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Friday Focus: Returning light a reassuring presence
February 14, 2025
This time of year I find myself obsessing about our returning daylight. I count the accumulating hours and minutes and the time gained each day (six minutes and forty-nine seconds today!). Even though I have absolutely no control over the returning light and warmth, the phenomenon is a reassuring presence. It brings me joy; it just gets better and better from here and I am already excited that we will cross over the ten-hour-day mark in two weeks! At the other end of the not-in-my-control spectrum is the current turmoil in Washington, D.C., and the uncertainties related to federal funding in general and for UAF in particular. Because of that stress, I am especially thankful for the returning daylight as a source of strength.
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Jill Faudree receives distinguished teaching award
February 14, 2025
Mathematics faculty, Jill Faudree has been awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award for the Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America.
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BLaST celebrates February 2025 Scientist of the Month
February 14, 2025
Spencer Baysinger, a third-year BLaST scholar and a junior at UAF pursuing a bachelor of science degree in computer science with a minor in mathematics, is the BLaST Scientist of the Month for February 2025! Baysinger is also a UAF Honors student, President of the UAF National Society of Leadership and Success and a UAF Residence Life resident assistant.
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Chance to win at the Alaska Nanooks Gold Rush
February 14, 2025
Support your Alaska Nanooks at the Gold Rush reverse raffle and auction on Saturday, March 22 at 6 p.m. Gold Rush is proudly presented by Usibelli Coal Mine and promises a night of food, drinks, games, and big prizes!
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February 14, 2025
There is still time to register your child for a spring break camp. Spaces are available in the Spring Break Drama Camp with the Fairbanks Shakespeare Theater and the Spring Break Field Day Camp with the UAF Volleyball Team.
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Registration open for summer 2025 via Schedule Planner
February 14, 2025
Course registration is open for the summer 2025 semester. Students can now browse available courses, generate possible schedule options and register for classes in one place with the mobile-friendly Schedule Planner.
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Are you a UAF Researcher? Where have you published?
February 12, 2025
The Vice Chancellor for Research Office is compiling a list of journals where UAF researchers have published their work. This will be used to compile a history of UAF's research success and create a data visualization graphic.
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Apply for URSA Innovative Technology and Education Awards
February 12, 2025
URSA's 2025 Innovative Technology and Education Awards offer up to $5,000 to support technology-related equipment or software purchases for student-based instruction, research or project work. Funds for these awards come from a percentage of student fees.
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Academic Coaches available for your students
February 10, 2025
Academic Coaching is a partnership between students seeking to improve their study strategies and peer coaches trained to listen, ask thought-provoking questions, help students identify barriers to success and resources and set goals. Coaches are available to talk to your class about the services available to help them succeed.
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Invite a Study Away Peer Advisor to visit your class
February 10, 2025
The Study Away Program has some brand-new team members! Our four new Peer Advisors are all current students who have studied away before themselves. They are now available to talk to classes or other campus groups about the Study Away Program, and are excited to share about the program and their experience.
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UAF Alumni Association board nominations sought
February 07, 2025
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Alumni Association is accepting nominations to serve three-year terms on its 12-member board of directors. Nominations will be accepted through March 10, 2025.
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Friday Focus: Responsibility, accountability and ownership
February 07, 2025
UAF began proactive strategic enrollment planning in the fall semester of 2018. Since then, our administrators, faculty, staff, and students have worked together to implement dozens of action plans that have improved our operations, enhanced our reputation, and increased our enrollment (and revenue) despite a nationwide decline in enrollment trends. And we know there is more we need to do. New data from the Census Bureau indicate not just one, but two demographic cliffs, which will result in fewer high school graduates across the United States. In Alaska, when population figures are adjusted for the likelihood of attending college after high school, this results in a sharp enrollment decline that we are already witnessing. The University of Alaska Board of Regents has emphasized the urgency of addressing this challenge by increasing our share of new students in the competitive enrollment market and focusing on retaining and graduating the students we enroll.
