Communications
2024
- Tuition and fee rate clarification
(March 8, 2024) - Celebrating Elizabeth Peratrovich Day
(February 16, 2024) - UA Employee Experience Survey Follow-up
(February 1, 2024) - MLK Jr. Day in celebration of Alaska civil rights
(January 12, 2024)
- Holiday gathering
(December 1, 2023) - Season of gratitude
(November 21, 2023) - Thank you to our veterans
(November 10, 2023) - Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day
(October 9, 2023) - Chancellor's communication on potential federal government shutdown
(September 25, 2023) - AI at University of Alaska Fairbanks
(September 14, 2023) - Faculty and staff: Welcome to fall 2023!
(August 28, 2023) - Students: Welcome to fall 2023!
(August 28, 2023) - Celebrating our nation's independence
(June 30, 2023) - Celebrating Juneteenth
(June 19, 2023) - Honoring the meaning of Memorial Day
(May 26, 2023) - Supporting Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day
(May 5, 2023) - May is Mental Health Awareness Month
(May 1, 2023) - Staff Recognition and Development Day on April 5
(April 3, 2023) - Taking action for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
(March 31, 2023) - R1 research status
(March 23, 2023) - Celebrating Women's History Month
(March 1, 2023) - Celebrating Elizabeth Peratrovich Day
(February 16, 2023) - Celebrating Black History Month
(February 1, 2023) - Institute of Arctic Biology/Biology and Wildlife Organizational Task Force Report
(January 26, 2023) - MLK Jr. Day in Celebration of Alaska Civil Rights
(January 13, 2023)
- Enjoy the winter break
(December 15, 2022) - Giving thanks this season
(November 21, 2022) - Thank you on Veterans Day
(November 11, 2022) - Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
(November 1, 2022) - Honoring Indigenous Peoples' Day
(October 10, 2022) - Boarding schools day of remembrance
(September 30, 2022) - Support for Western Alaska
(September 21, 2022) - UAF Emergency Notification Protocols
(September 20, 2022) - Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month
(September15, 2022) - Faculty and staff: Welcome to fall 2022!
(August 29, 2022) - Students: Welcome to fall 2022!
(August 29, 2022) - United Academics CBA negotiations update
(August 23, 2022) - Celebrating our nation’s independence
(July 1, 2022) - Air quality due to wildfire smoke
(June 28, 2022) - Celebrating Juneteenth
(June 17, 2022) - UAF celebrates Pride Month
(June 2, 2022) - Congratulations to the class of 2022
(April 26, 2022) - NCAA Negotiated Resolution announced
(March 18, 2022) - Celebrating Women's History Month
(March 16, 2022) - Celebrating Elizabeth Peratrovich Day
(February 16, 2022) - Sophie Sergie trial verdict
(February 10, 2022) - Celebrating Black History Month
(February 1, 2022) - MLK Jr. Day and Alaska Civil Rights Day
(January 14, 2022) - Trial begins in Sophie Sergie case
(January 13, 2022) - Welcome to spring 2022
(January 10, 2022)
- Enjoy the winter break
(December 9, 2021) - Response to expedited administrative management review
(December 3, 2021) - Holiday gathering
(November 20, 2021) - Happy Thanksgiving
(November 22, 2021) - Thank you on Veterans Day
(November 11, 2021) - Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
(November 1, 2021) - Honoring Indigenous Peoples' Day
(October 11, 2021) - Boarding schools day of remembrance
(September 29, 2021) - Clery Act Compliance and Authority
(September 1, 2021) - Message to students: Welcome to fall 2021
(August 27, 2021) - Message to staff and faculty: Welcome to fall 2021
(August 27, 2021) - Chancellor's forum on the budget Aug. 19, 2021
(August 19, 2021) - Celebrating Juneteenth
(June 18, 2021) - Nanook Athletics update
(May 21, 2021) - Brock Anundson to serve as Alaska Nanooks athletic director
(May 11, 2021) - Congratulations on a job well done
(April 29, 2021) - Next steps on expedited administrative management review
(April 22, 2021) - Expedited administrative review — next steps
(April 7, 2021) - Expedited administrative management review report
(April 2, 2021) - Strategic Plan draft reports
(March 31, 2021) - A commitment to respect
(March 29, 2021) - Classroom capacity lifts
(March 26, 2021) - Nanook athletics update
(March 23, 2021) - Bunnell House and child care update
(March 23, 2021) - Update on UAF Athletics
(March 5, 2021) - Message to staff and faculty: Spring break
(March 4, 2021) - Message to students: Spring break
(March 4, 2021) - Final recommendations on expedited academic program review
