The Ad Hoc Committee on Accountability and Sustainability's recommendations for more efficient and effective methods to deliver non-academic services to the university are available online at www.alaska.edu/acas/.

The UAF administration will ask the UA Board of Regents to consider a reorganization of the School of Mineral Engineering and the College of Science, Engineering and Mathematics at its meeting in Sitka, April 13-15. The plan creates a College of Science and Mathematics and moves engineering departments at UAF under a newly created College of Engineering and Mining.

The UAF Master Planning Committee has sent Chancellor Lind its recommendations for parking on campus. For more information visit www.uaf.edu/mastplan/.

Facilities Services received the 2003 Governor's Safety Award of Excellence from the Alaska Safety Advisory Council for demonstrated excellence in safety and health systems that protect employees.

The Robert G. White Large Animal Research Station was selected by AAA's magazine, Home & Away, as a unique travel gem. LARS was profiled in the Travel Treasures section of the March/April 2004 issue.

The UA Press recently published two new books. Russians in Alaska by Lydia T. Black, professor emerita of anthropology, includes color plates and maps chronicling the history of eighteenth century Alaska. Alaska's Hidden Wars by Otis Hays Jr. is a history of World War II in the Aleutian and Kuriles Islands.

ARSC's Access Grid Node broadcast an interactive workshop by visiting percussionist Valerie Naranjo to participants around the world. AGN allows simultaneous video and sound communication via high-bandwidth networks.

Facilities Services is conducting a survey about its new wayfinding signs and seeks input from staff, students and faculty. To take the survey visit www.uaf.edu/fs/ or www.uaf.edu/mastplan/ by April 16.

Edie Curry has been appointed university fire chief. Curry had been serving as interim fire chief since April 2003.

Judith Kleinfeld's book GO FOR IT! Finding Your Own Frontier took first place in the self-help category of the Writers Notes Book Awards.

Debendra Das, CSEM, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The rank of fellow is the highest honor given by ASME.

Richard Boone, IAB, accepted an invitation to serve on the National Science Foundation panel for coupled biogeochemical cycles.

The UAF Directory and the Experts Guide are being updated. Please check your information online at www.uaf.edu/directory/ and contact your administrative assistant with any changes. For more information e-mail fyphone@uaf.edu.

UAF's Employee Service Recognition Program 2004 recognizes staff and faculty with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, or 35 years of service with UAF.

Polar Alley introduces Thunder Alley every Friday and Saturday from 9–11 p.m. Join in the fun with bowling under black lights with lasers, a fog machine and music. The cost for bowling in Thunder Alley is $2.75 per game for students and $3.50 for non-students. Shoe rental is 50 cents. For more information contact Jeri at 1936.

The staff longevity awards ceremony takes place April 6 from 2:30–5 p.m. in the Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom. Staff will be recognized for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 years of service.

Frank Soos, CLA, will read from a collection of his works April 9 at 7 p.m. in the UA Museum of the North. Admission is free and open to all.

The UA Museum of the North Saturday family program presents Building Rubber Band Airplanes, a two-part program, on April 10 and 17 from 10 a.m.–noon. The program is for children age 7–12, accompanied by an adult. Admission is $28. For more information or to reserve a spot call 6948.

The 11th annual Science Potpourri takes place April 10 from noon–5 p.m. in the Natural Sciences Facility. There will be fun science activities for kids of all ages.

National Student Employment Week is April 12–16. Career Services is coordinating activities during the week to celebrate student employees. For more information call 7596.

Charles Wohlforth, author of The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change, will give a lecture and book signing April 15 at 7 p.m in Schaible Auditorium. This event is presented by Student Activities and the UA Museum of the North.

Ian Hume, the 2004 Laurence Irving-Per Scholander memorial lecturer, will give a lecture April 14 at 7 p.m. in the Elvey Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to all. For more information call 7412.

UAF's Chinese language and eastern philosophy classes present the Chinese opera film The Legend of White Snake April 18 at 2 p.m. in the Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom. For more information contact Rosalind Kan at 474-0908 or Walter Benesch at 479-2386.

Celebrate Administrative Professionals Day, hosted by the office procedures class, April 21 from 1–3 p.m. in the Downtown Center, room 210. For more information contact 2815 or jean.heusi@uaf.edu.

