2020 Archive

Join us Friday, Aug. 21, 9 a.m. as we welcome the fall 2020 semester together with our first UAA Chancellor's Virtual Faculty and Staff Welcome! We are excited to welcome you back for the new academic year and to celebrate the #UAAmazing work you do in support of our students, institution and community.

Last spring UAA launched Seawolf Mentor, a peer-to-peer mentorship program designed to help students navigate college life and offer an extra layer of support.

UAA in-person activities, events, conferences and large gatherings are suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19, although many are continuing remotely. Learn more about virtual engagement opportunities, including Campus Kickoff.

The UAA Cultural Heritage Month Steering Committee requests your help planning Fall 2020 cultural celebration months! Students, staff and faculty are invited to join our campus-wide planning meeting.

Lorelei Sterling, associate professor and head of access services at the UAA/APU Consortium Library, will read a segment of Fahrenheit 451 during the first annual Ray Bradbury Read-A-Thon this Saturday, Aug. 22. The event begins at 12:30 p.m. AKDT and will be livestreamed at RayBradburyReadAThon.com.

Now is the time to place textbooks and other course materials on reserve for your students at the UAA/APU Consortium Library. With education costs on the rise, considering textbook affordability is an opportunity for us to support our students and course reserves is one way to enhance student success.

Welcome to our fall semester at UAA. For some of you, this will be your first university experience; for others, this might be your second or third term of College During COVID. Whether this is your first semester at UAA or you are a continuing student, please do not hesitate to reach out to your instructors, advisors or peers. We all need to support each other, and College During COVID really is just a reminder of that. We are a community at UAA, and we are here to help and support you.