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UAF's Alaska Native language education program recently received a $1 million five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The money will fund four $10,000 fellowships; two full-time fellowships for graduate students seeking a degree in education with a Native language endorsement, and two full-time undergraduate fellowships for students seeking bachelor degrees in linguistics, Alaska Native studies, education or other relevant fields.

The Rasmuson Library sixth floor is scheduled for completion on Nov. 15 including a new window wall on the south side of the building to brighten up the interior space. Construction on the fifth floor is scheduled for Nov. 15 to February 2002. All books currently on the fifth floor will be moved up to the sixth floor. Construction will proceed floor by floor with final completion of the project scheduled for October 2003.

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The UA Board of Regents is meeting in Fairbanks on Nov. 9 for budget approval. The budget will be finalized and forwarded to the governor at the board's next scheduled meeting Dec. 6 - 7 in Anchorage.

UAF recently became the newest member of the Inland Northwest Research Alliance. The alliance was formed to facilitate new research and national partnerships between member institutions and the private sector, federal agencies and federal laboratories.

Jeff Freymueller, GI, and Qizhi Chen, graduate student, are co-authors of "Present-Day Crustal Deformation in China Constrained by Global Positioning System Measurements," published in a recent issue of "Science" magazine. The data used in their research disproves many previous theories about the dynamics of the Tibetan Plateau.

The West Coast and Polar Regions Undersea Research Center sponsored a two-day workshop with 19 universities and federal agencies to discuss research and exploration of Alaska waters with the assistance of Alvin, the deep-diving submersible that helped find the Titanic. Alvin and its mother ship, the Atlantis, are scheduled to spend 26 days next summer assisting with exploration of the western Gulf of Alaska. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Ocean Exploration is accepting proposals for research ideas, due Nov. 7. For more information visit http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov.

The UA Museum has announced the addition of Gordon Hass as the first Curator of Fishes. Hass is serving in a joint position with the museum and the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.

Aldona Jonaitis, UA Museum, will be taking a sabbatical from January - May 2002 to serve as a distinguished visiting professor of American art at Stanford University. Ethnology curator Molly Lee will serve as acting director during this time.

Michele Sullivan has been named coordinator and assistant professor for the new Emergency Medical Services degree program at the Tanana Valley Campus. The two-year degree program will begin during the fall 2002 semester.

UAF is represented with four presentations at " A Geo-Odyssey," the 113th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Boston Nov. 1 - 10. Julia Triplehorn and Wesley Wallace from the GI, John Kawula, Rasmuson Library, and graduate students Elizabeth Maclean and Margarete Jadamec are presenting at the meeting.

The University Women's Association's 33rd annual Holiday Bazaar will be held Nov. 3 - 4 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Wood Center. A free shuttle will be available from the Taku parking lot.

The Alumni Association is selling Christmas wreaths as a fund raiser. Wreaths cost $20 each or $25 with a velvet or plaid bow. The last day to place an order is Nov. 5 and wreaths will be delivered between Dec. 1 - 15. For more information contact the Alumni Association at 7081.

UAF Codes and Safety and Human Resources are sponsoring a free "Winter Survival" class Nov. 6 from 10 a.m. - noon in the Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom. For more information or to register call Forrest Kuiper at 2762.

The UAF Small Business Development Center presents "Marketing Your Small Business on the Internet" Nov. 8 from 6 - 9 p.m. with a $25 fee and "Starting a Small Business" Nov. 7 from 6 - 9 p.m. with a $35 fee. For more information or to register call 456-7232.

UAF Codes and Safety is offering a free basic first aid class for UAF employees Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. - noon in room 160 Old U-Park school. For more information call 5413.

The UA Museum is hosting the Geist Lecture "The World of Beads" Nov. 8 at
7 p.m. The Saturday family program "The Bead Goes On" is Nov. 10 from 10 a.m. - noon for children age 7 - 12 with a $15 fee. For more information call 6948. Military Appreciation Day is Nov. 10 from noon - 5 p.m. with free admission. For more information call 7505.

