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Please join the New Student Orientation’s Seawolves Serve program to support the Food Bank of Alaska! The Seawolves Serve program is hosting a November food drive with a drop-off location in the Student Union! We will be accepting donations until Nov. 20!

UAA seeks applicants for Grant Analyst. This position will do various tasks in support of grant and contracts that are submitting, including but not limited to oversee approximately 100 accounts and/or proposals with funding from a few hundred dollars to multi-million dollar receivables to provide accounting expertise on account balances, aging of payment application, trends in agency funding and payment procedures. *To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized for unrestricted employment in the United States. No work visas will be sponsored for this position.

The Office of Sponsored Programs is seeking a Post-Award Grant Technician to provide services and support to campus academic, research, and business units, as well as the Office of Sponsored Programs, over the full award life-cycle. This position is essential to the office for payment posting, data entry, grant tracking, and oversight of the effort certification process. Additional duties include tracking aged receivables, acting as the primary point of contact for incoming communications, coordinating and assisting OSP staff with grant portfolio management, and serving UAA to further the research enterprise.

I am pleased to announce the launch of the UAA Shared Services Implementation Project website that will feature the latest information about the UAA Shared Services initiative. Your questions and feedback are important and always welcome. You can submit feedback through the website or by email at UAA_Shared_Services@alaska.edu.

Faculty and non-profit organizations are invited to share a two-minute Community Engagement Rapid Fire summary of your community-engaged work. Faculty may choose to highlight a current project with a community entity. Community agencies who are looking to partner with university faculty may also want to include a discussion of the project(s) you would like to partner on. Ideally, your Rapid Fire will be submitted in video format. If you need assistance creating a video please contact us at uaa.ccel@alaska.edu.

First Generation week will be Nov. 9-13, during which UAA will be celebrating students, staff and faculty who were the first in their family to pursue a college degree. We are seeking First-Gen UAA faculty and staff to sit on a virtual panel discussion, on Tuesday Nov. 10, following the showing of the film, "Why Not Us." The event will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. Please email TRIO SSS Director Whitney Williams at wlwilliams4@alaska.edu if you are interested in being a panelist. Thank you!

Spring registration is almost here. The spring schedule is viewable in UAOnline, and we encourage you to use Schedule Planner in UAOnline to create your perfect spring schedule. Students that use Schedule Planner spend less time registering and, on average, register for three credits more than students that do not use Schedule Planner.

UAA is seeking an organized, energetic, and self-motivated individual to support the daily execution of administrative tasks for the Middle College Program and Office of First Year Student Advising and Success (FYSAS). The Student Success Program Assistant is an integral member of the Student Success team with an emphasis in organization, attention to detail, and customer service. The Student Success Program Assistant will be the primary point of contact and liaison for all Middle College Program textbook related functions, assist with student intake, and help establish and maintain effective and efficient service delivery.

Seawolves, remember to meet with your academic advisor to plan for your Spring 2021 courses! To get in touch with your advising office, visit UAA's advising website or call the Who's My Advisor hotline 907-786-1000. And did you know — you may now be able to schedule your advising appointments through the Seawolf Tracks app? Download the app and set up a time to talk about next semester with your advisor! Search for “Navigate Student” in the App Store and Google Play or access the desktop version.

The UA Center for TRiM is the first and only biomedical research center in the U.S. to adopt a model of natural adaptations in metabolism as an approach to treat metabolic disease. The center builds on UA’s institutional commitment and 60-year legacy of hibernation research by bringing together existing research activities related to hibernation and metabolism.