2020 Archive

BOR charge: Transformative structural options for UA system

Screenshot from Chancellor Sandeen's May 21, 2020 video update

Last week, the UA Board of Regents Audit Committee met. The committee charged President Johnsen and the chancellors with the development of transformative structural options for the University of Alaska system; however, the president has said this will not include the one university model.

Alaska MEP is hiring!

The Alaska MEP is hiring an industrial engineer to help manufacturers adjust their operations to keep employees safe while manufacturing critical goods for Alaskans.

Job opening: Fiscal Technician 2

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UAA Accounting Services is recruiting for a Fiscal Technician 2. This is a full-time, regular staff position, 12 months per year. This position provides customer service to students, donors, sponsoring agencies, and various university departments in order to disburse various types of financial aid in excess of account charges to students. If you have general accounting and customer service experience, apply to join our great team!

UAAVotes! Submit a proposal this summer

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The UAA Campus Community is proud to present UAAVotes! UAAVotes aims to elevate civic engagement programs at UAA in fall 2020, including community events, department programs and student organization activities. Early-bird deadline for submissions is June 30; final deadline is Aug. 30.

Job opening: Student Services Coordinator, Native Student Services

The Student Services Coordinator (SSC) will help establish a continuity of mentorship and academic excellence by bridging students with NSS, the university and community partners. The SSC will also be responsible for developing other programming opportunities and partnerships. The SSC will deliver recruitment and outreach. The SSC will play a vital role in the development, support and evaluation of programming and recruitment efforts for UAA’s Alaska Native students.

Just the Facts: On-site operations plan

Screenshot from Chancellor Sandeen's May 20 video update

Plans are underway to begin expanding on-site campus operations this summer and loosening existing restrictions. The University of Alaska (UA) statewide office, in consultation with the universities, developed a phased framework for re-opening within the university system. This is a positive step toward moving to a mix of remote and face-to-face operations this fall.

Congratulations to Dr. Britteny Howell, winner of this year’s Selkregg Award!

Congratulations to Dr. Britteny Howell, Division of Population Health Sciences, on winning this year’s Selkregg Community Engagement & Service Learning Award for her project, “Improv to Improve: An Improvisational Communications Training Program for Dementia Caregivers in Anchorage,” with community partners, the Alzheimer’s Resource of Alaska and Last Frontier of Comedy.

UAA Copy & Print Center is still available to support you! Interim operations under COVID-19

Copy & Print Center staff are remotely monitoring all email, phone calls and our digital storefront. Our production team is available to work on-campus and are scheduled as jobs are received. Please note that we are not available for any walk-in customers. The proofing process will be available on an appointment-only basis, and completed jobs will either be delivered by the Mailroom team or can be picked up by customers also on an appointment-only basis.

Faculty Fulbright winner will travel to Finland to research plastic alternatives

Faculty Fulbright Scholarship recipient and UAA associate professor of public health Philippe Amstislavski

UAA Associate Professor of Public Health Philippe Amstislavski will spend spring 2021 working with the biomaterials group at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland to further development on bio-based alternatives to plastic.

Faculty Fulbright scholar will travel to Canada to study Yukon indigenization

Faculty Fulbright Scholarship recipient and UAA Alaska Native Studies Professor Maria Williams

In spring 2021 UAA Alaska Native Studies Professor Maria Williams will travel to Vancouver Island University to compare and contrast Canada’s settlement with its First Nations people and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
2020 Posts Archive