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Join virtual writing retreat in February
January 21, 2022
UAF Faculty Accelerator is hosting a virtual writing retreat during the month of February. Register for a spot to kick-start a new or tabled writing/publication project of your choice!
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Center ICE launches AVÀÇÂÛ̳'s first Innovation Accelerator
January 21, 2022
UAF’s Center for Innovation, Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship launched AVÀÇÂÛ̳’s first ever Innovation Accelerator on Feb 1. The Innovation Accelerator is a platform for turning innovative ideas into technical solutions to real world challenges.
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Friday Focus: Change brings new opportunities
January 21, 2022
-- Owen Guthrie. Almost exactly 9 years ago I began work at UAF eCampus (then called the Center for Distance Education). I had returned to UAF after some years away (again). I was so excited to join the team.
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Teaching Tip: Strategies for first 6 weeks of class
January 21, 2022
The first six weeks are critical to student success as well as UAF's retention goals. Here are three small things you can do to help your students succeed this semester.
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Guthrie hired for new VCSAEM position
January 20, 2022
Owen Guthrie will serve as UAF's first ever vice chancellor of student affairs and enrollment management.
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January rural staff spotlight: Pearl Foster
January 20, 2022
Pearl Foster has done much to make online communications effective. She smoothly ran Zoom meetings, stitched together speeches and presentations when campus commencement exercises went virtual, and has worked with instructors to create marketing video promos for their classes.
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Grad student forms demo, training sessions
January 19, 2022
The Graduate School is offering two virtual demo and training sessions on Jan. 25 and Feb. 1 for its electronic forms system.
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La Belle-Hamer named vice chancellor for research
January 19, 2022
Nettie La Belle-Hamer will serve as UAF's next vice chancellor for research. She has served as UAF's interim VCR since May 2020 and the director of the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Satellite Facility since 2002.
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January 18, 2022
COVID-19 is very easy to transmit to others, so it's important to stay home if you feel even a little bit sick.
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AVÀÇÂÛ̳ COVID ENX helps you track exposure
January 18, 2022
You can now use your mobile phone to stay informed about COVID-19 exposure on campus and in the community. AVÀÇÂÛ̳ COVID ENX is an opt-in platform available on both iPhones and Android devices.
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Emergency alert test scheduled Thursday
January 18, 2022
The university will test its emergency alert system on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022.  Students, employees and visitors to campus should receive one or more test messages. All test messages will clearly note that they are part of the emergency notification test.
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HR offers Brown Bag Lunch Forum for supervisors
January 18, 2022
University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Human Resources' talent acquisition team is rolling out a Brown Bag Lunch Forum specifically for supervisors.
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Nanook Navigator and Student Success Spotlight: Cassandra Kendall
January 18, 2022
The Nanook Navigator and Student Success spotlight for January is Cassandra Kendall. Cassandra is a math tutor, coordinator, and DEVS instructor at the Developmental Education Department in the UAF Community and Technical College.
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OER Innovation Quest applications open
January 18, 2022
Join the OER Innovation Quest and become an education superhero by saving your students money on textbooks and materials! Implementing OER in a course or program requires imagination, creativity and innovation. The Quest runs from Feb. 8 - May 18.
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UA Coastal Marine Institute research review
January 18, 2022
The University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Coastal Marine Institute will hold its annual research review on Wednesday, Jan. 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring numerous presentations by UAF faculty and graduate students.
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Shine a Light series returns today
January 17, 2022
UAF's Northwest Campus, the Nanook Diversity and Action Center, and UAF's Department of Equity and Compliance will host the next Shine a Light Series presentation, "Preserving and teaching Inupiat: Renewing relationships to the land and each other," at noon, Jan. 18, with Roy Apaagzuk Agloinga.
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New book club picks for spring 2022
January 17, 2022
UAF's book clubs invite faculty, instructors and staff to connect through reading and dialogue. Spring reading lists have been announced by the Indigenous Authors, UA Press Synthesis and Innovations in Learning book clubs.
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January 17, 2022
IAB Life Sciences Hour Seminar Series returns on Friday, Jan. 21, with a presentation by Morgan Benowitz-Fredericks, associate professor of biology and Bucknell University.
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EHSRM to host youth activities planning workshop
January 17, 2022
UAF Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management will host a mini workshop on Jan. 31 at 1 p.m. to offer guidance for planning summer events for youth.
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Friday Focus: Snowmageddon and pyramids
January 14, 2022
For my family, winter holidays have traditionally been a time of celebration and reflection. We enter them with the joy of the holiday season and, then, as we look to the beginning of a new year, we often reflect on dreams, goals, and resolutions.
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'Love Pedagogy' presentation on Feb. 4
January 13, 2022
The Committee on the Status of Women will host Lisa Arrastia via live stream on Feb. 4 at noon for a presentation on "Love Pedagogy: Oral History Remix and Disrupting Notions of Difference."
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GERC committee nominations open
January 13, 2022
The General Education Requirements and Core committee of Faculty Senate is taking nominations for a faculty member to serve in an at-large position.
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Teaching Tip: Recentering relationships for learning
January 13, 2022
Student-instructor relationships are a key component to student engagement and success in our courses. Learn six simple practices you can use to strengthen these relationships.
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AVÀÇÂÛ̳ INBRE welcomes back Jay Butler
January 12, 2022
AVÀÇÂÛ̳ INBRE has announced that Dr. Jay C. Butler will serve on its External Advisory Committee.
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January 12, 2022
If you did not have the opportunity to give to the United Way of the Tanana Valley last year and you would like to, you still have time.
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