2021 Archive

UAA’s College of Business and Public Policy announces “Driving into the Future,” the final installment of its special webinar series on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Thursday, April 22 lunchtime event is open to the public and will focus on the development of autonomous vehicles.

We have two finalists for the Director of Multicultural Student Services joining us virtually next week for their "campus" interviews. Please join us for the student open forums on Thursday, April 22, and Friday, April 23, from 12:30-1 p.m.

Steven Wildeck will assume the role of Acting Director of UAA Shared Services while the search for a permanent director continues, Interim Vice Chancellor Bill Jacob announced April 12. The appointment is effective immediately.

UAA IT Services is preparing to start billing for Desktop and Telecom labor and parts. Most parts and equipment expenses are reconciled directly to the provided fund/orgs throughout the fiscal year. Labor expenses are billed once the labor rate is approved and are billed along with any equipment that wasn't directly expensed against a department's fund/org.

As you may recall, Chancellor Sandeen initiated the Administrative Management Structure Review in December 2020. The task was given to the Campus Planning Advisory Board (CPAB). The committee was charged to conduct a review of administrative management positions at UAA, alongside similar efforts at UAF, UAS and the system office.

As co-chairs of the UAA Institutional Research Director search committee, we are pleased to announce the finalists for the position and the process for virtual campus visits next week.

Join us for a lunchtime webinar with Associate Professor of Economics Mouhcine Guettabi. He will discuss the state of the economy, how the stimulus affects his forecast, and will offer a few notes on the budget. If you missed his recent testimony to the legislature, this is your chance to watch a similar presentation and participate in a Q&A session.

On Wednesday, April 21, David Ampong, MS, MSN, MHA, APRN, PMHNP-BC will present his final DNP project, “Evaluating the Patient Experience in Outpatient Detoxification: Implication for Improvement of the Early Stages of Alcohol Use Disorder and /or Opioid Use Disorder: Implication for Recovery Treatment Process," beginning at 3:30 p.m.