Scientists Anna Springsteen with UAF's Agricultural and Scenario Network for Alaska Planning, or SNAP and Wendy Loya with the Alaska Wilderness Society will discuss the climate change scenarios for the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge during a statewide teleconference Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. The teleconference is one of several planned on topics related to climate change impacts and responses in Alaska. The event is sponsored by the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. Visit http://www.uaf.edu/news to sign up.
Two Alaska Nanook seniors were recognized with weekly honors Feb. 5 by the Central Collegiate Hockey Association after helping the Blue and Gold to its first sweep of the season, bolstering its chances of hosting a first-round CCHA playoff series next month. Defenseman T.J. Campbell and goalie Wylie Rogers were recognized as the conference’s Defensive Player and Goaltender of the Week, respectively.
The UA Board of Regents wrapped up a two-day meeting in Juneau on Feb. 7, during which they approved several new academic offerings, a design for a roofing and siding project at the Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel and a three-year contract for 324 members in the Alaska Community Colleges' Federation of Teachers. The regents also approved the naming of a tract of land at UAF, between the UA Museum of the North and the Paul Reichardt Building, Troth Yeddha' Park. Troth Yeddha' is the Athabascan name for "the site where the wild potato is gathered." The area is to be considered a tribute to Alaska Native culture and history on the UAF campus.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works released a report in December that includes more than 400 scientists that object to claims that global warming is man-made. Gerhard Kramm and Glenn Shaw, Geophysical Institute, and Syun-Ichi Akasofu, International Arctic Research Center, are included in the report. To access the report, visit http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.SenateReport
Say it with balloons! The Wood Center front desk is now offering balloon bouquets. The staff can create bouquets for birthdays, holidays or special events. For more information call 7034.
Keep up the good work! UAF employees have donated $64,580.50 to the United Way since October 2007. The campaign is still underway, so don’t miss the chance to participate. Donations are used in the Fairbanks area. For more information, e-mail Chris Bennett at chris.bennett@uaf.edu or call 2850.
The University Women's Association is offering scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,500 for the 2008-09 academic year to undergraduate female students. Students who are enrolled in either an associate-degree program with 9 or more credits or the bachelor's-degree program full-time with sophomore standing or above may apply. Applicants must have a 3.0 or better GPA for the past two semesters. Applications and more information are available online at www.uaf.edu/uwa/scholarship.html.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks information hotline is 474-7UAF(7823) and is the number to call for information and updates on emergency or unusual events affecting campus, including holiday closures and weather- and safety-related issues. In the event of an emergency, additional information may also be available online at http://www.uaf.edu.
The nomination form and guidelines for the Spring 2008 Staff Make Students Count Award are now available online. Please visit http://gov.alaska.edu/Staff/studentscount/ for more details.
The University of Alaska Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2008 Angus Gavin Memorial Migratory Bird Research Grant. Caroline Van Hemert, a graduate student attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks, has been awarded $15,000 for her research proposal, "Multi-species Investigation of Beak Deformities in Resident Alaska Birds.” Emily Weiser, also a graduate student attending UAF, has been awarded $10,000 for her research proposal, "Diet of Glaucous Gulls (Larus hyperboreus) on Alaska's North Slope.”
Advance tickets for the UA Museum of the North’s annual Chocolate Bash will be available starting Feb. 25. General ticket sales begin Mar. 1. For tickets and information, call 7505.
Human Resources is interested in obtaining your candid opinion of current HR services to assist in their redesign efforts. Please participate in the online survey located at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=M5NTks2C4vWiPjBzerZp_2bA_3d_3d. The process takes about 15 to 20 minutes to complete.
ARSC provides free training and workshops for new and current users of high-performance computing resources. Spring HPC training, located in WRRB 009, includes Introduction to Paraview, Feb. 15, Introduction to Integrated Data Viewer (IDV), Feb. 22, and Introduction to Matlab, Feb 29. To register, visit www.arsc.edu or e-mail training@arsc.edu.
UAF Cooperative Extension Service presents “Integrating Solar Design Into Your Alaskan Home: Fairbanks and Interior Alaska,” on Feb. 16, from 1-5 p.m., in the Schaible Auditorium. To register, call 7201 or 6366.
National Geographic Magazine photographer Joel Sartore will share his experiences with the public in "Grounded: A Reflection on the Use of Life and Land,” Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium.
Career Services and the School of Management are jointly hosting Business Career Week, Feb. 18-22. Highlights of the week include guest speaker William MacKay from Alaska Airlines on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. and a job fair on Feb. 20 from 11a.m.-5 p.m. Both events take place in the Wood Center Ballroom. For more information, contact 7596 or 7461.
Students in the Department of Geology and Geophysics are hosting a Geosciences Chili Cook-off Feb. 19, at 11:30 a.m. in the Reichardt Building, room 234. Judging will occur in the following categories: best tasting, hottest, vegetarian and most geologic. For more information, contact Ellen Craig at 7565.
The Department of English Research Colloquium presents Marion Jones, Lecturer, who will give a talk entitled "'I am a King's Daughter: Laying Down the Law in Katerine Saga,” Feb. 19 from 1-2 p.m. in Gruening 405.
