pass on important university knowledge.
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Start of semester Canvas training opportunities
August 09, 2023
Get ready for the fall semester with several start-of-semester Canvas training options. Visit iTeachU's Canvas Help webpage to learn more and to reserve your spot in a training session that suits your needs.
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e¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ seeks your questions about generative AI
August 09, 2023
Please share your questions and concerns about generative AI so that e¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ can create responsive programming and resources.
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Friday Focus: Thoughts on beyond line of sight
August 04, 2023
For those of us dancing in school gyms in the early 1980s, Love is in the Air is a familiar tune. As American Bandstand would say - nice rhythm, easy to dance to. For those of us at UAF in 2023, we could morph that into Drones are in the Air, maybe do a remix to zhuzh it up. This new song, though, will not be a one-hit wonder if Cathy Cahill and the ACUASI band have anything to say about it! ACUASI has been around for over 20 years but for the last few years has really taken off (pun intended) with the growing interest in the state of Alaska in developing a drone economy. This is a heavy lift, but the team is all in. And, with the additional funding for economic development from the Governor, tremendous progress has been made.
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Submit items for orientation bags by Aug. 4
August 02, 2023
New Student Orientation is right around the corner, and the Student Activities and Orientation office is collecting materials from on-campus offices and departments to include in the NSO bags, which are distributed to all incoming students and their families.
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July 28, 2023
The Department of Residence Life is looking for volunteers to help with Rev-It-Up on Aug. 22. Rev-It-Up is our first-year student move-in and will be moving students into Nerland, Stevens, and McIntosh Halls.
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Friday Focus: Combining efforts
July 28, 2023
For the past six months, both the Department of Equity and Compliance and the Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities have been working in the same space and under a shared director. This combination was a temporary measure to maintain campus commitment to safety, compliance, and care while recruiting for a new Equity and Compliance Director. However, working together has allowed our offices to find efficiencies as well as opportunities to enhance services provided to the university community. It quickly became clear there would be a benefit to permanently integrating our efforts and expertise.
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