The staff of the Division of Student and Enrollment Services welcomes you to University of Alaska Fairbanks. Whether you are a graduate student or an undergraduate student, a full-time or part-time student, traditional or non-traditional student, you will have something to gain from your experience at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Your education will be the product of the lived experience during which you become aware of, understand and evaluates life in its academic, intellectual, spiritual, social and communitarian context through the course offerings, leisure time pursuits, relationships and other student endeavors.
The Division of Student and Enrollment Services exists and functions as the organization within the university committed to and responsible for providing services and opportunities, which compliment and enhance the classroom experience and provide educational, social and recreational opportunities which relate to the total education of the student.
University of Alaska Fairbanks campus environment is a critical factor in your educational experience and your role in shaping the environment must be an active one. The university is committed to human dignity and the worth of every person. This means that UAF supports those values which nourish the human respect needed for community members to live, work and study together which encourages students to engage in intellectual inquiry, critical thinking, aesthetic appreciation, respect for cultural differences and creative expression in an atmosphere of intellectual freedom. Honesty, integrity, responsibility and an abiding respect among members of the community are essential ingredients in the campus environment UAF maintains.
Through the course of this academic year, please be sure to use your abilities to their fullest, to expand and broaden your horizons, and to take the time to make good friends whose company and humor you can enjoy through your lifetime.
Dr. Tim Barnett
Vice Chancellor of Students
