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Keith Mather, former director of the GI and vice chancellor for research, passed away Jan. 10. A memorial service is planned Jan. 30 at 5 p.m. in the Elvey Auditorium, room 214, with a reception in the Globe Room following the service.

Mark Neumayr has been named the vice chancellor for administrative services. Neumayr had served as interim vice chancellor since March 2002.

James Johnsen has been named vice president for faculty and staff relations at statewide. Johnsen assumed his new duties Jan. 20.

John Hill, CEO and owner of Auto Service Company and Fairbanks Motorsports, has been named the 2003 Business Leader of the Year by the Associated Students of Business. Hill is the 27th individual chosen to receive the award and will be honored at a banquet March 6 at the Princess Riverside Lodge. Tickets are $50 per person. For more information contact 7461 or fbasb@uaf.edu.

The National Science Foundation was reauthorized during a White House ceremony in December and is now authorized to received twice its previous level of funding over the next five years. Priority areas established for the NSF include EPSCoR and the establishment of a program to enhance the quality of science, technology, engineering and math education at institutions serving minorities, including Alaska Natives.

BP and ConocoPhillips presented the UA Foundation with nearly $4 million in December as their third annual contribution under terms of the companies' charter agreement with the state.

Judith Kleinfeld, director of Northern Studies, has received the Gold Pan Award for Outstanding Contributor in the field of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome for 2002. The statewide FAS Parent Support Group honored Kleinfeld at a ceremony in December.

The UAF Wind Symphony has been invited to represent Alaska in the National Festival of the States in Washington, D.C. May 13 - 14. One ensemble from each of the 50 states was selected by audition. The band must pay for its trip and is seeking donations to help with the cost. To help students attend the festival send donations to UAF Festival of the States Support Fund, Attn. Kim Davis, P.O. Box 757530, UAF, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7530.

Ronald Graham, a 1958 UAF graduate and a former honorary degree recipient, was recently presented with the Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement by the American Mathematical Society.

Daniel Mann, IAB, was recently invited by the journal "Science" to submit an essay on the article "Self-Organizations of Sorted Patterned Ground" by Mark Kessler and Brad Werner. Both articles were published in the Jan. 17 edition.

The TVC Culinary Arts program has moved to Fort Wainwright's Last Frontier Club due to renovations at Hutchison Career Center. Construction is scheduled to last until September 2004 and includes extensive upgrades to the kitchen and dining areas.

Poker Flat Research Range has a busy schedule with seven rockets set to launch this semester. The first launch window of the season opened Jan. 22 and runs through Feb. 8. Scheduled projects include a group of four rockets launched in rapid succession to measure wind in the upper atmosphere.

The GI's Alaska SAR Facility, as part of an agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is operating a facility to process remote sensing data from Japan's Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS). The ALOS Data Node is one of four centers worldwide established by the National Space Development Agency of Japan.

The Fairbanks Winter Folk Fest is Jan. 25 in Wood Center. Live music and a "slow jam" workshop for novice musicians takes place from noon - 5 p.m. in the Carol Brown Ballroom. Those 21 or older can enjoy live music in the Wood Center Pub from 7 - 11 p.m. Those who can't attend can tune in to KUAC 89.9 FM for a live broadcast.

The Opera Workshop class is performing scenes from Dido and Aeneas under the direction of John Hopkins, CLA, in the Davis Concert Hall Jan. 25 at 8 p.m.

A workshop to familiarize faculty and students with the 2003 Global Change Student Research Grant competition will take place Jan. 27 at 3:30 p.m. in the Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom. The deadline for applications is March 7. For more information call 5818 or visit www.cgc.uaf.edu/.

"Enhancing the Quality and Markets for Alaska Salmon," the second workshop in a series addressing the economic crisis facing Alaska's salmon industry and its coastal communities, is being held Jan. 27 - 28 in Anchorage. For more information contact Paula Cullenberg at 907-274-9691 or paulacullenberg@uaa.alaska.edu or visit www.sfos.uaf.edu/salmontools/.

