Judith Kleinfeld, CLA, received the 2008 Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence. Kleinfeld has been at UAF since 1969 and is director of the national Boys Project and co-director of the UAF Northern Studies program.
Daniel Winfree, a UAF College of Fellows member for over 15 years and former adjunct faculty member of TVC, is the 19th justice to be appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court.
Murat Balaban is the new director of the SFOS Fishery Industrial Technology Center in Kodiak. Balaban will publicize the center’s work to increase the value of Alaska’s seafood products.
Reid Brewer, MAP, recently assisted a film crew from the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs and local residents in Unalaska to film the cleaning of a humpback whale carcass that was stranded last September. Once cleaned, the rearticulated bones will be displayed in a local hotel.
The GI Map Office has a new book for sale: The Climate of Alaska by Martha Shulski, GI, and Gerd Wendler, professor emeritus. The office is located in Akasofu 204.
The Alaska Statewide High School Science Symposium takes place March 1 – 2 at UAF. This year’s theme is IPY and 54 students are participating in the event.
The UAF Financial Aid Office recently changed its hours of operation. The office is open 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday. Appointments for other times can be arranged. For more information call 7256 or visit www.uaf.edu/finaid/.
Registration for Summer Session 2008 began Feb. 25. The first courses begin May 12. Check out the summer class schedule at www.uaf.edu/summer/.
The UAF Master Planning Committee is seeking input on the campus master plan five-year update. Review the plan at www.uaf.edu/mastplan/2002/. Please submit comments by March 7 at www.uaf.edu/mastplan/feedback/.
The UAF English Department sponsors several writing contests for students, many with cash awards. For more information call Julie Rafferty at 7197 or visit the English department at 850 Gruening.
Nanook Traditions Winter Carnival takes place Feb. 29 – March 1. For more information call 6026 or visit www.alaska.edu/woodcenter/.
The 35th annual Festival of Native Arts runs through March 1 from 6 p.m. – midnight in the Great Hall and Davis Concert Hall. For more information visit www.uaf.edu/festival/.
The UAF Trumpet Ensemble is hosting a fundraiser spaghetti feed March 1 at 6:30 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church to support its trip to Fairfax, Va. to participate in the National Trumpet Competition. For more information call Karen Gustafson at 5004.
Tickets for Diamonds, Pearls and Chocolate Swirls, the 2008 UA Museum of the North Chocolate Bash, go on sale March 1. The bash will be held April 5 and you must be 21 to attend. For more information call 7505.
Theatre UAF presents Winter Shorts, student-directed, one-act plays, March 2 at 6 p.m. and March 6 – 9 at 8:15 p.m. in the Salisbury Theatre. For more information visit www.uaf.edu/theatre/.
"Making Our Community Better: Building Social Capital," a panel discussion sponsored by the UAF Northern Leadership Center, will be held March 3 at 7 p.m. in Wood Center conference rooms C and D. For more information contact Susan Herman or Sheri Layral at 479-5942.
The Chapman Chair lecture series presents "Looking Back: The IGY, Sydney Chapman and the Alpha Ice Island," by Norbert Untersteiner, University of Washington, March 4 at 3:40 p.m. in Elvey 214; "AIDJEX – The Motion Picture," a brown bag lunch lecture by Untersteiner and Eddy Carmack March 5 at noon in Elvey 215; and "Godzilla and Bambi: The IGY and IPY," by Untersteiner, March 6 at 3:40 p.m in Elvey 214.
The Office of Information Technology is hosting training opportunities throughout the semester, including Roxen UAF March 4 and Query Builder Reader March 12. For more information or to register visit www.uaf.edu/oit/training/.
The Academic Advising Center is hosting the Managing Stress and Test Anxiety workshop March 4 at 1:05 p.m. in Gruening 409. For more information or to register visit www.uaf.edu/advising/student/.
The Sharing Voices lecture series presents author Rory Stewart with a talk about his book The Prince of the Marches: and Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq March 5 at 7 p.m. in the Davis Concert Hall.
The UA Museum of the North presents a stage reading of The Winter Bear March 6 at 7 p.m. Admission is free. For more information call 7505.
ARSC provides free training for new and current users of high performance computing resources, including Using Fortran 90 March 7. For more information call 8600 or visit www.arsc.edu.
The third annual Lilly Arctic Institute on Innovations and Excellence in Teaching: Celebrating Adult Learning and Cultural Attunement takes place March 5 – 7 at the Princess Hotel. For more information contact Larry Roberts at 2056 or fflnr@uaf.edu.
UAF TRiO Day takes place March 6 at noon in the Wood Center multilevel lounge. UAF TRiO programs, Upward Bound and Student Support Services will recognize high-achieving students.
Spring Break is March 10 – 14 and no classes will be held. Most campus offices will be closed March 14.
Visit UAF's online calendar at www.uaf.edu/events/ for information on UAF events or to publicize an event.
Flint Hills Resources Alaska, Inc. gave $62,500 to fund a variety of programs, including the visiting faculty program through the SOM, the TVC student fees assistance and scholarships for student-athletes through the Nanook Fund.
Professor emeritus Syun-ichi Akasofu and his wife Emiko gave a second gift of $25,000 to support the GI Associates’ Endowment Fund.
BP gave several gifts totaling $10,000 in support of the Minority Engineering Program and the Petroleum Engineering Program at CEM in addition to support for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society and the Society of Professional Engineers chapters at UAF.
Paul H. and Lucy A. McCarthy made an $8,000 gift to the P. Stephen McCarthy Memorial Fund to sponsor a photojournalism internship with Athletics.
The Atwood Foundation gave $16,000 to support the National Ocean Sciences Bowl finals, to be hosted in Seward in April 2008.
Nanook women’s basketball faces off with Central Washington March 1 at 3 p.m. in the Patty Center gym.
Nanook men’s basketball takes on Western Oregon March 6 at 7 p.m. and St. Martin’s March 8 at 3 p.m. 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.
March 4, 2008: Deadline for submitting abstracts for the Little Alaska Weather Symposium at UAF May 12 – 13. For more information visit weather.arsc.edu/Events/LAWS08.
March 12, 2008: Nominations for the UAF Exceptional Student Employee Awards are due. For more information visit www.uaf.edu/career/.
March 15, 2008: All application materials for May 2008 graduation and a $50 fee are due. Applications can be found at www.uaf.edu/reg/forms/graduation.pdf. For more information call 7523.
March 17, 2008: Applications for the ARSC 2008 Undergraduate Research Challenge Summer Intern Program are due. For program information and online application, visit www.arsc.edu/programs/interns/.
March 21, 2008: Submissions for the People’s Endowment are due by 5 p.m. For more information visit www.uaf.edu/advance/grants/index.html.
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 www.uaf.edu/provost/honorary_degrees/index.html.