(March 1, 2021) - Feedback sought on expedited academic program review
(February 22, 2021) - Exploring commencement options
(February 18, 2021) - Honoring Black History Month
(February 17, 2021) - Elizabeth Peratrovich Day
(February 16, 2021) - UAF's accreditation reaffirmed
(February 15, 2021) - Expedited academic program review recommendations released
(February 5, 2021) - Expedited academic program review recommendations available Feb. 5
(February 2, 2021) - Joint message with UAA and UAS Chancellors
(January 21, 2021) - Message to staff and faculty: Welcome to spring 2021
(January 11, 2021) - New interim athletic director
(January 7, 2021) - Shared values
(January 6, 2021)
- Update on Alaska Nanooks athletics
(December 11, 2020) - Happy Holidays
(December 11, 2020) - UAF United Way campaign begins
(December 1, 2020) - Happy Thanksgiving
(November 23, 2020) - Thank you on Veterans Day
(November 11, 2020) - Administrative Management Review – EX and FR Positions
(October 27, 2020) - Discussing new business models for child care facility
(October 20, 2020) - UAF winter closure: Dec. 24, 2020-Jan. 1, 2021
(October 15, 2020) - Indirect Cost Recovery Distribution Rate
(October 13, 2020) - Differentiated tuition forum Oct. 15
(October 8, 2020) - Accreditation visit update
(October 2, 2020) - Join me today at 1 p.m. for Convocation 2020
(September 29, 2020) - Message to students: UA Safe and Title IX build a strong community
(September 23, 2020) - Message to faculty and staff: Importance of Title IX training
(September 23, 2020) - Message to students: Welcome to fall 2020
(August 25, 2020) - Message to faculty and staff: Welcome to fall 2020
(August 25, 2020) - FY22 Early Planning Assumptions & Budget Guidance
(August 19, 2020) - Tuition Model
(August 19, 2020) - Commitment to Alaska Nanooks programs
(August 19, 2020) - 2020-2021 expedited academic program review
(August 13, 2020) - Pat Pitney named interim UA president
(July 14, 2020) - Nomination for interim president
(July 10, 2020) - Creating stability in changing times
(June 24, 2020) - Outcomes from this week's Board of Regents meetings
(June 6, 2020) - A message of solidarity
(June 2, 2020) - Charge to the Task Force on Outward-Facing Activities
(May 19, 2020) - Docusign Process
(May 15, 2020) - Message to students: Consolidated fee proposal
(May 13, 2020) - Advancing UAF's Strategic Plan
(May 13, 2020) - Changes to Title IX rules
(May 7, 2020) - FY21-FY22 Budget Planning Scenarios – Update for BOR Audit Committee on May 13, 2020
(May 7, 2020) - Administrative review proposals
(April 13, 2020) - Opportunity in disruption
(April 10, 2020) - Shared services center
(April 9, 2020) - Finding from COVID-19 UAF Staff Remote Accessibility Survey
(April 8, 2020) - Essential employee approvals
(March 31, 2020) - Gwen Holdmann to serve as liaison between UAF and Fairbanks Memorial Hospitals for
COVID-19 support
(March 31, 2020) - Curtail UAF nonessential spending during COVID-19 pandemic
(March 26, 2020) - Chancellor's recommendations on expedited academic program review
(March 23, 2020) - UAF Expedited Academic Review
(March 23, 2020) - Expedited academic program review: Early indications of feedback
(March 20, 2020) - Online listening session on expedited academic program review
(March 17, 2020) - Today's expedited academic program review announcement
(March 9, 2020) - Shared Services Business Center Proposals Update
(February 24, 2020) - Change in reporting structure for Sea Grant and MAP
(February 14, 2020) - Change of RFP deadline for Shared Services Business Centers
(January 23, 2020)
- Request for Proposals: Shared Service Business Centers on Troth Yeddha' Campus
(December 18, 2019) - Strategic planning documents available for review
(December 12, 2019) - Tuition and Fee Committee
(November 15, 2019) - Thank you on Veterans Day
(November 11, 2019) - FY20 UAF Strategic Enrollment Planning (SEP) Initiatives
(October 4, 2019) - Accreditation, financial aid and teach-outs
(October3, 2019) - This week's letter from the NWCCU
(September 28, 2019) - Memo: Procurement and Travel Approval Process
(July 2, 2019) - Staff Recognition and Development Day – May 8, 2019
(May 1, 2019) - FY 2020 Budget Reduction Planning
(April 30, 2019) - FY20 Planning
(April 15, 2019) - Response to Request for Surveys and Contact Information
(March 21, 2019) - Mission Memo to Vice Chancellors
(February 25, 2019) - Fab-lab Space & Equipment
(February 1, 2019) - FY20 Budget Planning