Nanook SpringFest takes place April 23 from 9:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Faculty, staff and students can sign up to help in various service options, from planting flowers to helping sort lost and found items. For more information contact 1170 or leadership@uaf.edu.

The visiting writers series presents a reading by Australian poet John Kinsella April 23 and a reading by writers David Lee and Sam Hamill May 2. Both events take place at 7 p.m. in the UA Museum of the North. For more information call 7193.

UAF Day at North Pole takes place April 24 from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. in the North Pole Plaza Mall.

The UAF Staff Council retreat will be held May 13 from 4–7 p.m. in the UAF Alumni Association Office, room 201 in Constitution Hall.

The 2004 summer youth basketball camps' dates have been finalized. The position play camp is June 4–6, the team camp is June 7–11 and the fundamental camp is June 21–25. For more information visit www.gonanooks.com.

Brad Griffith, IAB, has received the U.S. Department of the Interior Scientific Excellence Award for his efforts in the discussion on oil extraction in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge.

Phil Tsunemori, SME undergraduate, and Namit Jaiswal, SME graduate student, competed in the Society of Petroleum Engineers' Western Regional student paper contest. Tsunemori took first place and Jaiswal took third place.

Three UAF hockey players recently signed professional contracts. Junior Aaron Voros inked a deal with the New Jersey Devils, senior Cam Keith signed a deal with the Hartford Wolfpack and senior Felipe Larranaga signed with the Fresno Falcons.

UAF rifle team members Matt Rawlings and Joe Hein have been named first-team All-Americans by the National Rifle Association for both smallbore and air rifle. Karl Olsson was named first-team All-American for smallbore and second-team in air rifle. Matthew Wallace was named first-team in smallbore.

Aaron Voros received the Terry Flanagan Memorial Award for the hockey player who has overcome personal adversity and is active in both the university and local communities at the CCHA award ceremony held March 17 in Detroit. Other UAF players recognized were Tom Herman who was selected to the All-Academic Team and Preston McKay who was chosen as the Perani Cup champion for UAF.

April 5, 2004: Faculty and staff authors who had a book published between March 1, 2003 and March 1, 2004 are invited to submit them for the 2004 Authors' Reception, hosted by Chancellor Lind and the Rasmuson Library. Submissions are due April 5. The reception will be held April 23 at 4–5 p.m. on level six of the library. For more information and submission guidelines call 7224.

April 15, 2004: The George and Miné Mikami Scholarship recognizes one male and one female student in any field of study who plans to work in Alaska after graduation. Nominations for the $10,000 award will be accepted until April 15.

April 15, 2004: The University Women's Association is offering scholarships for fall 2004. Applications are due April 15. For more information visit www.uaf.edu/uwa/scholarship.html.

April 19, 2004: Nominations for the outstanding advisor award are due. Forms are available at the Advising Center or online at www.uaf.edu/acadadv/advisors/award_winners.html.

On March 15, the vocational center at the Bristol Bay Campus was opened and dedicated to retired campus director, Margaret “Peggy” Wood. As many of you know, Wood spent 17 years in Dillingham as director of the Bristol Bay Campus. She served an additional two years in Nome as the interim director of the Northwest Campus. Faculty and staff in Dillingham are proud of their new home and the name it bears.

In addition to naming the new center, a staff recognition award was established, bearing Wood's name. The community campus directors and staff felt there was a need for an award that highlights the efforts of employees who demonstrate outstanding commitment and leadership to their campus. The Rural Affairs Committee was put in charge of developing the criteria and reviewing nominees for this award. A selection will be made by April 30 and the announcement made during commencement at the recipient's campus.

Graduation dates have been set for the rural campuses. Graduation will take place on May 7 at Kuskokwim, May 8 at Bristol Bay, May 11 at Chukchi, May 13 at Northwest, and May 21 at Interior-Aleutians Tok Center.

The Rural Alaska Honors Institute has named Denise Wartes as interim coordinator. She is preparing for the intensive six-week academic boot camp for high school juniors and seniors. Applications are being reviewed and staff and faculty are being hired. Staff members are looking forward to meeting students from all over rural Alaska for their 21st session which will run May 29–July 10.