Carol E. Lewis has been appointed dean of the School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management and director of the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. Lewis served as interim dean since July 2000 and has been a professor at UAF since 1973. Lewis was also recently appointed as a member of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development. The board is presidentially appointed to advise and assist the Administrator for International Development.

The International Arctic Research Center has received its third $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to continue the study of global climate change. A team of foundation executives travels to Fairbanks every November to assess IARC's proposed projects.

Matt Emmons, a member of the UAF rifle team, won the gold medal in men's three-position rifle at the 2002 International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup in Atlanta. Emmons is a member of USA Shooting, the national rifle team.

The UA Board of Regents met June 11 - 13 in Fairbanks. For a summary of actions taken at the meeting, visit http://www.alaska.edu/bor.

Catholic Campus Ministry's St. Mark's Parish is moving from the Lola Tilly Commons to Schaible Auditorium beginning June 16. Summer masses are held at 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. For more information contact 6776.

The Fine Arts parking lot is closed for construction of the Fine Arts Complex through May 2003.

The UA Museum expansion ground-breaking ceremony is June 14 at 4 p.m. Due to the construction, the museum's summer programs "Northern Inua" and "Dynamic Aurora" will be held in a joint showing each day through August 16 at 2 p.m. in the Salisbury Theatre. Admission is charged and a shuttle will run between the museum and lower campus. The Explainer Talks will remain at the museum. For more information contact 7505.

The Rasmuson Library's fourth floor is currently under construction and is scheduled to be complete in October 2002. All services for this floor have been relocated to the fifth floor.

The Wood Center Renewal Project is scheduled to begin renovation of the building's mechanical and electrical systems in June and will continue through December.

Some campus roads will be under construction this summer. Yukon Drive and Tanana Loop are scheduled for asphalt resurfacing in June and July. Keep an eye out for traffic pattern changes.

The Brooks Building Renewal Project is scheduled to be complete by Aug. 15. The building will house an educational center for rural and Alaska Native students.

Sarah Fowell, CSEM, is co-author of "Ascent of the Dinosaurs Linked to an Iridium Anomaly at the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary" featured in the May 17 issue of "Science." For more information visit http://www.sciencemag.org/.

Barbara Horner-Miller, ARSC, has been elected president of the Cray (computer) User Group.

The UAF Police Department is warning all UAF employees to watch out for scams from all sources - phone, fax or e-mail. A Nigerian fee scam has been reported being sent in e-mails. For more information about Internet scams visit http://www.scambusters.org/. To report scams contact the police department at 6200.

The UAF Writing Center is open during the summer. Tutors are available to assist students with papers at all stages in the writing process and center staff are available to visit classes to explain the center's services. The center is located on the eighth floor of the Gruening Building. Summer hours are 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday - Thursday and 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Fridays. For more information call Martha Bristow or Stephen Carter at 5314.

UAF Codes and Safety has training classes offered throughout the summer. For more information visit the events calendar at http://www.uaf.edu/events/ or Codes and Safety at http://www.safetyservices.uaf.edu/codesweb/.

University Relations has eight BX-3 fax cartridges for sale at a reduced price. For more information contact Gloria Seavey at 7581.

Ice Cream Thursdays are back at Wood Center. Every Thursday until August 15 from noon - 2 p.m. you can get a scoop of ice cream for only 50 cents.

The UA Museum's first summer Junior Curator's Camp for middle and high school students is Native Arts Wood Carving held July 1 - 12 (no class July 4) from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Tuition is $270 and enrollment is limited to 18 students. For more information contact 6948 or fnjr@uaf.edu.

The UAF College of Fellows is hosting "Goodies at the Garden," a fundraiser for the Georgeson Botanical Garden July 9 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to enjoy homemade desserts amidst the flowering wonders of the garden. Admission is $25 per person. For more information and to pay by credit card, contact the UAF Development Office at 6402.

The Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival will be held July 14 - 28. This year 70 guest artists and master teachers will instruct participants in music, dance, theatre, figure-skating and visual arts. Classes are being held on campus and at West Valley High School with concerts at Hering Auditorium. For more information call 474-8869 or visit http://www.fsaf.org/.

The UAF Office of Research Integrity, in conjunction with the UA Office of the General Counsel, presents "IRB 101 on the Road: Protection of Human Participants in Research," two workshops by Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R). A full-day workshop will be held August 28 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and a half-day workshop will be held August 29 from 9 - 11 a.m. For more information contact Suzy Pence at 7800 or fyori@uaf.edu.

Terry Chapin, CSEM, was recently inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Inductees are nominated by current Fellows based on distinction in their field or profession. The academy will hold its annual induction ceremony in Cambridge, Mass. on Oct. 5. For more information visit http://www.amacad.org/.

The Alaska and Polar Regions Department's Oral History Program has received a grant of more than $92,000 from the National Science Foundation. The grant will be used to help extend electronic access to local networks and the Web and will support review of the new access pathways to determine and respond to impacts of extended access.

Tonya Trabant, Career Services, is one of the 2002 Make Students Count award winners. President Hamilton presented Trabant, Cindy Marshall of UAA, Roxy Felkl of UAS and Janet Johnson from Statewide Programs and Services with the awards at the June 11 UA Board of Regents meeting in Fairbanks.

Shirley Sterner, CRA, received the Chancellor's Recognition Award for 2002. Sterner has been with UAF 30 years and now serves CRA as its fiscal officer. Shirley is described as a person of high integrity who is often the "glue" that holds many projects and individuals together. Sharon Burke, University Relations, and Carole Chambers, KUAC, were the runners up. The award recognizes service that is work related or a public relations effort that is noteworthy by any UAF employee.

Long-time Assistant Registrar Brigitte Mayes also deserves recognition after recently beginning her 37th year at UAF. Mayes is recognized for being a key player in establishing various online student information systems within the Registrar's Office, and has assisted not only our campus and its off-site units, but also works closely with UAA and UAS. Her influence is reported to be invaluable to her co-workers and she's always willing to help in any way she can.

UAA's Cable Starlings has received the 2002 President's Outstanding Distance Educator Award. President Hamilton started the award last year to honor UA faculty who show an uncommon commitment to distance learning.

UAF will be accomplishing major construction projects on campus this summer. You can find a campus map that provides an overview of the 2002-2003 construction projects at the Facilities Services web site at http://facilities.alaska.edu/uaf/fsweb/ddcprojects/currentprojects.cfm or by calling the Division of Design and Construction at 5299.

This summer's projects will affect at least 10 buildings on the Fairbanks Campus. The fourth floor (main entry level) of the Rasmuson library has already begun a major transformation with completion expected in October. The music wing of the Fine Arts Building was turned over to the contractor this month for construction that will continue throughout next year. The music department staff and equipment will be housed in Harwood Hall, Lola Tilly Commons, Wood Center and Gruening Building during the transformation.

Revitalization of the Brooks Building is almost done and this summer will see lots of people moving across the plaza as Brooks becomes the home for the College of Rural Alaska and Alaska Native Studies.

As departments move into Brooks, office spaces freed up in Gruening and Eielson will be utilized by the College of Liberal Arts. There is also construction going on at Wood Center (code corrections, electrical upgrades and ventilation improvements), the Power Plant (code corrections) as well as ADA accessibility improvements in Constitution Hall.

On West Ridge, site work and the foundation for the museum expansion will begin in June. In addition, the front glass wall on Irving will be replaced with glass and insulated panels and new sprinklers will be installed on the first floor in the Arctic Health Building. Next spring we will begin construction of the new West Ridge Research Building (WRRB) that will be located on the north side of the Elvey Building and we are also hoping to begin construction of the West Ridge Utilidor Extension at about the same time.

This is an exciting, busy time at UAF as we invest in facilities improvements. Please "Bear with us"!