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The UA Board of Regents has approved a 1.5 percent pay raise for non-exempt and exempt staff as recommended by President Hamilton to take effect July 1. In other action at its June meeting, the Board approved a new bachelor of arts degree in elementary education for UAA, UAF and UAS, and approved the continued investigation of acquiring the old Fairbanks Courthouse and parking facility for the expansion of the Tanana Valley Campus.

UAF Emeriti Professors Richard Pierce and Lydia Black, recently received the Order of Friendship from the Russian Consul General. Both Pierce and Black were recognized for their contributions to Russian-American studies. The decoration is rarely given to American citizens and this is the first time it has ever been awarded to American scholars.

The Large Animal Research Station will be named in honor of Robert G. White after action taken by the UA Board of Regents. White is a former director of the Institute of Arctic Biology and served as LARS director from 1979-1998.

Gov. Tony Knowles recently appointed UAF's Joseph Hardenbrook as the student representative to the UA Board of Regents. Hardenbrook, a national merit scholar, has been active in student government throughout his academic career at UAF and is a founding member of the Alaska Renaissance Project. Mark Begich from Anchorage and Marlene Johnson from Juneau were also appointed to the board.

Sue McHenry, RSS, is the recipient of the 2001 Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence. McHenry is well known for her service to rural students at UAF. This prestigious award includes a $15,000 prize, the largest cash prize of its kind within the UA system.

The UAF visitors' parking lot in front of Signers Hall will be partially closed until further notice to accommodate construction on the Brooks Building and Rasmuson Library projects. The multi-million dollar renovations require large areas to stage construction materials and provide access to the buildings by crews and construction vehicles. Closing half of the Signers Hall lot and allowing only campus visitors to park in the area will ensure safe access to Signers Hall and the campus core area.

The UA Museum was recently presented with the latest donation from the third grade of Denali Elementary School. The $2,082 donation, raised through the school's annual boxed lunch fundraiser, will be added to Denali's previous gift of $832 to help furnish and equip the Education Center in the museum expansion. Funding for the expansion was recently completed through an $8 million legislative appropriation.

UAF is now part of a Federal Aviation Center of Excellence that includes four other universities. UAF will enter into cooperative agreements with the FAA allowing the center to share as equal technical and fiscal partners in support of general aviation safety-related research and development programs. For more information contact Steve Mattingly at 7977.

Williard C. "Buck" Whitaker was recently honored with the renaming of the UAF Safety and Security Building as the Whitaker Building. Whitaker was UAF's first professional fire chief, serving from 1967 - 1978.

The Rural Alaska Honors Institute is celebrating two special firsts in its 19th year. Lucy Gavin is the first-ever second-generation participant. Both of Gavin's parents attended the institute and are UAF alumni. Wayne Don is the first-ever participant to receive a faculty appointment. Don, a UAF alumnus, has received an appointment as an assistant professor of military science and will oversee ROTC cadet training.

The School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences received almost $2 million from a variety of sources during April and May. Funding sources include the National Science Foundation, UA Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Oregon State University and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The UAF Women's Center has a new website at http://www.uaf.edu/uafwomen/. The center is closed for the summer and will re-open for the Fall semester.

The SRC summer hours are Monday - Friday 6:30 a.m.- 9 p.m. The Patty Center opens at 6:30 a.m. and closes at 8:30 p.m. weekdays. Both are open Saturday 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. and are closed on Sunday.

The UAF LIFE program is continuing through the summer with hours at the SRC restricted to Monday - Friday 6:30 - 8 a.m., 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. and 4:45 - 6:15 p.m. For more information contact Ruth Olsen at 6814.

The UAF Staff Council annual fundraiser raffle for the Carolyn Sampson Memorial Scholarship raised $2,260 this year.

The summer shuttle bus schedule is 7:30 - 9 a.m. and 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. running between the Nenana parking lot and the Eielson Building. From 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. the shuttle will stop at the Nenana lot every half hour. The shuttle is available on-call from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. for all campus locations. To schedule a pick-up call 322-4302, or for more information call 6857.

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Several summer tours are currently being offered at UAF. Visitors can tour the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, Geophysical Institute, Georgeson Botanical Garden, International Arctic Research Center and the Poker Flat Research Range. A walking tour of campus, sponsored by University Relations, is also available. For more information call 7581 or visit http://www.uaf.edu/summer/events/campus_tours/index.html.

Electro-Acoustic Improvisations with Scott Deal demonstrates new and exciting percussion techniques June 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Davis Concert Hall. For more information call 7555.

A farewell reception for Ron Keyes celebrating his 29 years of service to UAF will be held June 28 from 4 - 6 p.m. in the Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom. R.S.V.P. by June 21 by contacting Sarah at 6025.

UAF Outdoor Adventures offers wilderness and Alaska discovery trips throughout the summer. Trips include whitewater rafting on the Nenana River, hiking and horseback riding in Denali National Park, canoe trips down the Chena River and more. For more information call 7805 or visit http://www.uaf.edu/woodctr/activity/outdoors/index.html.

UAF Summer Sessions is offering 11 public discussion forums on issues in education. Topics discussed focus on improving student achievement in a results-based education system built on academic standards, assessment and accountability. For more information and discussion dates visit http://www.uaf.edu/summer/.

Celebrate Golden Days' 50th anniversary on campus Tuesday, July 17. All departments are welcome to host an activity. For more information call 6438 or visit http://www.fairbankschamber.org/gdays.html.

It's Fair time again! The 2001 Tanana Valley State Fair is Aug. 3-11. It's a great opportunity for your department to participate by volunteering to staff UAF's booth for a day, or by showcasing your unit on UAF Day, Friday, Aug. 3. Call 6438 soon to reserve your day at the Fair and share your ideas.

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UAF's Yukon Flats Center has received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. These funds will help build an addition to provide expanded educational and training opportunities for the residents of Fort Yukon and surrounding communities.

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Matt Emmons, a member of UAF's national champion rifle team, recently won his first World Cup medal, taking the bronze in the 50-meter prone rifle competition in Munich, Germany. Emmons was the top American and finished less than one point behind the gold medal winner.

The Department of Athletics and Campus Recreation recently announced that Tori Svenningson Tragis has accepted the positions of Sports Information Director for UAF. Tragis earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees from UAF. She is currently the public relations director for USA Shooting.

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correction

Last month we reported on a licensing agreement between the Geophysical Institute's Machine Shop and UAF to share potential profits from the development of two devices designed to remove tiny pin-bones from salmon during processing. In fact, the agreement outlines the sharing of potential future profits and is not technically a licensing agreement.

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As part of the Arctic Region Super-computing Center's ongoing efforts to provide the best resources to our users, ARSC installed the center's first IBM supercomputer in April. The new computer, named Icehawk, is part of an important effort to diversify the center's computational resources and continue to establish the center and UAF as significant contributors of computational resources within the high performance computing community.

Icehawk will provide the kind of diversification and increased capability that will allow the center to provide users with more possibilities for tackling large or extremely complex models. These models help researchers gain fuller understanding of natural phenomena and create new science- science that adds to the constantly growing scope of research supported by UAF.

ARSC is also working to enhance computational research at UAF. A new part of this effort will take place at the end of this summer with the initiation of the first "Faculty Camp." This week-long event will provide a way for the UAF research community to become more familiar with the computational and visualization resources available at ARSC. Participants in the camp will receive hands-on training with the various resources at ARSC, as well as one-on-one assistance in how ARSC's resources can benefit their specific projects.

More information on the ARSC faculty camp and Icehawk can be found on the ARSC website, www.arsc.edu or by contacting wagaman@arsc.edu.

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