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Federal Relations Summer Intern opportunity
February 04, 2025
The UA Federal Relations Team is seeking a 10-week summer 2025 DC-based intern. Current undergraduate students within the University of Alaska system, interested in government, government relations, or federal policy are encouraged to apply. The posting is live on UA Careers and on Handshake.
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February rural staff spotlight: Bruce Ervin
February 04, 2025
Bruce Ervin, the IAD Tok Campus, term assistant professor of language and culture, is the rural staff spotlight for February 2025.
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What's new with AI: Drop-in discussion
February 03, 2025
Join this event on the third Thursday of every month from 1-2 p.m. to chat with CTL instructional designers and other faculty about recent advances and best practices in generative artificial intelligence and the best practices surrounding its applications to higher education.
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February 03, 2025
Ideation Studio is a series of hands-on workshops intended to help researchers, faculty, staff, and students work together to solve Alaska challenges across silos. Participants automatically qualify to apply for up to $20,000 in seed funding.
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Visiting scholar sessions for UAF instructors
February 03, 2025
Kevin Gannon is the director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence and professor of history at Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina. Gannon will offer three programs for UAF instructors on Feb. 26-27.
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Developing critical thinking through problem-based learning
February 03, 2025
In a previous teaching tip, we explored the benefits of a place-based learning approach. This time, we’ll dive into another PBL: Problem-based learning. While place-based learning helps students connect more deeply with content by relating it to their local context, a benefit that can also be a part of problem-based learning, the true strength of problem-based learning lies in its emphasis on developing and practicing critical thinking skills.
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February 03, 2025
Join the Center for Teaching Team as we explore tools to enhance your classroom. This semester, we have sessions with Hypothesis, VoiceThread, Gradescope, and more. These tools can help make your teaching more effective and engaging. Join the next workshop, Introduction to VoiceThread, on Monday, Feb. 3 at 11 a.m.
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CTC culinary program delivers award-winning soup and service
January 31, 2025
The UAF Community and Technical College's culinary arts and hospitality program won the 2025 Golden Ladle at the Soup Off, a fundraiser for Bread Line, a Fairbanks nonprofit fighting hunger. Students gain hands-on experience through events like Borealis Bistro, the CTC food truck, culinary camps, and the HooDoo Choo Choo train ride, while actively serving the Fairbanks community.
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January 31, 2025
The UAF Bookstore will be closed on Monday, Feb. 17 for inventory. It will reopen Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 9 a.m.
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Friday Focus: From believing to achieving
January 31, 2025
Former president Theodore Roosevelt once said "Believe you can and you're halfway there." As encouraging (and true!) as those words are, being halfway there can be a difficult place to be. We are in the midst of institutional transformation at UAF. We have big goals at UAF, and I believe they are within reach. Increasing enrollment, establishing a welcoming Main Street, achieving R1, and building the Troth Yeddha' Indigenous Studies Center. It's exciting stuff! But it's going to take hard work, optimism, and creativity to get us past the halfway point - from believing to achieving.
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Limited submission funding opportunity
January 31, 2025
The Vice Chancellor for Research is soliciting white papers for the NSF 25-521: Materials Innovation Platforms call for proposals. UAF may submit 1 proposal for $18,000,000 to $30,000,000 over a six-year period. White papers are due Feb. 5, 2025.
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Free statistical consulting for spring 2025
January 31, 2025
Need help analyzing your data? The Department of Mathematics and Statistics faculty and students in the M.S. in Statistics program offer free statistical consulting to students, faculty, and staff, as well as members of the community.
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Writing Center opens semester with graduate student support
January 31, 2025
A valuable resource is available to your students: the UAF Writing Center. The team is here to support students with their writing in any course at any stage, whether they’re brainstorming, drafting, or revising. Beyond one-on-one tutoring, the center also offers tools like style guides and free printing.
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