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The UAA Office of Emergency Management would like to thank the many people who volunteered to make cloth face masks for our essential employees and resident students still on campus to pick up from the Student Health and Counseling Center. Inventory is now very low and, over the coming weeks, it is anticipated that the need will remain as some people and projects are approved for work on campus.

Given the social distancing we are all practicing right now, there has never been a more important time for us to connect to one another. I invite you to be part of an exciting new initiative, Seawolf Mentor, which matches UAA students with peer mentors. This program will help you meet new people and support one another!

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School recently published a key policy paper that proposes a framework for curbing global marine plastic pollution, "Policy and Action on Plastics in the Arctic Ocean." Among several research and policy recommendations, the report advances UAA's Rhizoform LLC as a positive example of how innovators and industry can work together to solve the plastic pollution problem

Chancellor Sandeen is proud to announce the winners of two award programs, Chancellor's Awards for Excellence and UAA/APU Consortium Library's Affordable Course Materials Award, for their outstanding work in support of student success and institutional excellence.

The UAA Department of Human Services is offering an array of upper-level course electives over mental health and substance abuse including a Human Trafficking course and virtual conference this summer. The Human Trafficking elective is a hybrid course and conference available to both students and community members and can be taken as a full UAA summer course or through the conference option only.

I want to wish you all a great summer. This year has brought many challenges, and I am grateful to all our faculty, staff and students for your flexibility. We are currently making plans for the fall 2020 semester. We know it will look a little different from past fall semesters due to the COVID-19 situation.

UAA IT Services Technical Support Center will be open reduced hours beginning May 11, 2020.

This time of year we celebrate commencement and the achievements of our students and faculty. We also mark the end of another academic year and begin to anticipate the next. Fiscal year ’20 has been like no other, and fiscal year ’21 is sure to also be unique with some significant challenges.