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The University of Alaska is implementing preventative measures to ensure the health and safety of our community. This includes canceling in-person gatherings of more than 10 people, committing to alternate delivery of classes for the rest of this semester, closing residence halls (with only rare exceptions), moving to remote work for employees and making provisions for child care leave while schools remain closed.

On March 15, the university community received an email from President Johnsen with updated guidance on the University of Alaska’s travel policy in light of the potential spread of COVID-19. According to this revised policy, if you have traveled anywhere outside Alaska within the past 14 days, you must avoid all UA facilities and self-observe until the full 14-day waiting period is complete.

Due to COVID-19 many business trips are being cancelled. Please see the UAA Accounts Payable & Travel site for instructions on how to cancel your trip in Concur.

As the situation continues to unfold, On-Campus Living (OCL) wanted to provide additional information as we move forward with the University of Alaska’s decision to close all residential communities by March 17, 2020. We are asking that all students fill out the COVID-19 University Housing Form.

While there are still no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Alaska, we are implementing preventative measures to ensure the health and safety of our community. Please take a few minutes to watch this video outlining major changes to university operations.

On March 12, 2020, University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen announced plans to extend spring break, move classes to distance delivery, move students out of campus residence halls and cancel large campus events due to concerns about the worldwide spread of COVID-19.

I am writing today with the latest information in our budget reduction planning for fiscal year ’21. UAA is facing an $11.8 million reduction overall.

A new course, “Cold, Flu and Transmissible Illness Prevention,” has been added to the MyUA course library. You can access it through your UA Online account, by scrolling down to Employee E-learning. Feel free to contact the Office of Emergency Management at emergencymanager@alaska.edu with questions.

This year, we will be trying a new, interactive format for Orientation that will allow for students to pick and choose sessions with various presentations by departments — that's where you come in! This new format will allow for more departments to have the ability to participate in Howl Days and will also allow students to have a unique experience based on their individual needs.

IT Services is performing a maintenance upgrade to the VPN concentrator beginning on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at 10 p.m. through 12 a.m. on Wednesday, March 11. The upgrade will patch several security issues and provide for compatibility with MacOS Catalina.