Administrative Services
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Admin Services Open Forums

Vice Chancellor Pat Pitney and the administrative services directors host open forums every 8-10 weeks, during the fall and spring semesters. Forums typically alternate locations between core campus and West Ridge, with a subsequent web or teleconference for rural campuses and remote sites. Agenda items are posted approximately two weeks before the next forum.

These forums are open to all staff.  Deans, directors, department heads, fiscal managers and grant awardees are encouraged to attend.

For more information or to suggest a topic for an upcoming forum, contact Kerynn Fisher at x7907 or klfisher@alaska.edu.


Upcoming Forums

April 2012

Tuesday, April 3  • 3:30 PM
Board of Regents Conference Room (Butrovich 109)

Monday, April 9 • 9 AM (rescheduled from 4/2, note new date/time)
E-Live web conference for rural campuses and remote sites
New URL: https://elive.uaf.edu:443/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1258614271839

Preliminary agenda items
  • FY13 budget update
  • Recovery Act (ARRA) spending deadlines
  • Summer construction projects
  • Printing services
  • Fittest Winner competition
  • Campus safety initiative (rural/remote only)

Recent Forums

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

  • New EHSRM director
  • Budget update
  • Electronic timesheets
  • UAF full-scale emergency preparedness exercise
  • Summer construction projects
  • FY12 R&R projects
  • Energy conservation
  • Administrative & support review
  • Q&A with the administrative services directors

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Thursday, November 11, 2010

  • FY12 Operating & Captial Budget Requests
  • Update: November Board of Regents Meeting
  • Life Sciences Project Schedule
  • Update: Admin/Support Review Project
  • Financial Services: Red Flag, new trainer, cell phone policy implementation

Thursday, August 19, 2010
Audio from this open forum is available as a podcast on UAF's iTunesU site.

  • FY11 pullback impacts + investments - Pat Pitney (Powerpoint)
  • Facilities: maintenance road show - Martin Klein (Powerpoint)
  • Financial Services: PCI + cell phones - Stuart Roberts
  • HR: Probationary periods + non-retentions, union organizing effort - Kris Racina
  • Safety week - Sean McGee (Powerpoint)
  • General Q&A with the administrative services directors