Regents approve electrical upgrades and more
February 17, 2012
The University of Alaska Board of Regents this week approved the next phase of critical electrical upgrades at the Fairbanks
campus - an ongoing project that improves a number of issues with the 50-year-old distribution
system.
The board also approved a certificate in baking and pastry arts, a reconfiguration
of an earlier certificate in culinary arts that featured one of three concentrations:
culinary arts, baking and pastry and cooking.
Board members attended a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday evening to celebrate recently
completed test labs for UAF’s Alaska Center for Energy and Power.
In other business, board members elected Regent Carl Marrs of Anchorage as the new
vice-chair of the board, following the resignation of Regent Bob Martin of Juneau
due to health reasons.
Another agenda item included resolutions of appreciation for two longtime UA System
staffers, Pat Ivey and Jeannie Phillips. Ivey is retiring after more than 36 years
and Phillips has moved to a part-time position at UAF after 21 years at the system
office.
For more information about these agenda items and photos from the ACEP ribbon cutting
go to the Statewide Office of Public Affairs online newsroom.