October 8, 1999
October 8, 1999
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for your informationA College and Career Fair, hosted by the Admissions office, will be held Oct. 11 at the Patty Center. High school students will visit from 9 a.m.- noon, and 4-6 p.m. Call 7822 for details. A new line of map products has been added to the Geophysical Institute Map office inventory. New items for sale are "Trails Illustrated" folded topographic maps of Alaska state and national parks, the "National Geographic" Alaska state map, a circumpolar map of the Arctic and selected western Canadian topographic maps. The map office, located in room 204 IARC, is open 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Call 6960 for details. KUAC is looking for volunteers from university departments and student organizations to answer phones during Fall Festival, Oct. 16-23. This will be KUAC-FM's only on-air fundraising drive this year. Call Kerynn Fisher at 6647 to volunteer. A safety reminder has been issued for removal of items cluttering building hallways and exits. Safety codes direct that these be cleared. For assistance, contact Facilities Services at 7000. Kevin Huddy, former Military Sciences department head, is serving as interim director of Residence Life. Eric Jozwiak continues at Residence Life as associate director. Congratulations to Richard Burmeister, REPP, who recently won a first prize of 100,000 Alaska Airlines frequent flyer miles in AT&T Alascom's Million Miles Sweepstakes. Free information technology courses from NETg are available to the UA community for a limited time. Go to http://netg.alaska.edu for more information. A UAF LIFE lecture entitled "Herbs as Everyday Medicine" will be presented by Deborah McCorkle in the SRC balcony Oct. 12 from 12:15-1:15 p.m. The Small Business Development Center presents "Starting a Bed and Breakfast" Oct. 9 from 6-9 p.m.; "Simple Financial Statements" Oct. 14 from 6-9 p.m., and "Designing a Brochure" Oct. 19 from 6-9 p.m. Call 6700 for costs and registration details. A new web service allowing geological, geophysical and geoengineering
organizations to list and look for meetings has been made available at:
The ARSC's scientific visualization
resources will be showcased in "Data Visualization Possibilities" Oct.
13 from 2-4 p.m. in room 007 Butrovich. Register online at:http://www.arsc.edu/.
Call 5102 for details.
eventsScott Deal, CLA, recently gave a performance of John Luther Adams' "Ilimaq" (Spirit Journeys), for solo percussionist and spatial resonance at Oberlin College, Ohio. Originally titled "The Immeasurable Space of Tones," the work was commissioned by the Fairbanks Symphony Association and premiered at UAF in 1998.
grants and awardsMichele Hebert, ACE,
received a $10,000 grant from the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research
and Education (SARE) program as a contract from Utah State University.
ScoreboardThe UAF men's basketball team signed another new recruit, Charles Johnson, for the 1999-2000 season. Johnson, a 6-foot-7-inch, 240 lb. forward, will bring much needed size to the program. Kristen Sullivan, UAF
volleyball team member, represented UAF on the Nanook Classic All-Tournament
team after collecting 35 kills and 34 digs and setting the record for digs
in a match, with 22 against Ball State.
governanceThe 2000 Staff Council calendar features outstanding photographs
each year. Submit your entry for this year's calendar to the Governance
Office by 5 p.m. Oct. 20. Color transparency slides or digital images (include
a print out) are acceptable, and can include various subjects such as landscapes,
art work, or activities.
deadlinesOct. 15, 1999: Deadline for applications and fees for students graduating in December. Forms are available at the Registrar's Office, or call 7253 for details. Oct. 15, 1999: Deadline for seniors and graduate students to register and submit an abstract for oral or poster presentations at the National Student Conference on Northern Studies in May 2000. Contact Pavillon De Koninck at aba855@agora.ulaval.ca for more information. Nov. 1, 1999: Deadline to apply or nominate someone for the American Council for Education Fellows Program 2000-2001. Contact the Provost's office at 7096 or fndmn@uaf.edu for more information. Nov. 4, 1999: Deadline to apply for the National Science Foundation three-year graduate fellowship. For more information, visit http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/ehr/dge/grfp.htm, or email nsfgrfp@orau.gov. Nov. 10, 1999: Deadline for undergraduate and graduate students
to enter the fourth annual ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence competition.
To enter, send an e-mail to arcus@arcus.org,
notifying them of an intent to submit a paper. Contact 1600 or go online
at http://www.arcus.org/award/four/fr_index.html.
from Carla KirtsStudies have shown that students who receive their higher education in Alaska tend to stay in Alaska and those who don't, don't. President Hamilton refers to this trend as "Alaska's brain drain." He has designed the UA Scholars Program to counter it and to let the top 10 percent of Alaskan high school graduates know "UA wants you!" The welcome package includes a $10,800 scholarship, which can be used over eight semesters. So, why am I passing this info on to you? 1. Get to know the scholars in your program or associated with your department. Whatever the case, help them feel at home at UAF; make them feel special- because they are special. 2. UAF has attracted a first-class, first class of UA Scholars-101 of them. Their combined ACT is 1150. Brag about these outstanding students. Who says good students don't come to UAF? 3. Look for ways of involving our scholars in special events and opportunities. If your department is hosting a nationally renowned speaker, invite them; the list is available through Banner. 4. If you know one of the top 10 percent of Alaskan high school graduates from last year who didn't come to UAF, you and I have a year to convince them to reconsider. The scholarship offer is good until next fall. 5. If you know a high school junior who is currently in the top 10 percent of the class, he/she will receive a UA scholarship. Let's help that student-scholar choose UAF. 6. The Provost and I would like to find an outstanding academic adviser and mentor for the scholars. Interested? Contact Paul Reichardt or me; we would love to hear from you. A UA scholarship is waiting for the top 10 percent of Alaskan high school
graduates. If they accept, a $10,800 scholarship in the amount of $1,350
for eight semesters is available. The first class of recipients just enrolled
for the fall semester of 1999-and let me say, they are first-class.
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