The Academic Advising Center
The Academic Advising Center (AAC) provides advising for General Studies, pre-major, non-degree students and students transitioning from one major to another. (All degree students are assigned an academic advisor in their major department. To find out who your advisor is, contact your major department.)

AAC advisors help students understand degree requirements, university policies and resources, plan classes over a series of semesters, explain options available, choose electives, and provide materials to help decide on the selection of a major. Learning style and career inventory services are available free of charge at the AAC. More information is available under Student Information at the AAC website. See address below.

Academic advisors and all services are available weekdays from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. throughout the summer. Schedule an appointment on the AAC‘s website.

Academic Advising Center
509 Gruening Building
(907) 474-6396
(888) 823-8780 (toll free)
advising@uaf.edu
http://www.uaf.edu/advising/

Rural Student Services
Rural Student Services (RSS) provides academic advising services for Native and rural college students and provides vital links with the Fairbanks campus community, rural communities, and other campuses throughout the state. Students may choose an RSS advisor who will provide academic advising and referrals to various academic support services on the Fairbanks campus. For more information, call RSS at 474-7871 or 1-888-478-1452. RSS hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Rural Student Services
200 Brooks Building
(907) 474-7871
(888) 478-1452 (toll free)
fyrss@uaf.edu
http://www.uaf.edu/ruralss/

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) provides access to computing services and support for all UAF students, faculty and staff. Services include e-mail accounts, MyUA, Blackboard, faculty and staff web pages, and network access. Open computing labs with both Windows and Apple computer systems are available for all UAF students in the Bunnell building, Rasmuson Library study area and the Moore-Bartlett-Skarland Complex (MBS Complex).

UA ID
Your UA ID is the number that is on your PolarExpress Card and uniquely identifies you in the University System. With your UA ID and PIN you can login to UAF services like UAOnline. It is important to keep your UA ID and PIN private. Never share any passwords or PINS with anyone.

UA Username
Your UA Username is a standard identity used to login to the University’s central authentification service, AuthServ. It is comprised of your first initial, middle initial and your last name, followed by a number to make it unique. It provides access to many UAF systems including Blackboard, MyUA, EDIR, UAF Leadership and others. Use the Easy-Login-Maintenance-Option aka ELMO at http://elmo.alaska.edu, to lookup your UAF Username and maintain the password.

E-mail Username
An e-mail and computer LABS account is created for each student registered at UAF. Your E-mail Username and E-Mail password are used to register your computer on the UAF network and to access the library system. Use http://weblookup.uaf. edu to activate or lookup your E-Mail Username. Contact the onduty LABS consultant or the OIT Support Center for assistance with logging in.

Communication via E-mail
UAF uses e-mail to communicate with students on many important matters. E-mail is often the only way some information is distributed. The university automatically assigns each student an official UAF e-mail account when a student enrolls. You are responsible for knowing and acting on all university communications sent to your official UAF e-mail account. If you wish to receive university communications at a different e-mail address it is your responsibility to forward e-mail from your assigned UAF account to the e-mail address of your choice. Set your email to forward at www.alaska.edu/oit/email/mail_forwarding.xml.

MyUA
MyUA is your portal to UAF online services. Once you login to MyUA you can get to many of the University systems with just a click or two. MyUA automatically gets you into E-mail, Blackboard, UAOnline, the library, campus announcements, events and activities. MyUA gives you your own pages to personalize and organize the way that works best for you. You can link to other sites on the web. In MyUA you and your friends can create groups, share calendars, and find other friends.

Blackboard
The Office of Information Technology hosts Blackboard, an internet-based course management system that allows students and faculty to participate in classes delivered online or use online materials and activities to complement face-face teaching. Blackboard enables instructors to provide students with course materials, discussion boards, virtual chat, online quizzes, an academic resource center, and more. Instructors may offer resources such as lecture notes, PowerPoint slide presentations, or class handouts. If you’re enrolled in a course that uses Blackboard, be sure to find out how Blackboard will be used in that course.

Office of Information Technology
401 Rasmuson Library
(907) 450-8300
(800) 478-4667 (toll free in Alaska)
http://www.uaf.edu/oit/

You may also get help via:
Phone:
On campus ext. 8300
Off campus 450-8300 or  800-478-8226 (toll free)
Fax: 450-8312
E-mail: helpdesk@alaska.edu
Web: http://www.alaska.edu/oit/sc/

The Center for Distance Education and Independent Learning (CDE) provides an educational alternative to attending college classes face-to-face. For more information and schedule please see the CDE website: http://www.distance.uaf.edu.

