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.

The Northwest Campus and the Reindeer Research Program now have a self-contained USDA-certified mobile slaughter lab to process reindeer meat. Heikki Muhonen, a world expert on reindeer, has joined the program as faculty and will teach in Nome for the next two years.

UAF Staff Council publishes a monthly newsletter highlighting issues addressed during meetings and announcing meeting schedules, public speaking times and including short messages from the president and president-elect. For more information contact Nichole Kloepfer at 474-7056 or fystaff@uaf.edu.

The UAF Chili Cook-off is back. Register your team by Sunday, Nov. 1 to participate. The cook-off is a fundraiser for United Way and takes place Thursday, Dec. 3, from 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. in Wood Center multilevel lounge.

The UA Geography Program hosted the University of the Arctic Institute for Applied Circumpolar Policy workshop Oct. 22 – 24. The workshop discussed policies for the future of the Arctic Ocean. UAF scientists and Chancellor Rogers participated in the event.

The UAF 2009 Employee Giving Program has launched. Last year more than 500 employees gave more than $250,000 to the Annual Giving Program. Please consider making a charitable gift to the scholarship, program or department you care most about.

SRC L.I.F.E. program (Word doc) fitness classes take place Oct. 26 – Dec. 11. Classes for fall 2009 (Word doc) include strength and tone, cardio kickboxing, circuit series, belly dancing, CORE strength and boot camp aerobics. L.I.F.E. membership fees are $230 annually or $86 per semester, additional fees apply for classes. For more information contact Ruth Olsen at 474-6814 or ruth.olsen@alaska.edu, or Bev Krupa at 474-6306 or bev.krupa@alaska.edu.

Pete Brown, Aniak fire chief, died Oct. 13. Brown worked with CRCD for the last six years to train students as fire and rescue workers.

The UAF Journalism Department and Tanana Valley Television are hosting a live Fairbanks North Star Borough mayoral candidate debate Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. The debate will air commercial-free on KXD-CBS 13 in Fairbanks. Send questions by e-mail to news@tvtv.com. For more information e-mail Charles Fedullo at cbfedullo@alaska.edu.

The UAF Women's Studies Program presents a panel discussion, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Anti-Gay Discourse, Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 1 – 2 p.m. in the Wood Center multilevel lounge.

Outdoor Adventures offers trips and rental equipment to students, faculty, staff and alumni. Upcoming trips include Fire, Ghosts and Roasts Saturday, Oct. 31, and the women's hike and soak Sunday, Nov. 1. For more information call 474-6027. Outdoor Adventures also offers north campus hikes twice a month on Tuesdays with the next hike Oct. 27 and movement and technique climbing classes Wednesdays, Nov. 4, 11 and 18.

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. SAP and Other Financial Aid Rules takes place Oct. 29 and Writing a Scholarship Essay Nov. 5. Workshops can also be scheduled for a group or to replace a canceled class. For more information call Ashley Munro at 474-1934.

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 Viz Part 2: Importing Data and Animation 101 Oct. 29 and Nov. 3 and Parallel Distributed Memory Programming Using MPI Nov. 10, 12, 17, 19 and 24.

Music at One, free recitals by UAF music students, take place throughout the semester on Thursdays from 1 – 2 p.m. in Davis Concert Hall. The next recital will be Oct. 29. Admission is free. For more information call 474-7555.

Lydia Graf, junior voice student, presents a recital Thursday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. in Davis Concert Hall. Admission is free. For more information call 474-7555.

TVC is celebrating its 35th anniversary and a rededication of the Tanana Valley Campus Center on Friday, Oct. 30, from 3 – 5 p.m.

The UA Museum of the North presents the museum Halloween tour Friday, Oct. 30, from 4 – 7 p.m. See bugs, bats, bears and birds in the museum's research labs. For children ages 12 and under with parents. Free admission with a donation of canned food for the Fairbanks Community Food Bank. For more information call 474-7505.

Wood Center is hosting the Weird and Creepy Family Halloween Bash for ages 12 and under with an adult, Saturday, Oct. 31, from 4 – 7 p.m. Join the fun with a haunted hallway, pumpkin bowling, piranha pit fishing, face painting, a bake sale and photos. Admission is free, but donations to the Fairbanks Community Food Bank are gladly accepted. For more information call 474-7037.

The Fairbanks Symphony with guest Ilya Yakushev, directed by Eduard Zilberkant, presents a concert Sunday, Nov. 1, at 4 p.m. in Davis Concert Hall. Admission is $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and military and $10 for students and children. There is a free pre-concert lecture at 3 p.m. For more information call 474-5733.

Wanda Chin, UA Museum of the North exhibit designer, will retire 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 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.

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

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.

Diane McEachern, CRCD Kuskokwim Campus, received the Western Region Social Worker of the Year award and the statewide NASW Social Worker of the Year award.

Jing Zhang and Sukumar Bandopadhyay, both CEM, received a $464,892 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for their 3-year project Novel Dense Membranes for Hydrogen Separation for Energy Applications.

Rebecca Hewitt, a graduate fellow with Alaska EPSCoR, received an honorable mention for her poster Going Underground: The role of mycorrhizal fungi in promoting or inhibiting post-fire seedling establishment across treeline in Alaska, which came in second place overall, at the 2009 Long-Term Ecological Research All Scientists meeting.

David D'Amore, SNRAS doctoral student, was named the National Field Soil Scientist of the Year by the USDA Forest Service for his work studying the die-off of yellow cedar in Southeast Alaska and developing a management strategy for conservation and restoration.

Sportsmedicine Fairbanks made a $10,000 gift toward its $50,000 pledge to Dr. Keller’s named scholarship. The scholarship supports UAF athletes who demonstrate perseverance, achievement and ability.

Alaska Neuroscience Associates made a gift of $5,000 to the UA Museum of the North’s paleontological research fund.

Golden Valley Electric Association made a gift of $5,000 to the UA Museum of the North’s Museum Exhibition Enhancement fund.

W.W. Grainger Inc. made a $4,000 gift to the Grainger Tools for Tomorrow Scholarship fund.

The Optimist Club of Fairbanks made a $2,500 gift in support of the Joe Nava Scholarship for students on the UAF rifle team.

Nanook hockey takes on Ferris State Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30 – 31, at 7 p.m. in the Carlson Center.

Nanook swimming faces Kutztown Friday, Oct. 30, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 31, at noon. Both meets will be held in the Patty Center pool.

The Alaska Nanook athletic event scores from last week are: Home games – volleyball vs. Western Washington, 0-3, and vs. Central Washington, 3-2. Away games – cross country men and cross country women at the GNAC Championships, men 8th place, women 7th place.

Nov. 2: Applications for Alaska EPSCoR's integrated faculty development awards (PDF) are due.

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.

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