Chancellor's Communications
The Chancellor's Office maintains a compilation of official communications from Chancellor Dan White. These communications include memos, messages, Friday Focus Cornerstone columns, and budget columns.
Friday Focus Cornerstone Column
- Friday Focus: Reflections and looking ahead
(December 20, 2024) - Friday Focus: Accountability to our students
(November 22, 2024) - Friday Focus: It takes all of us
(October 25, 2024) - Friday Focus: Hearing from you
(September 27, 2024) - Friday Focus: Back to school
(August 30, 2024) - Friday Focus: Being part of the solution
(July 26, 2024) - Friday Focus: The future is bright, but so is the present
(June 28, 2024) - Friday Focus: The value of a degree
(April 26, 2024) - Friday Focus: Making the most of what we have
(March 29, 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)
UAF Budget Communications
- Budget update: June 23, 2021
- Budget update: May 19, 2021
- Budget update: March 17, 2021
- Budget update: Feb. 10, 2021
- Budget update: Jan. 27, 2021
- Budget Update: Dec. 16, 2020
- Budget update: Dec. 2, 2020
- Budget update: Nov. 11, 2020
- Budget update: Oct. 28, 2020
- Budget update: Oct. 21, 2020
- Budget update: Oct. 7, 2020
- Budget update: Sept 23, 2020
- Budget update: Sept. 9, 2020
- Budget update: Aug. 19, 2020
- Budget update: July 29, 2020
- Budget update: July 15, 2020
- Budget update: July 8, 2020
- Budget update: June 17, 2020
- Budget update: June 10, 2020
- Budget update: June 3, 2020
- Budget update: May 27, 2020
- Budget update: May 20, 2020
- Budget update: May 14, 2020
- Budget update: May 7, 2020
- Memo: FY21-FY22 Budget Planning Scenarios – Update for BOR Audit Committee on May
13, 2020
(May, 7, 2020) - Budget update: April 29, 2020
- Budget update: April 15, 2020
- Memo: Addendum to Budget Planning Activities Between Now and FY22 Memo
(April 10, 2020) - Budget update: April 8, 2020
- Budget update: April 1, 2020
- Budget update: March 25, 2020
- Memo: FY20-FY22 Budget Planning Update
(March 23, 2020) - Budget update: March 11, 2020
- Budget update: March 4, 2020
- Budget update: Feb. 26, 2020
- Budget update: Feb. 12, 2020
- Budget update: Feb. 5, 2020
- Budget update: Jan. 29, 2020
- Budget update: Jan. 22, 2020
- Budget update: Jan. 15, 2020
- Budget update: Jan. 8, 2020
- Budget update: Dec. 18, 2019
- Budget update: Dec. 11, 2019
- Budget update: Dec. 4, 2019
- Budget update: Nov. 27, 2019
- Budget update: Nov. 20, 2019
- Budget update: Nov. 13, 2019
- Budget update: Nov. 6, 2019
- Budget update: Nov. 1, 2019
- Budget update: Oct. 23, 2019
- Budget update: Oct. 16, 2019
- Budget update: Oct. 9, 2019
- Budget update: Sept. 25, 2019
- Budget update: Sept. 18, 2019
- Budget update: Sept. 4, 2019
- Budget update: Aug. 30, 2019
- Budge update: Aug. 21, 2019
- Budget update: Aug. 14, 2019
- Budget update: Aug. 7, 2019
- Board of Regents update
- Budget update July 29
- Current Structure/Proportional Cuts: UAF (PDF)
(July 29, 2019) - Budget update: July 25
- Budget update: July 23
- Budget update: July 18
- Board of Regents' July 15 meeting
(July 16, 2019) - Override and financial exigency update
(July 11, 2019) - Today's legislative special session
(July 10, 2019) - Budget update: July 10, 2019
- Thank you, UAF Alumni
(July 9, 2019) - Thank you for choosing UAF
(July 9, 2019) - Video: UAF Campus Message: July 9, 2019
- Budget update: July 3, 2019
- Memo: Procurement and Travel Approval Process
(July 2, 2019) - Budget situation: What we know now
(July 1, 2019)
- Email to students: Response to today's budget news
(June 28, 2019) - Email to employees: Response to today's budget news
(June 28, 2019) - Budget update: June 26, 2019
- Budget update: June 19, 2019
- Budget update: June 12, 2019
- Budget update: June 5, 2019
- Budget update: May 29, 2019
- Budget update: May 22, 2019
- Budget update: May 15, 2019
- Budget update: May 8, 2019
- Budget update: May 1, 2019
- Budget update: April 24, 2019
- Budget update: April 16, 2019
- Budget update: April 10, 2019
- Budget update: April 3, 2019
- Budget update: March 27, 2019
- Budget update: March 20, 2019
- Budget update: March 13, 2019
- Budget update: March 6, 2019
- Budget update: Feb. 27, 2019
- Friday Focus: Telling our story, sharing information
(February 22, 2019) - Budget update: Feb. 20, 2019
- Governor's FY20 budget proposal
(February 13, 2019) - Governor's budget announced tomorrow
(February 12, 2019) - Budget update: Feb. 6, 2019
- Budget update: Jan. 31, 2019
Chancellor's Memos & Messages
- Season of gratitude
(November 26, 2024) - Thank you to our veterans
(November 11, 2024) - Honoring Indigenous Peoples Day
(October 14, 2024) - Celebrating Labor Day
(August 30, 2024) - Faculty and staff: Welcome to fall 2024!
(August 26, 2024) - Students: Welcome to fall 2024!
(August 26, 2024) - Annual Title IX training: Thank you for keeping UAF safe
(August 13, 2024) - Happy Fourth of July
(July 3, 2024) - Establishment of Enrollment and Recruitment Process Improvement Team Update
(June 24, 2024) - Celebrating Juneteenth
(June 19, 2024) - Reflecting on Memorial Day
(May 24, 2024) - Congratulations Class of 2024!
(May 3, 2024) - UAF Employee Experience Task Force
(March 8, 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)
- Chancellor's enrollment series: The path forward
(July 3, 2024) - Chancellor's enrollment series: Modernizing academics
(June 27, 2024) - Chancellor's Enrollment Series: Location is more than geography
(June 20, 2024) - Chancellor's Enrollment Series: Enrollment pipeline
(June 13, 2024) - Chancellor's Enrollment Series: Graduation rates and retention
(June 7, 2024) - Chancellor’s Enrollment Series: UAF's enrollment landscape
(May 30, 2024)
- Chancellor's R1 Series: Alaska
(April 24, 2024) - Chancellor's R1 Series: Looking at the whys
(April 17, 2024) - Chancellor's R1 series: Attaining and maintaining R1 status
(April 10, 2024) - Chancellor's R1 series: Attaining and maintaining R1 status
(April 3, 2024)
- UAF Radiation Safety Officer
(April 4, 2024) - 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)