The UA Board of Regents invites faculty, staff, students and community members to comment on the draft presidential profile (PDF) to be used in the search for the next UA president. Send comments to elaine.hairston@academic-search.com or call (740) 964-0905.

UAF and UA Statewide switched to Google Calendar from Meeting Maker on Nov. 1. Google Calendar uses the UA username and password set up for your Google Apps e-mail. If you have not switched to Google e-mail, you need to do so as soon as possible. For more information contact the OIT help desk at 450-8300 or helpdesk@alaska.edu.

Slips, trips and falls are the leading causes of accidents at UAF. As snow melts and refreezes, walkways can be extra slick. To avoid injury, be sure to have secure footing when getting in and out of your vehicle and wear proper footgear or ice grippers over your boots and shoes.

The Rasmuson Library recently launched the Electronic Book Library, a collection of more than 90,000 electronic books. Books can be found using the library's online catalog, Goldmine, and read online or downloaded. New titles will be added monthly. For more information contact Karen Jensen at kljensen@alaska.edu or 474-6695.

Anne Sudkamp, Alaska EPSCoR, was elected to the national council of EPSCoR administrators at the October 2009 NSF EPSCoR National Conference.

The October 2009 issue of the Statewide Voice in now available online.

Cooperative Extension Service recently hosted two invasive species conferences (PDF) in Ketchikan — the 10th annual Committee for Noxious and Invasive Plants Management Workshop Oct. 27 – 28 and the fourth annual Alaska Invasive Species Working Group Conference Oct. 29.

The TVC Learning Center has expanded its hours to include Sundays from 4 – 7 p.m. The learning center provides tutoring in writing and a quiet space to study. The center is located at the TVC Center at 604 Barnette St. On Sunday, please enter through the 6th Avenue entrance.

TVC Cosmetology students recently provided charitable services at the Denali Center, Pioneer Home, Caring Bridges and the Cham Fashionale. The students also traveled to Nenana to provide services that advanced them toward state licensing.

The UAF Staff Council is seeking suggestions and submissions for its 2010 Staff Council calendar. Send your ideas for calendar format, images for possible use and overall function of the calendar to fystaff@uaf.edu by Friday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m. For more information contact Nichole Kloepfer at 474-7056.

If you have switched to Google mail, make sure to change your e-mail address for any listservs you belong to, including the Cornerstone. To change your e-mail for the Cornerstone visit the subscription website, unsubscribe your old e-mail and subscribe with your new Google e-mail. You will receive a confirmation message and a link to confirm your new address. For assistance contact the OIT help desk at 450-8300.

Need information about possible campus closures due to weather or emergency situations? Call 474-7UAF (7823) or visit UAF on Alert or the newsroom for updates and information.

The UAF Toast of Alaska Toastmasters Club holds meetings Tuesdays from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. in 201 O'Neill. The next meeting is Nov. 3. For more information contact Mary Sue Dates at 474-7596 or fbtoast@uaf.edu.

Wanda Chin, UA Museum of the North exhibit designer, retired at the end of October after more than 30 years at the museum. A potluck celebration will be held Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. to honor Chin's years of service. For more information or to RSVP call 474-6939.

The UAF Natural Resources, Fisheries and Sciences Career Day, hosted by Career Services, takes place Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. in Wood Center. For more information call 474-7596.

The University Employee Assistance Program provider, ComPsych, is hosting webinars on select Wednesdays throughout the year including Managing Your Emotions in the Workplace Nov. 4 at 11 a.m. and Managing Holiday Stress Nov. 18 at noon. For more information call Anne Sakumoto at 786-1432.

The Climate Change Seminar series presents "Arctic Glaciers in a Changing Climate" by Matt Nolan, WERC, Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 1 – 2 p.m. in the Vera Alexander Learning Center, 201 O'Neill.

The Scenarios Network for Alaska Planning and the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station are hosting a video conference Thursday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in Fairbanks, Anchorage, Juneau and Sitka. The conference will address climate change impacts on Alaska's forests. For more information contact Sarah Trainor at 474-7878 or sarah.trainor@alaska.edu.

