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UAA General Support Services has for many years provided a complimentary wall calendar for staff and faculty, noting holidays and paydays. With so many employees working from home at this time, the logistics of distributing a printed calendar proved overwhelming so we required a different approach this year! GSS will still be providing a complimentary calendar, but in digital format. Multiple options are being created, including a printable version.

"The Art of Face Masks Seawolf Style: An Online Art Exhibit" showcases the work of students in Professor Herminia Din's Introduction to Art Education (ART A203) course, exploring the face mask as an art form of individual expression in response to the pandemic. These face masks represent a spirit of caring and concern for others in providing a basic safety need. Using their artistic skills to express emotions such as fear, frustration and endurance, personal stories can be glimpsed in these one-of-a-kind artworks. The exhibit is open 24/7 online at alaska.digication.com/the-art-of-face-masks.

The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program’s (ANSEP) Acceleration Academy, ANSEP’s fulltime component for Anchorage and Mat-Su students in grades 9 through 12, finished the semester with 83 students earning 610 university credits and a successful credit completion rate of 85%. In partnership with the Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna Borough School Districts, Acceleration Academy students take university courses for dual credit and can go from eighth grade to a BS STEM degree in five years. Congratulations to all the students and the ANSEP team in overcoming the challenges of COVID!

The UAA College of Health seeks exceptional communications leaders for its communications director position, which is an integral part of the College of Health leadership team. This position plans, implements and manages communications activities for the college, which is Alaska’s largest provider of health and social services degree programs.

UAA IT Services will be working on multiple systems during the winter break starting Dec. 28. No major outages are expected but some slowness of systems may be experienced. UAA IT Services is communicating with individual system owners to coordinate any specific outages during that week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the UAA IT Technical Support Center at 907-786-4646.

New WolfCards are being sent this week to mailing addresses on file for all faculty, staff and current students who are existing cardholders. If you have not received your new card by Dec. 11, 2020, and need it for the start of the spring semester, please contact the UAA Technical Support Center at 907-786-4646.

During winter break and spanning from Dec. 24, 2020 through Jan. 3, 2021, Facilities will provide limited custodial services on UAA's main campus. It is important for the campus community to be cognizant of the reduction in custodial service, particularly during the pandemic. Campus is closed with very few exceptions. Student resource, support and service areas that will remain online for custodial services during the closure include the UAA/APU Consortium Library, the research labs found in the ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building and the Natural Science Building, as well as the Ecosystems-Biomedical Health Laboratory building. Cleaning services will also be maintained for essential worker areas within the University Police Department and portions of the Gordon Hartlieb Hall.

Dr. Diane Hirshberg has been named Vice-President Academic of the University of the Arctic (UArctic), a collaborative network of universities, colleges, and other organizations committed to higher education and research in and about the North. In this role Hirshberg plans to highlight some of UArctic’s exceptional academic programming, identify best practices for offering circumpolar academic opportunities and increase those collaborative offerings.