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Indigenizing pedagogy workshops slated for fall
April 21, 2022
The Kuskokwim Campus of UAF has been granted funding to coordinate an Indigenizing Pedagogy workshop to be held in Fairbanks for UAF instructors. With programming on August 17-19, the workshop aims to help instructors design and implement curricular changes in the 2022-23 academic year.
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LEAP seeking faculty, student applicants
April 20, 2022
The UAF Faculty Accelerator and eCampus are seeking faculty and student applicants to participate in the Learner Experience Advocacy Program for the 2022 fall semester.
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Registration open for 2022 Visual Art Academy
April 19, 2022
Registration for the UAF Art Department’s 2022 Summer Visual Art Academy is now open. The academy is an intensive visual arts program for students from grades 6-12. It will take place in person from June 6-17.
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Vivian Mork Yéilk' honored as 2022 Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley Scholar
April 18, 2022
The 2022 Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley Scholar Award has been awarded to Vivian Mork Yéilk’. The award is presented annually to recognize and encourage Indigenous scholars who have made exemplary contributions to our understanding of Indigenous knowledge systems and Native ways of knowing in Alaska.
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UAF debuts new events calendar
April 18, 2022
The new UAF events calendar will allow members of the UAF community and the public to find university events in one place.
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April rural staff spotlight: Cindy Andrecheck
April 15, 2022
Cindy Andrecheck has been a valuable Kuskokwim Campus employee since 2007. She began her KuC career working in financial aid before becoming an instructor of development studies and the Writing Center coordinator.
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Arctic Encounter Symposium brings attention to UAF research
April 14, 2022
UAF research had a strong presence at the Arctic Encounter Symposium ln Anchorage last week.
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Friday Focus: Work-life balance, integration or something new?
April 14, 2022
-- By Nettie La Belle-Hamer. ¡Me encanta México! I just returned from a week in San Jose del Cabo with my sister, her husband and my husband. It was a fantastic trip! I went armed with plenty of unsolicited advice on how much to work (not at all) and how much to rest, relax, and recover (the entire time).
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Nanook Navigator and Student Success Spotlight: Abel Bult-Ito
April 13, 2022
The Nanook Navigator and Student Success spotlight for April is Abel Bult-Ito. Bult-Ito is a professor of neurobiology and neurophysiology in the Department of Biology and Wildlife.
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UAF linguists publish volume on teaching Russian
April 13, 2022
Wendy Whitehead Martelle, assistant professor of applied linguistics and ESL, and Svetlana V. Nuss, instructor of Russian, edited and contributed to a recently published volume with Routledge. "Task-Based Instruction for Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language," is the first volume that Martelle or Nuss have edited and published.
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​​Staff development fund updates
April 13, 2022
Funds have been expended for semester fee support as well as professional development support for online conferences or training.
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Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series: Brian Castner
April 12, 2022
The UAF English Department will host a Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series event with nonfiction author and veteran Brian Castner this Thursday, April 14.
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UAF music offers upcoming concerts
April 12, 2022
The UAF Music Department will offer three concerts at Davis Concert Hall on April 14-16, including percussion, new music, world beat and the Choir of the North.
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Campus Mail Center info at new website
April 12, 2022
The Campus Mail Center is offering updated information about UAF mail procedures on its new website.
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Nominate a graduate student to visit Antarctic Research Centre
April 12, 2022
The International Arctic Research Center seeks nominations for a PhD student or early career scientist to participate in an exchange program with the Antarctic Research Centre at the Victoria University of Wellington.
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Compliance Alliance tip: personal health assistant
April 12, 2022
As a UA employee, TouchCare is your personal health assistant. They provide guidance and support to navigate the university's health plans and voluntary benefits, find in-network providers, clarify and negotiate bills, identify prescription drug savings and provide detailed cost comparisons for services.
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Submissions sought for NSF CyberCorps program
April 11, 2022
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is soliciting white papers for the National Science Foundation's CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program.
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Teaching Tip: Broadening access for synchronous activities
April 11, 2022
Impromptu synchronous activities in your course can be unfair to students who enrolled thinking it was asynchronous. But with a little planning and the use of the right technology, you can extend some synchronous activities to your time-shifted students.
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Dieringer retiring as UAF financial aid manager
April 08, 2022
Deanna Dieringer, director of the financial aid office, is retiring at the end of May after more than 33 years at UAF. A farewell reception will be held in her honor next month at the Wood Center.
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Feedback sought on EHSRM website
April 08, 2022
The Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management website will undergo a redesign over summer 2022. To help inform the upcoming redesign, feedback is being sought on the current EHSRM website.
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Friday Focus: The history of the future
April 08, 2022
-- By Owen Guthrie. I love this old aerial image of Troth Yeddha'. It was taken by Bradford Washburn on a late September afternoon in 1938. The Main Building of UAF, now gone, looks to have been designed with such aspiration! I am guessing it was the largest and most future-focused building in Fairbanks at the time.
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April 07, 2022
A variety of UAF researchers have recently been awarded funding for their work. Please join Vice Chancellor for Research Nettie La Belle-Hamer in congratulating them for their successful proposals.
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Kuskokwim Consortium Library named finalist for national medal
April 07, 2022
The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced today that the Kuskokwim Consortium Library is among 30 finalists for the 2022 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The Kuskokwim Consortium Library is the only institution in Alaska to be selected as a 2022 finalist.
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UAF highlighted for addressing teacher shortages
April 06, 2022
The UAF School of Education was one of nine teacher-preparation programs highlighted in the most recent Department of Education Fact Sheet for its efforts to increase the number of Alaska-prepared teachers in rural Alaska communities.
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Commencement volunteers needed
April 06, 2022
Volunteers are needed in several areas to assist with UAF's 100th commencement, including parking attendants, greeters and information table support.
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