MEDIA ADVISORY

TO:                     News Directors and Education Reporters

FROM:                 University Relations

SUBJECT:            Campus Offices Closed for the Holidays

LOCATION:          UAF Campus

DATE & TIME:     5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21 – 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2.

Students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are hustling and bustling with end-of-the-semester activities and taking their last exams of the year before leaving campus for their annual holiday break beginning Friday, Dec. 21. Residence halls will close at noon.

UAF offices will officially close at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21 and will re-open at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2. During the closure, only essential services will continue with minimum staff.

As always, the UAF Police and Fire Departments will remain open, but the UAF Bookstore, Patty Center, the Student Recreation Center, the Wood Center, the UA Museum, Rasmuson Library and some computer labs on campus will have limited hours. For a complete listing of holiday hours visit, http://www.uaf.edu/univrel/holiday.html.

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CONTACT: Contact UAF Public Information Officer Carla Browning at (907) 474-7778 for more information.

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