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"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!

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.

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.

Holiday Package Shipping Available through the UAA Mailroom Your UAA Mailroom has been approved to assist you in sending your holiday packages! Don’t stand in line with a bunch of strangers at the post office/FedEx/UPS. This service is by appointment only, and all customers must adhere to approved procedures. All packages must be ship-ready as we are unable to provide boxes or packing materials. Only the customer may enter the building (no other family members/children). Please be sure to read the full information/customer expectations in advance available online at uaa.alaska.edu/gss.

Performance '20, UAA's annual report highlighting top stories of 2019-2020 and performance on selected performance measures is now available online. The UAA Fact Book 2019-2020 is also now available.

The Cashiering Office move to ESH on the campus has been postponed until early January. Until that time, they are still located at the original location in the University Center. The Bursar's Office, Accounts Payable and the Budget Office are still moving to ESH this week, with the hope of being operational there by Monday, Dec. 11. Our phone numbers and email addresses are remaining the same. When we are informed of an exact move date for Cashiering we will send out another announcement.

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) announced today the State of Alaska has established a temporary, outpatient, state-run infusion center at the Alaska Airlines Center (AAC) to deliver treatments for COVID-19 using monoclonal antibodies.