(January 30, 2019) - Aligning Programs from the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Rural and Community
Development
(January 22, 2019) - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Reindeer
Large Animal Research Station
(January 22, 2019)
- Faculty Task Force on F & A Rates
(December 10, 2018) - Fab Labs: New and Existing
(November 14, 2018) - Title IX training for employees
(August 31, 2018) - Prakash to serve as UAF provost
(May 11, 2018) - Required training for UAF employees
(April 25, 2018)
- COVID-19 update: July 28, 2022
- COVID-19 update: July 19, 2022
- COVID-19 update: April 14, 2022
- Memo to UAF Faculty Senate re: Immunocompromised Faculty
(April 5, 2022) - COVID-19 update: Masking expectations at UAF locations
(March 14, 2022) - COVID-19 masking update: March 7, 2022
- COVID-19 update: March 2, 2022
- COVID-19 update: Feb 24, 2022
- COVID-19 update: Feb. 10, 2022
- COVID-19 update: Jan. 13, 2022
- COVID-19 update: Jan. 6, 2022
- COVID-19 update: Dec. 9, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Nov. 11, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Nov. 2, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Oct. 18, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Oct. 14, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Sept 30, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Sept 23, 2021
- International Travel to U.S. State Department “Level 4 - Do Not Travel” Countries
(September 22, 2021) - COVID-19 update: Sept 16, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Sept 9, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Sept. 2, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Aug. 24, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Aug. 17, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Aug. 10, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Aug. 3, 2021
- COVID-19 update: July 30, 2021
- COVID-19 update: July 28, 2021
- COVID-19 update: July 20, 2021
- COVID-19 update: June 29, 2021
- COVID-19 update: June 22, 2021
- COVID-19 update: May 25, 2021
- COVID-19 update: May 21, 2021
- COVID-19 update: May 18, 2021
- COVID-19 update: May 11, 2021
- COVID-19 update: May 6, 2021
- COVID-19 update: April 27, 2021
- COVID-19 update: April 20, 2021
- COVID-19 update: April 13, 2021
- COVID-19 update: March 23, 2021
- COVID-19 update: March 16, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Feb. 23, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Feb. 16, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Feb. 9, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Jan. 12, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Jan. 5, 2021
- COVID-19 update: Dec. 15. 2020
- COVID-19 update: Dec. 8, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Dec. 1, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Nov. 20, 2020
- Update on Nanooks athletics seasons
(November 13, 2020) - Response to Gov. Dunleavy's COVID-19 message today
(November 12, 2020) - COVID-19 update: Nov. 3, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Oct. 20, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Oct. 13, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Oct. 6, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Sept. 29, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Sept. 22, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Sept. 15, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Sept. 8, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Sept. 3, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Sept. 1, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Aug. 29, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Aug. 25, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Aug. 18, 2020
- COVID-19 update: Aug. 11, 2020
- Campus access
(August 7, 2020) - COVID-19 update: August 4, 2020
- Preparing for fall semester
(July 28, 2020) - COVID-19 update: July 24, 2020
- New policy on face coverings
(July 23, 2020) - Fall semester update: July 21, 2020
- Fall semester update for staff: July 14, 2020
- Fall semester update: July 7, 2020
- Fall semester update: June 30, 2020
- On-site operation plan phases
(June 19, 2020) - UAF on-site operations
(June 1, 2020) - UAF remains in Phase A
(May 22, 2020) - UAF operations planning for the fall
(May 21, 2020) - Staff survey on university's COVID-19 response
(May 4, 2020) - Looking ahead to fall
(May 1, 2020) - Furloughs for senior administrators