Students needing help with mathematics, statistics, or core level sciences will find it at the Math and Stat Lab. Assistance is provided for students at all levels. Students can also obtain help with ALEKS, WebAssign, and MyMathLab.

Math Lab
305 Chapman Building
(907) 474-7332
fymthlab@uaf.edu
http://www.dms.uaf.edu

The Department of Developmental Education helps under-prepared, linguistically diverse, and non-traditional students develop the academic and language skills necessary to successfully pursue their
lifelong learning goals.

The department offers composition, mathematics, reading, and study skills courses that prepare students to advance to the next academic level. The faculty use placement and retention, advising, tutoring, and a developmental teaching philosophy to help students succeed. A Developmental Math Lab (305 Gruening) is staffed by tutors to provide assistance with no charge to students. See UAF Coursefinder for course listings.

Developmental Math Lab Hours
305 Gruening
Mon., Tues., Thurs. 4 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Mon., Tues., Thurs. 7:15 p.m.–8:15 p.m.

Developmental Education
508C Gruening
(907) 474-1112

Elmer E. Rasmuson Library
The Elmer E. Rasmuson Library is the largest library in Alaska with more than 1.75 million volumes. Library faculty and staff help students identify and access information in UAF print and online collections by using a wide range of periodical indexes and catalogs. Interlibrary loan services locate and borrow materials owned by other libraries throughout the U.S.

The Alaska and Polar Regions Collections include rare books, periodicals, archives, manuscripts, historical photographs, oral histories, and maps.

Wireless internet access is available throughout the Rasmuson Library Building.

Your PolarExpress ID card serves as your library card, allowing you to check out library materials and media equipment. It also provides access to the all-hours study area (room 404) when the library is closed.

Rasmuson Library
(907) 474-7481
fyref@uaf.edu
http://library.uaf.edu

BioSciences Library
The BioSciences Library is a branch of the Rasmuson Library housing books and journals focusing on the life sciences.

BioSciences Library
Arctic Health Research Building
(907) 474-7442
fybmlib@uaf.edu
http://library.uaf.edu/biosci

Keith B. Mather Library
The Keith B. Mather Library contains resources on global change, space physics, atmospheric sciences, remote sensing, tectonics and sedimentation, seismology, volcanology, glaciology,  snow, ice, and permafrost. This extensive collection of books, data, proceedings, reports, and more than 300 journal subscriptions are vital to the high latitude research programs on campus.

The library also administers the Alaska Department of Transportation Library for the State of Alaska.

Keith B. Mather Library
GI/IARC
(907) 474-7512
gilibrary@gi.alaska.edu
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/services/library/

The Student Support Services (SSS) program located in 512 Gruening Building provides opportunities for academic development, assists students with basic college requirements, and serves to motivate students toward the successful completion of their degree program.

Services include: free tutorial services, instruction in mathematics skills, academic advising, mentoring and personal support, cultural and social engagement, use of laptop computers, computer labs, and other technological resources, as well as direct financial assistance to qualified low income participants.

All SSS program services are provided free of charge to eligible students. Our program is staffed with both professional and certified student tutors.

To receive services a student must have academic need and meet one of the following criteria: financially limited according to federal criteria, be a first generation college student (meaning neither parent has earned a bachelor’s degree), or have documented a physical or learning disability.

Participants must be enrolled in at least six hours of academic study and intend to obtain a Bachelor’s degree. Please contact the SSS office for summer office hours and tutoring services. Applications are available at http://www.uaf.edu/sssp/.

Student Support Services
512 Gruening Building
(907) 474-6844
fysssp@uaf.edu
http://www.uaf.edu/sssp/

The UAF Writing Center is an all-campus service staffed by tutors who will assist you at all phases of the writing process–planning, drafting, and revising. Tutors will collaborate with you or offer advice on your writing whether it is a scratch outline, a full draft, or something in between. You can make an appointment for a 30-minute session or drop in for assistance. Additional Writing Center resources include a computer lab (with up to 25 pages of free printing per visit) and a wealth of print resources (dictionaries, style manuals, grammar handbooks and thesauri).

Writing Center Hours
Monday–Thursday: 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Writing Center
Gruening Building Eighth Floor
(907) 474-5314
http://www.alaska.edu/english/studentresources/writing/