Jennifer Carroll has been appointed acting vice chancellor of Rural, Community and Native Education. Carroll will oversee CRCD from Aug. 1, 2008 – July 31, 2009 while Bernice Joseph takes a professional leave of absence to pursue a doctoral degree.

Chancellor Rogers announced free visitor parking in the Taku Lot off Farmer’s Loop and the Nenana Lot across from the Patty Center. The free parking began July 13 and will continue through the end of the summer.

The Cornerstone Newsletter publication schedule is changing to better meet the needs of the UAF community. The electronic newsletter will be published weekly on Mondays beginning this fall. Submissions remain due Wednesdays at noon.

A new partnership between UAF and the Fairbanks North Star Borough will allow the UAF PolarExpress card to serve as a bus pass on all borough bus routes. The program will begin on Sept. 1. For more information visit www.uaf.edu/news/.

Beware of e-mails, telephone calls or text messages requesting your personal information. Several e-mail scams this summer have posed as UAF departments asking for sensitive personal information. Remember that UAF will never ask for this information via e-mail. Disregard these e-mails. If you have concerns over any e-mail that seems to be from UAF, call OIT at 8300.

Office of Electronic Miniaturization researchers had a paper selected to appear in the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science. The paper Electrical and Optical Properties of V2O5 Micro-Nano Structures Grown by Direct Vapor Phase Deposition Method was previously published in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

UAF scientists participated in the 2008 Science Teacher Education Program where Alaska teachers received intensive training in earth sciences and lesson development ideas. All lessons developed during the STEP program will be posted online and made available to any teacher. For more information visit the Newsroom.

RAHI honored 47 students at its 2008 graduation ceremony July 9. RAHI alumnus Ed Alexander gave the keynote address. Alexander graduated from UAF and teaches at the high school in Fort Yukon.

Alaska Sea Grant is seeking input on which coastal and marine issues to focus on through its research, education and extension efforts. To provide your suggestions, take the survey by Aug. 30.

The 2009 Alaska Coastal Calendar Statehood Edition, produced by Alaska Sea Grant, includes informative narratives and historical facts about Alaska’s statehood journey. For more information or to order it visit the Sea Grant bookstore.

The TVC Center at 604 Barnette St. is open. Construction to improve the building continues through August. Public access is available through the 7th Avenue entrance.

Facilities Services is working to improve several roads and parking lots this summer. Watch for work crews, detours and road closures. 

The Tanana Valley State Fair is Aug. 1 – 9. UAF Day at the Fair is August 5. Anyone wearing UAF gear or carrying a PolarExpress card will save on adult admission.

The UA Museum of the North and the Fairbanks Arts Association present "Northern Disclosure," an exhibit of contemporary art from the museum’s collections, Aug. 1 – 31 in the Bear Gallery in the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts at Pioneer Park.

The Beluga Nights Summer Concert series presents Millie and the Mentshn Aug. 3 at 6 p.m. All concerts are held at Beluga Field near the SRC. For more information call 6026.

UAF Summer Sessions hosts free movie nights this summer with Summer Sessions Cinema Mondays at 7 p.m., with Big Fish Aug. 4 and The Pianist Aug. 11; and Reel History -- Documenting Alaska Thursdays at 7 p.m., with From the First People Aug. 7 and Boom Times and The Pipeliners Aug. 14. All movies will be shown in Schaible Auditorium. For more information visit Summer Sessions online.

Outdoor Adventures is sponsoring summer trips including Tanana Canoe Trip Aug. 9 – 12 and Kesugi Ridge Backpack Aug. 15 – 18. For more information call 6027 or e-mail fywild@uaf.edu.

The Office of Information Technology hosts training opportunities throughout the year, including Meeting Maker Aug. 5, EDIR Brief and EDIR Hands On Aug. 7, Roxen UAF Aug. 12, Introduction to Blackboard Aug. 19, Blackboard Gradebook and Assessments Aug. 20 and Blackboard Communication Tools Aug. 21.

The Discovering Alaska lecture series, hosted by UAF Summer Sessions, takes place Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium through Aug. 13. The series includes “Mushrooms of Alaska” by Gary Laursen Aug. 6 and “Alaska’s Native Flora” by Carolyn Parker Aug. 13.

Scientists from the GI are providing daily aurora shows and information at the Aurora Borealis Cabin in Pioneer Park from noon – 8 p.m. daily through Sept. 1. Aurora movies will be shown in an inflatable aurora dome Aug. 16 and Sept. 1 from 1 – 5 p.m., every 15 minutes.

The Borealis Brass will be the featured artists Aug. 17 on Brasscast.com, a weekly broadcast program of music by brass players from around the world.

The Responsible Conduct in Research workshop, hosted by UAF’s Office of Research Integrity, takes place Aug. 27. Attendance is free. For more information or to register visit ORI online.

Ice Cream Thursdays, hosted by Student Activities, take place through Aug. 14 from noon – 2 p.m. outside Wood Center. Each scoop is $1.

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

Erich Follmann, IAB and Biology and Wildlife, received special recognition from the Alaska chapter of the Wildlife Society for more than 25 years of support to the Alaska chapter and the UAF student chapter of the Wildlife Society.

UAF alumnus Ben Kostival has received the Martin Dibner Memorial Fellowship in fiction writing.

Aug. 11, 2008: Parking decal renewal forms are due. For more information visit Parking Services online.

Sept. 5, 2008: Updates for the UAF directory are due. Please update your information at http://edir.alaska.edu, or notify your administrative contact with any changes. Proofs can be reviewed beginning Aug. 18 at www.uaf.edu/directory/proof08/. Contact the OIT Support Center at 8300 or helpdesk@alaska.edu for assistance.

Nov. 14, 2008: Abstracts for presentations at the 25th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium are due. The symposium, Biology and Management of Exploited Crab Populations under Climate Change, takes place March 10 – 13, 2009 in Anchorage.