(April 29, 2020) - UAF steps up to support COVID-19 response
(April 22, 2020) - UAF is planning for fall
(April 21, 2020) - Identifying COVID-19-related furloughs
(April 16, 2020) - Memo: Research under Health Mandates 11 and 12
(April 14, 2020) - UA Employee COVID-19 Status tool
(April 13, 2020) - Memo: COVID-19 Reporting Procedure
(April 13, 2020) - Early planning for COVID-related furloughs
(April 10, 2020) - CARES Act
(April 7, 2020) - Preparing for COVID-related furloughs
(April 7, 2020) - New UA tracking and response policy
(April 6, 2020) - Essential Employee Approvals
(March 31, 2020) - Gwen Holdmann to serve as liaison between UAF and Fairbanks Memorial Hospitals for
COVID-19 support
(March 31, 2020) - More information on Health Mandate 11
(March 29, 2020) - Shelter in place and in-state travel mandates
(March 28, 2020) - UAF Building Closures
(March 26, 2020) - Follow public health guidelines
(March 24, 2020) - New positive COVID-19 case
(March 21, 2020) - To students: A legacy of compassion and commitment
(March 21, 2020) - Working from home
(March 20, 2020) - Additional information on UAF COVID-19 case
(March 19, 2020) - Update on O'Neill Building precautions
(March 19, 2020) - Confirmed test result for UAF employee
(March 17, 2020) - Taking steps to slow the spread of COVID-19
(March 17, 2020) - March 17 online forum for COVID-19
(March 16, 2020) - To students: You are our highest priority
(March 16, 2020) - Travel and self-observing for 14 days
(March 16, 2020) - More information on COVID-19 response
(March 13, 2020) - Academic continuity
(March 13, 2020) - Today's new guidance on COVID-19
(March 12, 2020) - Resources for working, teaching remotely
(March 10, 2020) - UAF response team for COVID-19
(March 6, 2020) - Coronavirus steps and precautions
(March 3, 2020) - Novel coronavirus update
(Feb. 20, 2020) - Coronavirus update
(Feb. 13, 2020) - Coronavirus response management
(Feb. 11, 2020) - New coronavirus update
(Jan. 30, 2020)
2022
- ARENA Field Program - Summer 2022
(May 20, 2022) - Inspiring Girls Expeditions - Summer 2022
(April 11, 2022) - Northwest Campus birding workshop
(April 1, 2022) - High contact/high duration laboratory classes - Summer 2022
(March 8, 2022) - UA Museum of the North - Spring 2022 Field Work
(March 7, 2022) - Northwest Campus Tribal Management Course
(February 4, 2022) - Toolik Field Station (second revision)
(January 12, 2022)
2021
- University Affiliated Research Center
(November 12, 2021) - HAARP and PFRR (revised)
(November 12, 2021) - Intramural basketball and/or hockey
(November 12, 2021) - Northwest Campus Kammak Workshop
(November 12, 2021) - Rec classes in mountaineering and/or ice climbing
(November 12, 2021) - R/V Sikuliaq
(November 12, 2021) - High contact/high duration laboratory classes - Spring 2022
(November 12, 2021) - The Pub
(November 12, 2021) - UAF arts studios
(November 12, 2021) - Alaska Satellite Facility
(October 25, 2021) - UAF Police Department
(October 8, 2021) - Bonanza Creek LTER Fieldwork
(September 28, 2021) - IAC campus RHS cohort
(September 17, 2021) - Kasitsna Bay
(September 17, 2021) - OSHER Lifelong Learning Institute participants in indoor activities
(September 17, 2021) - Student actors in stage and film productions
(September 17, 2021) - Employee groups that are subject to external vaccination requirements in order to
execute their work on behalf of UAF
(September 1, 2021) - RHS and HUMS cohort classes held at the Kuskokwim Campus in fall 2021
(September 1, 2021) - Single student residence halls
(September 1, 2021) - Student groups that are subject to external vaccination requirements for the purposes
of completing their course/internship
(September 1, 2021) - Summer Sessions international travel program
(September 1, 2021)
2024
- Friday Focus: Inclusion at UAF
(January 25, 2024)
- Friday Focus: Looking ahead: Keeping our eye on UAF’s impact
(December 15, 2023) - Friday Focus: Valuing the institution
(October 27, 2023) - Friday Focus: We have the expertise
(September 29, 2023) - Friday Focus: Transformative academic journey
(August 25, 2023) - Friday Focus: Many hands make light (budget) work
(June 30, 2023) - Friday Focus: Looking forward
(April 28, 2023) - Friday Focus: Being intentional about our future
(March 31, 2023) - Friday Focus: Leading with the information we have
(January 27, 2023)
- Friday Focus: Survey says... 'A bright future ahead!'
(December 16, 2022) - Friday Focus: The Troth Yeddha' Indigenous Studies Center – coming soon to UAF!