UAF Staff Council Advocacy Committee invites UAF staff and faculty on a campus tour Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. The tour will visit the upgraded Duckering Building, the Geophysical Institute and Hutchinson Career Center among other facilities. Lunch is included in the tour. For more information or to register contact Sara Comstock at 7317 or fnsrc1@uaf.edu.

The 3rd annual United Way Chillin' Chili Cook-Off will be held in the Wood Center on Nov. 9 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Join the fun and help choose the "People's Choice" winner. Have cornbread and a taste of each entry for $2.

Join Chancellor Lind and representatives from UAF's Army ROTC in honoring American veterans at a special program Nov. 12 at 10 a.m. in the Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom.

The 5th annual GeoCare Bazaar will be held Nov. 16 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m in the lobby of the International Arctic Research Center (IARC). For more information or to register as a vendor, contact Jane Nanto at 5509 or jnanto@gi.alaska.edu or Sheila Finch at 7562 or sfinch@gi.alaska.edu.

The UAF Music Department presents the UAF Invitational Band Festival Nov. 3 at 8 p.m with admission of $5 for adults and $3 for UAF students and families of West Valley High School musicians, Music at One Nov. 8 and 15 at 1 p.m., a UAF Jazz Band concert Nov. 8 at 8 p.m with admission of $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors, Choir of the North and Alaska Camerata in concert Nov. 11 at 4 p.m. with admission of $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors, Brass Ensembles Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. with admission of $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors and a UAF Kaleidoscope Concert Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. All events are in the Davis Concert Hall. For more information call 7555.

UAF has received $30,536 in products through the Sun Microsystems matching grant initiative. UAF is among the 250 academic and research institutions to participate in the grant program.

The Cooperative Extension Services team of Anthea Craven, Roxanne Creamer, Jayne Harvie, Becky Kirchner, Amy Simpson, Ron York and Kirsty Long recently won the first place national Marketing Package Award at the National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences 2001 annual session.

Joel Bluth has joined UAF endurance sports as a new assistant coach. He brings extensive racing experience and technical knowledge to the team. The ski team kicked off the season with the Ski Fest 2001 fundraiser on Oct. 27.

The Nanook volleyball team is back on a winning streak with four straight wins. UAF is now 13 - 6 overall and 10 - 4 in the conference. The last two games of the season are scheduled for Nov. 9 -10 at the Patty Center.

The UAF rifle team is off to a great start. UAF took top honors in both air rifle and smallbore against the University of Tennessee Martin. Matt Emmons posted another perfect score of 400 in air rifle. Their next match is against the University of Kentucky on Nov. 17.

The Nanook hockey team had a split series against Lake Superior State, Oct. 26 - 27 with a win 3 -2 and a loss 1 - 4. The next home games are Nov. 2 - 3 at 7 p.m. against the University of Michigan at the Carlson Center.

The accreditation process is over. Or is it? While there is no doubt in my mind that institutional accreditation is assured, we will have to wait for official action by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges on December 13 before we know the details.

However, we didn't need the site visit to turn our self-study into a useful exercise. Our own critical self-evaluation has provided us with an outline for immediate improvement of UAF. Our challenge is to put it to use.

Based on the self-study, I have developed a personal "to do" list that consists of a couple dozen items. For the time being I would like to highlight three of them that I think will require the involvement of most of the UAF community: (1) continued development of an integrated planning and budgeting process; (2) implementation of realistic, useful outcomes assessment programs; and (3) better integration of the College of Rural Alaska into UAF planning and programming.

There are no quick fixes for these challenges, but there is no doubt that sustained efforts on these fronts will lead to significant institutional improvement. I urge each of you to begin thinking about ways in which we can make headway on each of these and to begin preparing to join campus-wide efforts to achieve our objectives. For more information on UAF's accreditation visit http://www.uaf.edu/provost/accreditation/.


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