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ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Syllabus Addendum for Fall 2022
August 22, 2022
The ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Faculty Senate approved adding the Associated Students of the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ advocacy statement in the syllabus addendum effective Fall 2022.
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Friday Focus: How a chief of staff can help you
August 19, 2022
Earlier this week the university announced that my working title would change from ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ executive officer to chief of staff (CoS). This shift has no impact on my role, duties, or direct reports at ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½, but it does make it easier for stakeholders inside and outside the organization to understand what my position does for our ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ community. With the opportunity to write this week's Friday Focus, I want to expand on this shift and provide the campus community with a look inside my role. If stakeholders don't understand what my position does for the university then they may miss an opportunity to benefit from the services I can provide them.
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ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Student Health and Counseling Center relocated
August 17, 2022
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Student Health and Counseling Center (SHCC) has relocated while their area is undergoing renovations.
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August 17, 2022
The ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ facts and figures website includes brief institutional and first-year data profiles, along with enrollment information and the most recent graduation numbers. A PDF is also available for download.
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Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Women nominations open
August 17, 2022
Nominations are open for membership on the Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Women. Those interested in serving should submit a nomination by Aug. 31, 2022. Self-nominations are welcome.
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August 17, 2022
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ recently submitted our annual operating and capital budget request for FY24 to President Pitney. The President will weigh our needs alongside those of UAA, UAS, the system office, and what she feels is an appropriate request to the governor. ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ is requesting an operating budget increase to support employee compensation increases (to be determined at a UA level), fixed cost increases, and strategic academic, outreach and research initiatives that align with UA’s Goals and Measures and ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½â€™s Strategic Plan.
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Dr. Steffi Ickert-Bond recognized with national award
August 17, 2022
Dr. Steffi Ickert-Bond, ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ professor of botany and curator of the University of Alaska Museum of the North Herbarium, is the recipient of the 2022 Charles Edwin Bessey Teaching Award from the Botanical Society of America.
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Volunteers needed for Rev-It-Up
August 15, 2022
Faculty, staff, or students interested in volunteering for Rev-It-Up move-in event welcoming students to the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ should complete an online registration form by Aug. 18, 2022.
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Family Medical Leave (FML) updates
August 15, 2022
Unum is UA's new Family Medical Leave (FML) administrator, and FML processes have changed. Unum will host training opportunities throughout the year for UA employees and supervisors to attend.
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Experiential Education: ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ leaders go to Nome
August 12, 2022
Each July, ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½'s Northwest Campus partners with the local school district in Nome to offer a unique and transformative experience to incoming K-12 teachers. The course, ED 420 Alaska Native Education, provides a continuing education opportunity for teachers to learn about the history of education in Alaska as it pertains to Indigenous peoples. For over ten years, this enriching experience has provided dozens of new teachers valuable insight into the knowledge and ways of life that have, and continue to, sustain the first peoples of the Bering Straits region.
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Application Deadline Reminder: 2022-23 Academic Leadership Institute
August 12, 2022
The ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Academic Leadership Institute is a unique and exciting, two-semester long professional development opportunity for a cohort of university employees who are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of current issues and changing landscape in higher education.
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ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Esports joins NACE, announces scholarships
August 10, 2022
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Esports is returning this fall semester, with 20 scholarship opportunities for top competitors.
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Nanook Navigator student mobile app demo days next week
August 10, 2022
Advisors, faculty, staff, tutors, and student success employees are invited to join the Office of Student Success either Aug. 15 or 17 for a demonstration and to ask questions about the new Nanook Navigator mobile app.
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Blackboard's updated navigation goes live Aug. 12
August 10, 2022
Beginning Aug. 12, Blackboard users will see an updated and modernized navigation tool when logging into UA Blackboard. With the addition of Ultra Base Navigation, expect a streamlined nav experience, creating easier access to the learning tool.
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Employee tuition waiver frequently asked questions
August 05, 2022
Regular benefit eligible employees actively employed on or before the first day of the term qualify for a tuition waiver, as well as spouses, Financially Interdependent Partners (FIP)s, and dependent children (under the age of 24 as of the first day of the term) of eligible employees.
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Friday Focus: Happy anniversary, NARL!
August 05, 2022
In a rare week of blue-bird days in Utqiagvik, I had the honor and pleasure to participate in the 75th anniversary celebration for the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL). Hosted by UkpeaÄ¡vik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) this celebration brought together North Slope Borough community members, for profit and not-for-profit corporations, and both past and present Arctic researchers, including many of us from ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½.
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Teaching Tip: Inviting nonviolent communication in the classroom
August 03, 2022
Nonviolent communication is a framework for authentic expression and a tool for building empathy and connection; it has significant potential for fostering productive communication in the classroom.
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Friday Focus: Leadership is all about balance
July 29, 2022
In a recent team-building meeting with the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ core leadership team (the Vice Chancellors, Executive Director for Advancement Taber and Executive Officer Conley), we each were given a set of five cards, each with one word on it. We were each to choose a word that described our current state. In my deck of five was the word "balance."
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New Student Orientation swag bag items needed
July 27, 2022
New Student Orientation is around the corner, and the office of New Student Orientation would like your departments, information, and resources to be represented!
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Pause in paper, cardboard and plastic recycling
July 27, 2022
The ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Recycling team normally collects paper, plastic, aluminum and cardboard. Due to a temporary closure of the borough's Central Recycling Facility, the team will begin picking up these materials up again when the CRF has re-opened.
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Ryan Cortez named associate director of Military and Veteran Services
July 25, 2022
The ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Department of Military and Veterans Services is excited to announce the selection of Ryan Cortez as its new associate director.
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Concur getting new look in September
July 25, 2022
Concur, UA’s travel system, will be updated with a new look and improved user interface, and is planned for roll out Sept. 1, 2022.
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Central receiving and surplus available
July 25, 2022
A variety of items are available to ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ staff that are free to check out for any and all departments that may need them via central receiving and surplus. The section has also started Govdeals.com up again where the public can bid on items that are no longer needed by the University.
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Gail Priday joins Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning as associate director
July 22, 2022
Gail Priday has joined Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning as the associate director. She brings to the position an excellent background in program development, public outreach as well as classroom teaching experience.
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Friday Focus: Advancing university identity
July 22, 2022
Everything we see matters. It could be a name on a building, a banner on a website or the side of a building, or a story in the local newspaper. I spend a lot of time thinking about how ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ is perceived, how we talk about ourselves and how to tell our stories, while advancing this university and ensuring that ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ is a place of belonging for all students, faculty and staff.
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