2021 Archive

The Alaska NSF EPSCoR Fire & Ice project announces the availability of funding for UA-affiliated individuals to present their research, to interact with colleagues and mentors, and/or to obtain training in science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) fields. Awards can be used to participate in conferences, workshops, trainings, or other appropriate academic activities, either remotely or in person.

Applications are now available for Seawolf Student Leader, Seawolf Community Service and Mabil Duir Leadership Scholarship. Recipients receive a tuition credit for the following semester. Applications are due Friday, March 5 by 11:59 pm.

Monthly live Zoom training, presented by OIT Video Conferencing Services staff, will start Feb. 9 and continue throughout the year. Offerings include the “Zoom Basics Training” and an “Advanced/Ask Me Anything” section. The advanced training will cover breakout rooms, meeting security and any other topics you have questions about. Please register through the OIT training calendar in a time slot that fits your schedule.

Do you know a graduating student who would make a great commencement speaker? Encourage them to apply! Please submit the provided form by Friday, Feb. 19. Please feel free to contact Zac Clark at zac@alaska.edu if you have any questions.

The purpose of this training session is to discuss an overview of important guidelines for search committees to consider before and during the recruitment process as well as provide an overview of diversity and implicit bias and how it can affect the recruitment process. Please sign up through myUA at least one day prior to the training. Zoom information will be sent to you the day of the event.

Walter Stahr will talk about the relationship between Lincoln and his Treasury Secretary, Salmon P. Chase: their friendship and collaboration in the pre-war Republican Party; their rivalry for the 1860 presidential nomination; Lincoln’s decision to choose Chase for his cabinet; and their working relationship and friendship during the war years. Stahr will compare and contrast Lincoln and Chase, focusing especially on slavery and black rights, where Chase was far earlier to speak out against slavery, and for black rights, than Lincoln.

CircleIn is now live at the University of Alaska Anchorage! The Office of Student Success would like to encourage you to use the CircleIn app to get organized, study remotely with classmates, share resources, ask and answer questions, create flashcards and quizzes, and help your peers. The more you use the platform, the more likely you are to earn rewards like gift cards to your favorite places! You can even earn scholarships for using the app. Learn more and download the app at qrco.de/bbefwE.

If you love UAA and are interested in building your resume, please apply to be an Engagement Ambassador. This position is open to students that are enrolled for spring semester. You may also apply if you were enrolled in fall semester, are skipping spring semester and plan to enroll next fall. Engagement Ambassadors now work remotely to contact alumni and donors of UAA.

The summer textbook and other course materials submission portal at the UAA Anchorage Campus Online Bookstore will be open for Anchorage faculty to submit their summer adoptions from Jan. 25 to Feb. 8. It is important that all Anchorage faculty enter summer course material information, even just to indicate that the class will use Open Educational Resources, other zero cost materials or that there are no required materials for the class.