The 2003 Science for Alaska lecture series' next two programs are "The Changing Glaciers of Alaska" by Keith Echelmeyer, GI, and Martin Truffer, CSEM, Jan. 28 and "Gentle Giants: Alaska's Humpback Whales" by Jan Straley, UAS, Feb. 4. Both begin at 7 p.m. in the Chena River Convention Center. For more information visit www.gi.alaska.edu/InfoOffice/.

The Visitor Industry Job Fair, co-sponsored by UAF Career Services and the Alaska Travel Industry Association, is Jan. 29 from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Jan. 30 from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. in Wood Center.

A violin recital by Erez Ofer is being held Jan. 30. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 students, seniors or military and $5 for children under 12. The Arctic Chamber Orchestra is performing Feb. 1. Admission is $20 adults, $15 students, seniors or military and $10 for children under 12. Both events are at 8 p.m. in the Davis Concert Hall.

The UA Museum Saturday Family Program presents "Ice Carving 101" Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to noon. Create your own ice art with guidance from ice sculptors Mark and Mimi Chapin. Ice, tools and hot chocolate are provided. For ages 7 to adult with a $20 admission and materials fees. For more information or reservations call 6948.

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Matt Emmons has been named USA Shooting's male Shooter of the Year for 2002. Emmons, a senior accounting major, has led the UAF rifle team to three of its last four national championships.

UAF women's basketball takes on Northwest Nazarene Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. in the Patty Center.

UAF men's basketball takes on UAA Jan. 25 at 4 p.m. and Western Oregon Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. in the Patty Center.

UAF hockey faces off against Western Michigan Jan. 24 - 25 and the University of Nebraska Omaha Feb. 7 - 8. Both series begin at 7 p.m. in the Carlson Center.

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Feb. 7, 2003: Deadline to submit nominations for emeriti. For more information contact Hild Peters at 5178 or fnhmp@uaf.edu or visit www.uaf.edu/provost/Emeritus/.

Feb. 12, 2003: Deadline to submit nominations for the 2003 graduation ceremony student speaker. For more information contact Sarah Comstock at 7317.

Feb. 14, 2003: Deadline for nominations for the Marion Frances Boswell Memorial Award, the Joel Wiegert Award and the Gray Tilly Memorial Award. Nomination forms are available at the Wood Center front desk or online at www.uaf.edu/woodctr/programs/awards/.

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from Mark Neumayr
Off to a Great Start

Welcome to the beginning of what promises to be a busy spring semester. Thanks to our commitment to planning and continued resolve to build a student-centered campus, we are successfully meeting the challenge of responding to Alaska's changing needs in workforce development, research studies and higher education.

The passage of a $236 million bond package addressing university and K-12 school construction and maintenance projects statewide was a milestone on our path to success. Thanks to the hard work of faculty, staff, students and alumni, Proposition C was approved, and the foundation for future successes is firmly in place.

We're moving forward and expanding our programs and infrastructure to meet Alaska's most immediate workforce development needs. And we'll meet the demands required of modern, innovative, progressive research and education in fields such as Native health, genomics, global climate change and bioinformatics.

With the recent appointment of Thomas Marr in bioinformatics, UAF now boasts five President's Professors. Marr joins Keith James in Alaska Native psychology, John Walsh in global climate change, Gordon Kruse in fisheries and oceanography and Buck Sharpton in remote sensing. At President Hamilton's direction, these UA Foundation-funded positions are intended to increase the university's responsiveness and capacity to assist with the state's most important challenges.

The opportunity to study alongside world-class research and teaching faculty continues to attract students. In fact, enrollment at UAF is at its highest level since 1994. Systemwide, enrollment is up 9.4 percent over fall 2001, with a total of 33,516 students attending one of the university's campuses throughout the state. The largest increase is at UAF where our fall 2002 total of 9,390 students represents an 11.5 percent jump over the previous year.

The spring semester is always filled with promise as we look toward commencement, and this year is particularly exciting as the university continues to fulfill its role as a catalyst for dynamic growth and diversification. UAF continues to be a front-runner in setting the pace for a new generation of Alaskans.

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