The Financial Aid Office presents Finan˘ial $ense, a series of workshops held each Thursday at 1 p.m. in 413 Gruening. The workshops are open to all faculty, staff, alumni and students. Writing a Scholarship Essay takes place Nov. 5 and Applying for Scholarships takes place Nov. 12. Workshops can also be scheduled for a group or to replace a canceled class. For more information call Ashley Munro at 474-1934.

The Fisheries Division of SFOS presents "Positive Impacts of the Cruise Industry in Alaska" by Bruce Bustamante, Princess Tours, Thusday, Nov. 5, from 3:40 – 5 p.m. in 138 Irving II. This talk is part of the Cruise Ship Impacts in the Marine Environment seminar series.

The 2009 Holiday Historical Photograph Reprint sale takes place Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6 – 7, from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the Rasmuson Library Kayak Room. Purchase reproductions of some of the archive's most popular photographs and rare maps. For more information call 474-6344.

The University Women's Association is hosting its 41st annual Holiday Bazaar Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7 – 8, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the Wood Center. Courtesy shuttles will run from the Taku Parking Lot near Farmer's Loop to Wood Center.

The UAF Bookstore will be open Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7 – Nov. 8, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. to coincide with the University Women’s Association Holiday Bazaar. There will be discounts and gifts with purchase on selected items. For more information call 474-6858.

ARSC provides free training for new and current users of high-performance computing resources Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:15 – 11:15 a.m. in 009 West Ridge Research Building. Topics include Parallel Distributed Memory Programming Using MPI Nov. 10, 12, 17, 19 and 24.

Chancellor Rogers is hosting an open forum discussion Tuesday, Nov. 10, from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. in the Wood Center multilevel lounge.

The University Police Department, in coordination with local police departments, plans to conduct two separate training exercises Wednesday – Friday, Nov. 11 – 13, on the UAF campus. The first two days of training will take place in Skarland Hall and the third day will be in the Butrovich Building. For more information e-mail semcgee@alaska.edu.

Outdoor Adventures offers trips and rental equipment to students, faculty, staff and alumni. Upcoming trips include Hutlinana Hot Springs overnight ski Saturday – Sunday, Nov. 14 – 15. For more information call 474-6027. Outdoor Adventures also offers movement and technique climbing classes Wednesdays, Nov. 4, 11 and 18, north campus hikes twice a month on Tuesdays with the next hike Nov. 10 and the outdoor skills series Thursday Nov. 12.

Check out the UAF Weekly Science Calendar, sponsored by the Center for Global Change and Arctic System Research, for science-related events at UAF.

Visit UAF's online calendar for information on UAF events or to publicize an event.

Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley, associate professor of education, emeritus, received the National Indian Education Association Lifetime Achievement Award at the associations annual convention Oct. 24. Kawagley served as UAF faculty for 20 years.

CES faculty Julie Cascio, Sonja Koukel, Kari van Delden, Linda Tannehill, Roxie Dinstel and Leif Albertson and staff Jeff Fay and Tyson Rinio received an Excellence in Teamwork award for their work on the Preserving Alaska's Bounty multimedia food preservation series from Epsilon Sigma Phi.

The UA Press was added to the Honor Roll of Publishers by the American Society for Indexing in recognition of UA Press's dedication to including professionally prepared indexes in its publications.

Rusheet Shah, petroleum engineering graduate student, won third place at the Society of Petroleum Engineers International student paper contest.

Nanook hockey faces off with Notre Dame Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6 and 7, at 7 p.m. in the Carlson Center.

Nanook men's basketball Blue vs. Gold game takes place Saturday, Nov. 7, at noon in the Patty Center gym.

Nanook volleyball takes on UAA Wednesday, Nov. 4, in Anchorage.

The Alaska Nanook athletic event scores from last week are: Home games – hockey vs. Ferris State, 3-1 and 3-2; swimming vs. Kutztown, 76-123 and 71-128 . Away games – volleyball vs. Saint Martins, 3-1, and vs. Western Oregon, 3-1.

Nov. 9: Applications for the Harold T. Caven Professorship are due.

Nov. 15: All application materials (PDF) for December 2009 graduation are due. The late application fee is $80. For more information call 474-7523.

Nov. 16: Proposals for the Angus Gavin Memorial Migratory Bird Research Grant are due.

The season's first snowfall accumulates on crab apples on the Fairbanks campus.

Cornerstone banner photo by Todd Paris, UAF Marketing and Communications.