(November 23, 2022) - Friday Focus: Gold is where you find it
(October 28, 2022) - Friday Focus: Case closure a reminder to remain vigilant
(September 31, 2022) - Friday Focus: Rev-it-up
(August 26, 2022) - Friday Focus: Leadership is all about balance
(July 29, 2022) - Friday Focus: Understanding privilege
(June 24, 2022) - Friday Focus: Athletics matters
(May 27, 2022) - Friday Focus: A vote of confidence
(April 29, 2022) - Friday Focus: Adding grace to the conversation
(March 25, 2022) - Friday Focus: Focus on the future: Distinction at UAF
(February 25, 2022) - Friday Focus: Back to the dialogue agreements (again)
(January 28, 2022)
- Friday Focus: Pride in UAF
(December 17, 2021) - Friday Focus: UAF's value proposition
(November 19, 2021) - Friday Focus: Satisfying the laws of conservation
(October 29, 2021) - Friday Focus: Many hands make light work
(September 24, 2021) - Friday Focus: UAF's forward-leaning bent
(August 27, 2021) - Friday Focus: It is not about COVID
(July 30, 2021) - Friday Focus: A walk and talk, my fave
(June 25, 2021) - Friday Focus: A better budget through understanding
(May 28, 2021) - Friday Focus: Two useful words for graduates
(April 30, 2021) - Friday Focus: Shared governance, shared responsibility
(March 26, 2021) - Friday Focus: Honoring our elders
(February 26, 2021) - Friday Focus: Putting togetherness to work
(January 29, 2021)
- Friday Focus: Tense matters, too
(December 18, 2020) - Friday Focus: The means matter
(October 30, 2020) - Friday Focus: Back to the dialogue agreements!
(September 25, 2020) - Friday Focus: Keep your eye on the prize, UAF
(August 28, 2020) - Friday Focus: The privilege and responsibility to make decisions
(July 31, 2020) - Friday Focus: From where I sit
(June 26, 2020) - Friday Focus: Confidence in UAF
(May 29, 2020) - Friday Focus: UAF's education futures
(April 24, 2020) - Friday Focus: An opportunity to create a new normal
(March 27, 2020) - Friday Focus: Creating an environment for student success
(February, 28, 2020) - Friday Focus: UAF's future is up to us
(January 31, 2020)
- Friday Focus: Enrollment is key to a vibrant campus
(December 20, 2019) - Friday Focus: Letting go of what was for what can be
(November 22, 2019) - Friday Focus: The Speed of Trust
(October 25, 2019) - Friday Focus: YOU belong at UAF
(September 27, 2019) - Friday Focus: Reasons to celebrate
(August 30, 2019) - Friday Focus: What athletics can do
(July 26, 2019) - Friday Focus: Guiding principles in uncertain times
(June 28, 2019) - Friday Focus: Two more 'words that matter'
(May 31, 2019) - Friday Focus: Words matter
(April 26, 2019) - Friday Focus: One Health, campus wellness and diversity
(March 29, 2019) - Friday Focus: Telling our story, sharing information
(February 22, 2019) - Friday Focus: Planning UAF's future
(January 25, 2019)
- Friday Focus: Planning and leadership communication in 2019
(December 20, 2018)
FY24
Join Chancellor Dan White for a discussion of the university’s enrollment and a transformative experience on Thursday, March 21, at 1:00 p.m. in the Wood Center ballroom. The event will also be available online at media.uaf.edu.
Panelists include:
- Dan White, chancellor
Owen Guthrie, vice chancellor of student affairs and enrollment management - Alex Hirsch, associate vice chancellor of student experience, honors college director
- Teddi Walker, director of residence life
- Ronnie Houchin, interim director, Center for Student Engagement
- Brock Anundson, director of athletics
Chancellor Dan White hosted a discussion about R1 on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at 1 p.m. in the Wood Center ballroom.
If you missed it, you can stream the Jan. 25 Chancellor's R1 Forum.
Chancellor Dan White hosted a discussion of the university’s budget on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 1:15 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium.
Panelists included:
- Dan White, chancellor
- Anupma Prakash, provost and executive vice chancellor
- Julie Queen, vice chancellor for administrative services
- Ashley Munro, director of financial aid
If you missed it, you can stream the Oct. 19 Chancellor's Budget Forum.
- UAF Travel Approval Authority
(January 26, 2024) - UAF Travel Self-Approval Authority
(January 26, 2024)
- UAF Travel Self-Approval Authority
(April 11, 2023)
- Exception[al] Placements
(December 16, 2022) - Corporate Partnership Agreements with Corporate Discount Rates
(December 5, 2022) - In-grade Salary Adjustments
(May 26, 2022) - Old Misconduct Cases
(January 26, 2022)
- Approval of Direct Appointment
(November 16, 2021) - Exception Placements
(November 16, 2021) - Establishment of Course Fees
(November 5, 2021) - Temporary Employee Reduction in FTE
(June 1, 2021) - UAF Travel Approval Authority
(February 3, 2021) - UAF Travel Self Approval Authority
(February 3, 2021) - Specific Academic Actions
(February 2, 2021)
- UAF Radiation Safety Officer
(December 17, 2019) - Approval for Temporary and Casual Labor Hires
(August 19, 2019) - Leave of Absence (Nonmedical) Requests
(July 29, 2019)