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Now hiring: Student Account Specialist

The Office of the Bursar is accepting applications for a Student Account Specialist. The Student Account Specialist serves as an expert resource to students, staff, donors, sponsoring agencies, and other members of the university community in the application of various aid types to account charges, the disbursement of credit balances directly to students, and billing student account sponsoring agencies. This is a regular, full-time staff position. Fiscal Technician 3, Grade 77.

Dec. 21, 2020–Jan. 3, 2021: Reduced hours for ITS Technical Support Center

UAA IT Services Technical Support Center will be open reduced hours beginning Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. Normal business hours will resume on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season!

Recharge, reflect and look forward

As this unprecedented year comes to a close, we want to pause and thank you — all UAA faculty, staff and students — for your hard work, resilience and achievements as we collectively navigated another semester of College During COVID.

Now hiring: Accounts Payable & Travel Student Assistant

The UAA Accounts Payable/Travel Department is seeking applications for a Student Assistant C position to assist with reviewing travel expense reimbursements and direct pay/employee reimbursements, filing, communicating with students, staff, faculty and vendors professionally, loading and indexing files into our electronic file retention system, and assisting the AP/Travel Manager as needed.

UAA Shared Services update

To afford more time to manage details related to the transition and ensure strong customer service, we are pushing back the new start date for UAA Shared Services. We previously communicated a start date of Jan. 3, 2021. On that date, some individuals will begin working for the new Shared Services unit, mostly continuing their same work under current processes.

Student Health and Counseling Center: Ventilation improvements, Dec. 14–Jan. 8

During the ventilation improvements to the UAA Student Health and Counseling Center, most appointments for students will be available. The health center will be closed during university closure dates of Dec. 24, 2020–Jan. 3, 2021. Students are encouraged to call the health center at 907-786-4050 for triage services to help with any health-related concern. We are here to support you!

Meet the 2021 ConocoPhillips Arctic Science and Engineering Endowment Award recipients

UAA's ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building.

As the nation’s only Arctic state, Alaska faces unique challenges and conditions unlike anywhere else in the U.S. Faculty and students at UAA are driving research that tackles Arctic challenges in practical ways.

UA Blackboard Learn SaaS migration notification — scheduled outage Dec. 19-24

UA Blackboard Learn is expected to be unavailable from Saturday, Dec. 19, until the evening of Thursday, Dec. 24, to allow for a migration to Blackboard SaaS (Software as a Service). The status of the migration can be followed online. Information and materials will not be removed or deleted during this migration.

Applications open for Alaska Sea Grant State fellowships

Alaska Sea Grant is offering graduate students, or those who recently completed their graduate degree, the opportunity to acquire on-the-job-training with Alaska-based federal and state agencies as part of the Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship Program. This is a paid fellowship for highly motivated and qualified applicants interested in science or policy that affects Alaska’s marine, coastal and freshwater resources.

Now hiring: Accounts Payable & Travel Technician

Accounts Payable & Travel is seeking a highly motivated team member to play an integral part in assisting UAA departments with travel and accounts payable needs. If you think you'd be a great addition to our team, please review the position description and apply by following the link provided.

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