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| March 7, 2003 | fystone@uaf.edu | ||
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Critical Role of Student Employment |
The UA Board of Regents approved name changes for the SALRM to the School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences and for the UA Museum to the UA Museum of the North. In other action the board increased funding for the museum expansion project and approved the Biological and Computational Facility's design project and the West Ridge revised schematic design. Also approved was the deletion of UAF's two MAT degrees and the bachelor of arts in human services degree. For complete minutes of the meeting visit www.alaska.edu/bor/. Enrollment at UAF for the spring 2003 semester is up 12 percent overall from the same period last year. This increase follows an 11.5 percent rise in the closing numbers from fall 2002. UAF's 81st commencement ceremony will feature Tlingit elder and Native leader Walter A. Soboleff Sr. as the keynote speaker. Honorary degrees will be awarded during the ceremony to civil engineer Helen Atkinson, airline executive and chemical engineer Ronald F. Cosgrave, ornithologist Johannes Erritzoe and project manager Kenneth "Utuayuk" Toovak. Commencement is May 11 at the Carlson Center. For more information visit www.uaf.edu//commencement/. Hong Liang, CSEM, was selected to receive the National Science Foundation CAREER award for 2003. Liang will receive $450,000 over five years to fund research activities and is the first UAF engineering faculty member ever to receive this award.
Brian Allee is the new director of the Alaska Sea Grant College Program at UAF. Allee is the former director of Alaska's salmon hatchery system and holds a doctorate in fisheries from the University of Washington. CSEM's 10th annual Science Potpourri will be held April 5 in the Natural Sciences Facility. All UAF departments are invited to participate. For more information contact Marlys Schneider at 6287 or fnmes@uaf.edu. UAF Student Support Services was recently certified by the College Reading and Learning Association's International Tutor Certification Program, which allows student tutors to be certified by nationally recognized criteria. SSS awarded its first certifications Feb. 27 and has trained 38 student tutors since fall 2002. Gretchen Gordon has been named director of development and outreach for KUAC. Gordon previously worked as a gift planning officer for the American Red Cross in Ohio. Carla Browning, University Relations, is serving on the Inland Northwest Research Alliance/Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory communications committee to promote research and share information with member states. INRA/INEEL is a non-profit scientific and educational organization consisting of eight western research universities. For more information call 7778. The UAF Police Department has issued a campus moose alert. To protect the campus community and the moose, campus police officers attempt to move moose to safer browsing areas off-campus with the use of sirens and lights on emergency vehicles. If you see a moose on campus, call 7721 to report its location. Richard Carr, CLA, delivered "The Brilliant Lies of The Emerald City Perfectionist: David Williamson's Women and David Williamson's Australia" at the Modern Language Association conference in New York in December 2002. The UAF Women's Center is seeking volunteers to help with activities in March during Women's History Month. For more information or to volunteer contact the Women's Center at 112 Eielson or 6360. The UAF Bookstore is taking pre-orders for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." Order before April 25 to receive 35 percent off the retail price. A kick-off party is planned for the release on June 21, and the bookstore will be open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. that day. For more information or to pre-order your copy call 6858. Faculty members may purchase or rent academic robes for commencement through the UAF Bookstore. Deadline for ordering is March 14. For more information call 6859 or contact fybook@uaf.edu. The last day for student-initiated or faculty-initiated withdrawals is March 14. Employee notice, protection for whistleblowers--Any employee may in good faith report to testify before a public agency concerning: a violation of federal, state or local law; a danger to public health or safety; gross mismanagement; a substantial waste of funds or clear abuse of authority; or a matter under investigation by the state. Employee protections and obligations regarding reports of these matters of public concern are fully stated in Alaska statutes 39.90.100 through 39.90.150, which are available for review at UAF University Relations, 201 Eielson Building.
Theatre UAF presents "Kartasi," an audience participation play by Thomas Riccio, CLA. Show times are March 7, 8, 14 and 15 at 8:15 p.m. and March 9 at 2 p.m. in the Salisbury Theatre. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for alumni, faculty, staff, seniors or military and $4 for students and children. For more information visit www.uaf.edu/theatre/. The CSEM 2003 Secondary Outreach Program: The Alaska Statewide High School Science Symposium, is being hosted in the Natural Sciences Facility March 8-9. This year 45 high school students discuss their research and compete for scholarships and other awards. "Indigenous Rights and Native Sovereignty," a public panel discussion, will be held March 10 at 7 p.m. in the Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom. The discussion is part of UAF's participation in the Global Citizenship: The Arts of Democracy project. The UAF Women's Center is hosting political visionary and author Elaine Brown as keynote speaker for Women's History Month on March 10 at 7 p.m. in the Wood Center multi-level lounge. A reception and book signing will follow. For more information call 6360. The UAF Leadership in Action seminar series presents "Educational Leadership" by John Monahan, CLA, March 13 and "Management, Profit and the Moral Imperative of Leadership" by Jim Collins, SOM, March 20. Both lectures are from 1-2 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium. To watch the webcast visit www.uaf.edu/news/. For more information visit www.uaf.edu/gradsch/guestbook/events.html. The UA Museum's Junior Curators Camp, "Painting Workshop," is being held March 19-21 from 8:30 a.m.-noon. The camp is for students in grades 6-12 and has an $85 fee. No previous art experience is needed. For more information or reservations call 6948. The UAF Career Expo '03 takes place March 26 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and March 27 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in Wood Center . For more information call 7596 or visit www.uaf.edu/career/. The 2nd annual UAF Student Leadership Institute, "One Alaska, Many Voices--Leading and Participating in the Last Frontier," is being held March 28-29. Registration is $10. For more information visit www.uaf.edu/leadership/. UAF hockey faces off against UAA in the last home game of the season. Come out to the Carlson Center March 7 and 8 at 7 p.m. to support the Nanooks in their bid for the Governor's Cup! UAF men's basketball takes on Seattle University in the last regular season game March 8 at 3 p.m. in the Patty Center. The UAF rifle team aims for its sixth national championship March 13-15. Visit www.uaf.edu/athletic to get the results! March 14, 2003: Deadline to submit entries for the English Department's writing contests. For more information on the contests contact Vicky Zins at 7197 or visit www.uaf.edu/english/.
At UAF, more than 1,250 students take advantage of the opportunities for student employment. Student jobs have proven to be a positive factor in the retention of students as they pursue their educational objectives while they gain practical work experience. Being an employee on campus gives our students a sense of community which helps them identify with the campus core values. Studies also show that student employees maintain a higher grade point average than students who don't have jobs, partly because of the skills they develop while working. While they learn positive work skills, they also develop organizational skills, communication techniques, teamwork and leadership--all traits employers seek in our graduates. Early each semester, the UAF student job fair gives students the opportunity to learn more about positions available around our campus. Last fall 21 different offices were present to answer questions and offer guidance to those students seeking employment. More than 300 students took advantage of this opportunity to learn more about their potential on-campus employers. Working with the Department of Career Services, the Exceptional Student Employment Award committee takes nominations from offices on campus and honors an exceptional student employee each semester. This past fall two students received this recognition: Kate Navarro from residence life and Sara Speziale from Wood Center. They are certainly not the only students who make our campus community so special, but they are indicative of the wealth of talent that our students provide to the university labor pool. I encourage everyone with student employees to show their gratitude for the work they do. More opportunities will become available to supervisors during the remainder of this semester to participate in campuswide activities to honor our student employees, so be on the look out for them. Thanks to those of you who provide these extraordinary "outside the classroom" learning opportunities. Student employment is a great example of a win-win situation for everyone involved! |
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