The UAF College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the UA Museum of the North are co-sponsoring a special Sydney Chapman Chair Lecture Series event Feb. 20, at 7 p.m., at the museum's Arnold Espe Auditorium. The lecture will feature a fascinating blend of glacial physics, oral history and poetry, presented by anthropologist Julie Cruickshank and her husband, glaciologist Garry Clarke. The unique view of their work will be based on the Wallace Stevens poem "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird."
The UAF Staff Council will hold a public meeting on Feb. 20 from 8:45-11 a.m. in the Wood Center Ballroom.
Righteous Ladies Rebelling is sponsoring a production of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues,” in support of the 2008 V-Day Campaign. Performances will be Feb. 22-23 at 7:30 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium. Proceeds will benefit the Interior Center for Non-Violent Living.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Engineering and Mines will host the Engineering Open House in the Duckering Building from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Feb. 23. Pan for gold, eat electric hot dogs, watch a simulated earthquake, float marbles, or drive a remote-controlled robot using the latest Access Grid Internet technology and the resources of the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center. For more information, contact Ryan Smith at fnros@uaf.edu or 7390.
Learn how paleontologists dig for, preserve and study fossils. See real fossils from the museum's collection and learn about past life in Alaska, including dinosaurs and Pleistocene mammals. The UA Museum of the North presents the family program “Fossils: Dinosaurs, Mammoths and More,” on Feb. 23, from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Registration is required. For details visit http://www.uaf.edu/museum/events/index.html.
Edward J. Vajda, professor of modern and classical languages at Western Washington University, Bellingham, will present his lecture “The Siberian Origin of Na-Dene Languages,” Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Wood Center Ballroom. The lecture is in conjunction with the Dene-Yeniseic Data Seminar being held on campus Feb. 26-27.
Spring and summer are very busy times for events on campus. To ensure the success of your event, please visit http://www.uaf.edu/safety/special%20event.htm and complete the requested information.
Professor emeritus Syun-ichi Akasofu and his wife, Emiko, gave a gift of $25,000 to the UAF International Arctic Research Center fund from their IRA distribution. This is the 50th year Akasofu has been associated with the university, since starting here as a graduate student studying the aurora.
Another devoted retiree, Barry McWayne, gave a gift of $10,000 to the museum for photography acquisitions, one of his many areas of expertise.
Alumna Jean Schmitt made a gift of $27,000 to endow the Jean B. Schmitt Scholarship, which will provide scholarship support to a female accounting student at UAF’s School of Management.
An anonymous donor has given $10,000 to support research on Cooper Island, in the Arctic Ocean off the North Slope. UAF IAB professor Dr. George Divoky has been conducting research on the affects of climate change on the black guillemot bird population on the island for more than 30 years.
Nanook hockey faces off against Notre Dame Feb. 15-16. All games are at 7:05 p.m. in the Carlson Center.
Nanook men’s basketball hosts Seattle Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. and Montana State-Billings Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. Both games will be played in the Patty Center gym.
For more information on these and other UAF athletic events, visit www.alaskananooks.com or call the ticket office at 5977.
Feb. 15, 2008: Deadline to submit nominations for he Marion Francis Boswell Award (Outstanding Graduating Senior Woman), the Joel Wiegert Award (Outstanding Graduating Senior Man) and the Gray S. Tilly Memorial Award (Outstanding Graduating Non-Traditional Student). For more information visit www.alaska.edu/woodcenter/awards.
Feb. 22, 2008: Application deadline for the 2008 Global Change Student Research Grant Competition. Information and packets are available from the graduate school, the global climate change office, or online at http://www.cgc.uaf.edu.
Feb. 29, 2008: Faculty and staff deadline for technology fee (TAB grant) proposals. TAB funds are the result of fees collected from UAF students on a per course basis. Each proposal must focus on technology of direct benefit to students, either in the classroom or related educational/learning activities. For more information and to submit online, visit http://www.alaska.edu/uaf/tab.
Feb. 29, 2008: Deadline for donations to the United Way 2007 campaign. For more information, e-mail Chris Bennett at chris.bennett@uaf.edu or call 2850.
Mar. 1, 2008: Application deadline for graduation with leadership honors for both Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 graduates. Complete details are in the application packet; applications are available in the leadership program office and online at http://www.alaska.edu/woodcenter/leadership/. For more information call the leadership program at 1170.
Mar. 4, 2008: Deadline for submitting abstracts for the May 12-13 Little Alaska Weather Symposium at UAF. LAWS provides a forum to exchange Alaska-specific operational forecasting and weather research data. For more information, visit http://weather.arsc.edu/Events/LAWS08.
March 17, 2008: Applications for the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center's 2008 Undergraduate Research Challenge Summer Intern Program are due. For program information and online application, visit http://www.arsc.edu/programs/interns.
April 2, 2008: Honorary degree recipient nominations for Commencement 2009 are due to the UAF provost's office. For guidelines and more information, please see the website at http://www.uaf.edu/provost/honorary_degrees/index.html.
